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Kōrero: Criticism and the arts

Leigh Davis

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Leigh Davis, who died in 2009, was a poet and artist as well as a critic. In this 1998 documentary he talks about his installation, 'Station of earth-bound ghosts'. This was a series of poems stitched onto flags, which together made one long poem. The work was exhibited in the concourse of the former Auckland railway station.

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Point of View Productions

Reference: Station of earth-bound ghosts. Director/producer: Shirley Horrocks. Auckland: Point of View Productions, 1998

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, Criticism and the arts – Issues of identity, 1960s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/42930/leigh-davis (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rebecca Rice rāua ko Mark Williams, i tāngia i te 2 October 2013.