The sights and sounds of the journey of two Wellington women through Argentina will open in Toi o Tahuna fine art gallery to coincide with Queenstown JazzFest.
Disjunct is a collaboration between photographer Tammy Williams and sound engineer Victoria Parsons, who travelled together through the South American country in August 2009.
Williams photographed people and landscapes while Parsons recorded sound during what they described in a statement as a sometimes "uncomfortable and isolating experience".
Taking photographs and recording sounds "made us pay attention to, engage with, and disrupt our surroundings.
We felt impotent, but found our tools were a way to interact without words".
They said the "apocalyptic feel" of the show was an integral part of what they were trying to explore and reflect with their works.
"I think being in Argentina during the dry season and travelling hundreds of kilometres over harsh empty landscapes and constantly being looked at with distrust and wariness put the country and the people into a place that felt as though it had been through the apocalypse already," the artists said.
"It was desolate, disarming and sad."
Gallery manager Andrew Jeffery said Toi o Tahuna was getting into the spirit of the music festival by hosting an exhibition with a sound component.
Visitors will hear Parsons' audio on four iPods as they view Williams' 20 related colour and black and white photographs.
The photographer will attend the opening night of Disjunct in the Church Lane gallery on October 21, at 5.30pm.
The show runs until October 26.
