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Chris Cree Brown

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Chris Cree Brown was one of several prominent performance artists who appeared in a 1980 series, Artists prepare. This excerpt shows Cree Brown working in the studio and discussing his approach to composition, in particular working with new media.

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Reference: Artists prepare: Chris Cree Brown [videorecording]. Producer, Hugh Macdonald. Wellington: National Film Unit, 1980

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William Dart, Composers – Consolidation, 1980s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/44650/chris-cree-brown (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by William Dart, published 20 March 2014.