Events at MIC October 08
There's a lot happening here at MIC. Hope you can join
us for these upcoming events. More details at
www.mic.org.nz:
FILM
Saving Pop CultureExperimental
German Music Videos
The Goethe Institute presents SAVING POP CULTURE: EXPERIMENTAL GERMAN MUSIC VIDEOS in association with MIC Toi Rerehiko and the NZ Film Archive. Don’t miss visiting filmmaker Christina von Greve presenting screenings of her own award winning works at Galatos including stunning sound composition by Von Spar, C-Schulz and acoustic artwork by Barry Bermange.
Tuesday 7 October 7pm - Special
screening programme of films by Christina von Greve.
Admission Free.
Screenings at Galatos, 17 Galatos St,
Newton
More information at www.goethe.de/nz
GALLERY
Christine Webster
MIC is
privileged to welcome the return of Christine Webster, one
of New Zealand’s most prodigious and well-respected
talents working in photography and video. Christine Webster
is exhibiting ‘Le Dossier’, a deeply evocative and
erotically charged rumination on cultural mores as they
relate to sexuality as well as a sophisticated critique of
the role of representation in both maintaining and
challenging culturally sanctioned categories of decency. A
new version of the video installation ‘Blindfield’ is
being shown alongside ‘Le Dossier’ and explores the role
of the individual in relation to structures of power.
Webster is also presenting her latest multi-screen video and
sound installation ‘ViGil’, which examines issues around
desire and vulnerability, intimacy and control amongst
various heterosexual, bi-sexual, gay and asexual
participants.
Hear Lynn Freeman's Radio New Zealand Arts On Sunday interview with Christine at http://mic.org.nz/events/exhibitions/present/christine-webster/
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August - 11 October 2008Gallery 1,2,3
Level 1, 321 K Rd,
Newton, Auckland
Open Tues - Fri 10am to 6.00pm and
Saturday 11am to 4pm
Admission Free.
COMING
SOON
GALLERY
atmos: weather as mediaCurated by Janine
Randerson
atmos: weather as media is an exhibition of air, sun, clouds, and storms. The exhibition presents a selection of international and New Zealand artists, including Douglas Bagnall (NZ), Lisa Benson (NZ), Corby and Baily (UK), Jerome Knebusch (Fr-Ger), Hoon Li(NZ-Kr), Andrea Polli(USA), Janine Randerson (NZ), and Cameron Robbins (Aus); whose work incorporates aspects of the weather directly into their practices, drawing attention to the agency of unpredictable natural phenomena. These are artists working at the borders of science, technology and ecology: some use weather in their art-making process, some simulate atmospheres, while others approach weather allegorically. At a time of ecological stress, their mediations in weather become ciphers for dialogue, critique, and transformation.
OPENING NIGHT: 17 October, 7pm @ MIC Toi
Rerehiko, Level 1, 321 K-Rd, Newton, Auckland.
18 October
- 15 November
Gallery 1,2,3
Level 1, 321 K Rd, Newton,
Auckland
Open Tues - Fri 10am to 6.00pm and Saturday 11am
to 4pm
Admission Free.
PERFORMING ENVIRONMENTS
CONFERENCE
Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 October
MIC Toi
Rerehiko and AUT University present Performing Environments
in association with the exhibition atmos: weather as media.
The conference coincides with the launch of CoLab, a new
transdisciplinary research and development centre led by
collaborative partners AUT University and MIC Toi Rerehiko.
CoLab aims to become a national centre of excellence in the
development and use of new technologies for creativity,
communication and innovation. This conference will engage
with critical aspects of art and technology projects and
will feature artists, researchers and curators involved in
both CoLab and the atmos: weather as media
exhibition.
Conference and venue details will be made available online at www.mic.org.nz on 8 Oct.
ENDS