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Conor Clarke

CONOR CLARKE

Rongo Two Rooms 5 June–11 July 2026 Auckland
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The word Rongo is to hear, feel, smell, taste, and perceive; it is used to describe the senses—all except sight. In her new exhibition, Conor Clarke explores the sensory sea and land-scapes that the Kaikōura tītī navigate through. Conor presents photographs of sea and fog at the point where they become part of each other, affecting the distance one can see or the ability to see at all. Within this veiled, misty space, smells act as wayfinding markers that reflect the land and sea floor below. The resulting photographs evoke the tītī’s ability to wayfind, forage and migrate across vast oceanic distances. Conor has collaborated with Lyttleton-based artist, researcher and independent perfumier Dr Jo Burzynska to create scents that accompany Rongo.

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Exhibition view: Conor Clarke, Rongo, Two Rooms, Auckland (5 June–11 July 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.
Exhibition view: Conor Clarke, Rongo, Two Rooms, Auckland (5 June–11 July 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.
Exhibition view: Conor Clarke, Rongo, Two Rooms, Auckland (5 June–11 July 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.
Exhibition view: Conor Clarke, Rongo, Two Rooms, Auckland (5 June–11 July 2026). Courtesy Two Rooms.
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Conor Clarke is a New Zealand artist whose photographic practice examines the politics of image-making and representation, with a particular focus on how historical methods of representation shape cultural understandings of the natural landscape.

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Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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16 Putiki Street
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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