Ego: The Musician As Artist

menn-O-matic and DAF106 presents…

Ego: The Musician As Artist

See them pose! See them bare their souls! See them present their hearts on a platter! Come see an exhibition of self-portraits by musicians.

EGO will be a group show of musicians from Aotearoa who are also visual artists.

Everyone knows that most musicians have an EGO of some description to match their talents. This show will be the chance to see how this perception plays out in reality.

Held at DAF106 gallery on Aro Street, EGO will draw together a host of local and national musicians, who are also visual artists, as they lay their souls bare and present a self-portrait in their chosen medium. Submissions may include painting, graphic art, multi-media, photography and sculpture. Size restrictions will apply so as to avoid the possibility of various egos battling for space.

Often, through necessity, DIY musicians need to head into new territories to produce their own artwork, as they lack the funds to outsource design work.

The resulting artwork, e.g. CD artwork and posters, is a genre in its own right.

EGO will show the way creative people express themselves through different art forms.

The requirement of a self-portrait will cause the artists to think laterally about their work and the difference between performance and visual representation of the self.

EGO will run at DAF 106, 106 Aro st from 17th February until the 1st of march.

FRINGE 09 @ DAF106.

ENDS

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