Alex Monteith

b. 1977, Ireland. Lives in Aotearoa New Zealand

Alex Monteith works multi-dimensionally with digital media such as sound, video and film to explore situated moments of action and performance. Her practice embraces themes of territory, politics, and physical boundaries as she focusses on the psychological and physical space of both individual and shared performative action. She often collaborates with specialists from a given field, from Air Force pilots to motorcycle racers, creating highly technical and dynamic works.

In Light of Time, 2017. Four-channel video and sound, 32:47 minutes. Coastal Flows/Coastal Incursions, ST PAUL St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology. Photography by Sam Hartnett