Memento MoriAuckland · 2026

A work in four acts

Memento
Mori

An exercise in appetite, transience
and whatever follows.

Harry Taylor
James Pendergrast
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Black-and-white studio portrait of Harry Taylor wearing a black turtleneck and wire-rimmed glasses

Harry
Taylor

Taylor's practice examines appetite, spectatorship and the social choreography of the table. His work is temporary by design and completed by those present.

Black-and-white studio portrait of James Pendergrast wearing a black turtleneck and heavy black glasses

James
Pendergrast

Working across hospitality, ritual and performance, Pendergrast considers the systems through which an ordinary gathering becomes an event—and an event becomes a memory.

A private presentation concerning beginnings, endings, and the brief interval in which we attempt to give them meaning.

One evening. Four acts. No documentation.

A contemporary vanitas still life of white flowers, an extinguished candle, pomegranate and curling citrus peel in darkness
Study for Memento Mori, 2026Light, matter, time
IAct

Birth

The first mark. A beginning mistaken for innocence.

IIAct

Life

Matter in motion. Appetite as evidence.

IIIAct

Death

Every form contains the terms of its ending.

IVAct

Afterlife

What remains refuses explanation.