reviews

  • Zac Langdon-Pole, Cleave Study (ii), 2019, plastic anatomical human tongue cross section, Xenophora shell, 4 × 2 1⁄8 × 3 1⁄2".

    Zac Langdon-Pole, Cleave Study (ii), 2019, plastic anatomical human tongue cross section, Xenophora shell, 4 × 2 1⁄8 × 3 1⁄2".

    Zac Langdon-Pole

    Michael Lett

    In 2018, the Berlin-based New Zealander Zac Langdon-Pole won the BMW Art Journey prize at Art Basel Hong Kong, an award he used to fund a trip from Europe to his homeland, via several stops in the Pacific, including Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Samoa. His recent exhibition “Interbeing” was (along with a new book about his practice) a culmination of his journey across the world. The trip’s course was determined by two overarching navigational frameworks: first, the history of celestial navigation by Pacific peoples and later colonizers; and second, the migratory patterns of two birds, the

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