Pink and White Terraces

Nova Paul's 16mm film Pink and White Terraces, reflects on the delicate construction of domestic environments and public places in the Tamaki Makaurau and Manukau cityscapes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Using a 'three-colour separation' optical process technique, the film makes visible several moments simultaneously. In red, green and blue layers, colour-coded auras hold records of time like geological accretions. The politics and poetics of these sites gently unfolds as the film moves in and out of phase, as actors and environment focus and fade, and filmic time is made palpable.