In this body of work Kirsch offers a surprising, gentle, and completely unusual new way to look at abandoned automobiles from around the beautiful Coromandel…
Words of Ours/Ngā Kupu E Rangona Ai explores some of the many linguistic and cultural cross-overs from te reo Maori into mainstream English which enrich…
We call friends who are personally close to us, yet they can be physically very far away. In this project Kirsch connects those once close…
The imperative of youthfulness is an omnipresent phenomenon in our western media landscape, which often has far-reaching effects into our everyday personal lives. This imperative…
The tree of life is an archaic symbol representing the living world and is found in many different cultural traditions around the globe. It is…
There has been an ongoing debate on ownership and even the introduction of copyright ideas towards elements of traditional NZ culture, however it appears the…
> We Don’t Own Our Culture, It Owns Us There has been an ongoing debate on ownership and even the introduction of copyright ideas towards elements of…
The 2013 Matariki Exhibition at the Poi Room in Newmarket, Auckland (New Zealand) had the Resolution Theme. Kirsch created three kinds of large prints on hand…
The word ‘te matikaotanga’ in te reo (Maori language) describes the state of a tree being in bud and ready to burst open, which also perfectly describes the artist’s fascination…