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From his house on Otago Harbour, designer and artist Matthew Galloway sees the same view every evening as the sun sets: a plume of smoke rising from the chimney of the Ravensdown Factory.
The factory processes phosphate rock into fertiliser for our farms, but to make this product New Zealand imports the phosphate from occupied Western Sahara. Galloway says by purchasing it we are helping fund Morocco’s brutal occupation of this territory.
The view from Galloway’s window is featuring in his installation Endless with Sahrawi artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat, at Te Tuhi Auckland until May 8.
Semi-opaque flags hung over the windows of Te Tuhi look to recreate Galloway's evening view. Photo: Sam Hartnett
