Artist Collective: Judy Darragh, Qianye & Qianhe Lin, Sean Kerr
Land Raft: Signals and Collectivity (working title) Wood, metal, electronics, recycled materials.
Judy Darragh ONZM (b. 1957 Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand) is an artist who makes brightly coloured sculptural assemblages, collage, video, and photography. Judy Darragh lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland where she has played a significant role in the development of ARTSPACE Aotearoa, artist-run spaces in Auckland Teststrip and Cuckoo. She was a co-editor of Femisphere, a publication supporting women’s art practices in Aotearoa. Judy is a founder member of Arts Makers Aotearoa, an artist’s advocacy organisation.
Qianye 林千葉 and Qianhe Lin 林千和 (Hailing Island, China; Aotearoa New Zealand) are siblings who work as a duo. They work with multi-channel video installation and publication with a focus on interdisciplinary practice and collaborative processes. They are interested in the material lineage of belief systems and collective understanding, and how disoriented positions make possible multiple truths and a poetics for relation and solidarity. They have exhibited at Auckland Art Gallery, Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Gallery, Coastal Signs, The Physics Room, and Papatūnga. In 2025, they received the Springboard Award in visual arts by the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi.
Sean Kerr lives in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, where he is Associate Professor at Te Waka Tūhura, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. He specialises in real-time 3D, VR, and interactive technologies. Kerr’s practice spans interactive art, mixed realities, physical computing, installation, and sound, with a sustained engagement in emerging technologies documented through exhibitions and publications. His recent projects include dududududududududududu-pssssshhhht! (Whangārei Art Museum, 2024), Ba Dum Tss (Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, 2024), and A random rant (Lightship, Auckland, 2022). Collaborative works include In Kahoots with Judy Darragh (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetū, 2020–21).
