Abby Cunnane and Chloe Lane in Touching Sight

Abby Cunnane and Chloe Lane in Touching Sight

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Writers Abby Cunnane and Chloe Lane talk lichen, skin grafts and painted surfaces in response to the exhibition Touching Sight, an exhibition of new photography, textiles and painting from three Ōtautahi artists: Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts and Oliver Perkins.

Abby Cunnane is a writer and curator based in Tāmaki Makaurau. With artist Amy Howden-Chapman, she is co-editor of The Distance Plan, a journal and exhibition platform focusing on contemporary art and climate change. She has worked with Emma Fitts previously on several occasions and over a long period, including Bomber Jacket for Marilyn Waring at St Paul St Gallery, AUT, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2014.

Chloe Lane is a writer based in Ōtautahi. Her debut novel The Swimmers is out now with Victoria University Press. She has recently had essays published in Pantograph Punch, Contemporary HUM, The Spinoff and Newsroom. She has an MFA in Fiction from the University of Florida, a MA from the International Institute of Modern Letters and a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts. She is the founding publisher and editor of Hue+Cry Press.