​“My Instagram is an open studio, it’s a portfolio, it’s a gallery. I’m interacting with it every day, I’m objectifying my practice” ​ Abigail Aroha Jensen (a.ro.ha), living in Aotearoa New Zealand, is interested in the repetition and stagnation of culture, images, language, motifs, and sound, and how mauri (life force) may transfer between the object and the body. During her residency at Gasworks she delved into research around mauri, collecting new materials and foraging for flora and fauna, whilst composing the score for her first film, NZ Forever.​ ⁠​ ⁠Abigail is one of the talents featured in the Rabanne Talents program. Rabanne and Gasworks London come together to inspire and support emerging artists through dialogue and the dissemination of content.​​ -​ Abigail Aroha Jensen’s Gasworks residency was supported by the Jan Warburton Charitable Trust and the Aotearoa New Zealand Friends of Gasworks. The residency is organised in partnership with the Office for Contemporary Art Aot...