I Free Myself for Today and Forever
Presented by Sriwhana Spong
Thursday 20 Nov, 7pm
$8 / $6
In conjunction with her exhibition Myth and Practice Sriwhana Spong
presents the film screening I Free Myself for Today and Forever.
I Free Myself for Today and Forever features films by Stella Corkery,
Nova Paul, Amy Granat and Emily Sundblad.
"The agency of the mobile camera, with its ability to capture the
private and subjective is visited in these works. The everyday is
common to all, yet in focusing on that which is close, it becomes a
stranger. The everyday slips away, and what is left is the magic, or
the shadows of that which is familiar and near at hand. For each
artist the means of production, and the agency implicit in the
mobility of the medium, helps to create the distinct visions offered
in these works."
Stella Corkery is an Auckland based visual artists and musician. In
Holiday 93 the banal and the surreal rub shoulders. The sun bounces
off water, people meander along the beach, someone swings an axe in
a moment of acted out frenzy. The soundtrack was created by attaching
a Light Sensitive Theremin to the computer screen to translate image
into sound.
Amy Granat (USA) and Emily Sundblad (Swe) have been collaboratively
producing 16mm films for the past year and a half. The films of the
two often feature both women performing simple, repetitive actions in
outdoor settings, exchanging the wind-up 16mm camera to take turns
shooting. Both film makers are currently based in New York and have
exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe.
Nova Paul is a filmmaker of Te Uri Ro Roi and Te Parawhau /Ngā Puhi
descent. Paul’s work has been included in several major local
exhibitions and solo shows She is currently a senior lecturer at
AUT, teaching art theory and moving image in the Spatial, Visual Arts
and Postgraduate Departments. She is also co-editing a book titled
PLACE: Local Knowledge and New Media Practice.
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ON NOW - Dec 6
Myth and Practice - an installation by Sriwhana Spong
"Spong's show investigates ... the mythologies that surround culture,
whether popular or even spiritual" - Kiran Dass, Texture.co.nz
Mon-Weds 9-5pm
Thurs-Fri 9-7pm
Sat 4-7pm

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