
Caixia Tan
School: Michael Park School
Area: Auckland
Iwi/Hapu: Ngāi Te Rangi
Name of art piece: Race Day
How did you go about developing your idea?
The development of my ideas came very naturally throughout the year, after my original shoot with my own horses relaxing in their paddock. After shooting multiple times at different race days, it made sense to me to show the horses inside the stables or with their handlers before showing them working/racing. Towards the end of the year, I come across an older racetrack with abandoned facilities, which raised the question of what happens to these places once the horses and people are gone?