Artwork : Suburbia

Abstract

'New Zealanders prefer suburbs. Low-density housing?typified by the postwar ideal of the ?half-gallon quarter-acre pavlova paradise?? has long fulfilled our need for freedom and privacy. However, with increasing population and escalating house prices, this lifestyle is no longer available to many ordinary kiwis. Some will argue that suburbia is homogenous, yet each suburb has its own social and political makeup. Certainly, the artists in From the Depths of Suburbia are not bound by a single perspective. They draw on many genres of photography and film to explore both universal and particular aspects of suburban culture.'