Mirror Me and A Geekosystem
MEDIA RELEASE for immediate release
MIC Toi Rerehiko presents Mirror Me and A Geekosystem
As autumn falls on
Auckland City MIC Toi Rerehiko invites three extraordinary
artists to recycle, reuse and re - connect with modern
technology.
MIC Toi Rerehiko will be displaying
breathtaking new work from renowned performance artist Shona
McCullagh along with a series of thought provoking workshops
from Adam Hyde and Julian Priest.
Mirror Me is an
interactive work by New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate
filmmaker and award winning choreographer Shona McCullagh.
The work has been created in collaboration with multimedia
artist Michael Hodgson (from electronic dub band Pitch
Black) and composer John Gibson. McCullagh's CNZ
Choreographic Fellowship allowed her to join forces with
Hodgson to explore interactive software and its relationship
with the moving body. A collection of scenes were created
which culminated in a series of installations that the
artists now improvise with. Passionate about the body's
ability to communicate in ways words cannot, McCullagh's
shift towards moving installations provides an opportunity
for the audience to become the work itself. Michael Hodgson
and John Gibson provide the intriguing soundscape to the
work, which audiences will move to and be moved by.
This
installation will be housed in Gallery One at MIC Toi
Rerehiko, it will be a site-specific space for the audience
to play in. McCullagh and Hodgson have developed four
installations on the theme of the self being welcomed and
translated into an ever-changing new art work. The screens
are only activated by human presence. Without the audience,
this art barely exists - they act as a vital trigger for the
screen based works which offer a relationship with the
viewer: a mirror, of sorts. Mirror Me also premieres the
launch of the first of McCullagh's limited edition
interactive art works and screenings of her latest short
film, Mondo Nuovo.
Adam Hyde and Julian Priest attempt to
dispel the myth that older computers are obsolete, as the
open source maestros attempt to build A Geekosystem in
Gallery 2. By taking 'redundant' systems such as old
computer screens and cables they not only display an
exponent of DIY art but also create fully functioning
communication networks.
In a similar vein to Shona McCullagh's Mirror Me; Hyde and Priest challenge the perception of audiences, asking them trade in their freedom of choice for the freedom to create. Rather than focus on independence, autonomy or living under the radar their art explores interdependence, interconnection and collaborative action.
Mirror Me and A Geekosystem
MIC Toi Rerehiko,
321 Karangahape Rd, City
March 28 - 3 May
Gallery
Opening Hours:
Tue - Fri, 10am - 6pm
Sat, 11am -
4pm
ends