
Rag and Bone
Archive exhibition

Downbreak on 1, Upbeat on 2, 2013
Video, edition of 4 + 2 APs
Brit Bunkley’s film projection looks at Salsa as a raucous, sexually overt style of dancing; with origins from the Cuban Son and Afro-Cuban dance, this syncretic dance has made an...
Brit Bunkley’s film projection looks at Salsa as a raucous, sexually overt style of dancing; with origins from the Cuban Son and Afro-Cuban dance, this syncretic dance has made an entry in a big way to New Zealand in recent years. Videoed silhouetted dancers and feet are bathed in the gentle cerebral soundtrack of the group Deaf Centre, creating an otherworldly nostalgic presence.