Survey Hamilton is an ongoing collaborative documentary project spearheaded by a group of Media Arts researchers. The project explores the sweet wallpaper of everyday life in Hamilton City. Over the next few years Survey Hamilton will develop an archive of photographs, moving image, sound recordings and design media. This exhibition features work that gets under the skin of the ‘cambium’, the outer growth ring of the city.
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Opening on Tuesday 19 July 2011, at 5.30pm, this exhibition will include works from graduates at levels that range from degree, through to postgraduate and Masters; providing further opportunity for them to exhibit in a professional environment.
Nicky Deeley, Ani Fourie, Jane Siddall, Sam Rimmington, Lynda Wilson, Gary Venn, Angela Keoghan, and Hannah Cleland are the artists that will be exhibiting during this group showcase, which runs from Wednesday 20 July through to Wednesday 10 August 2011.
Mary Mattingly is a New York based artist. Abstract vignettes of water-based migration, social procession, and object ritual explore time and movement, destruction and resurrection. Combining staged and documentary footage, The Island is also the Origin contemplates solitary and group movement and the technologies that enable perpetual motion in a cyclical format whence future is indistinguishable from history.
The student volunteers involved in RAMP this year will present a group exhibition of their current work. This show is curated by Tim Croucher, Head of Painting & Sculpture at Media Arts.
For this print portfolio 20 artists, from Australia, Mexico and New Zealand, have combined to contribute their interpretation of a myth or legend that has a personal resonance for them, based on fact or fiction, past or present. The resulting imagery and stories reflect a diversity of cultural backgrounds, Maori, Pakeha, Zenadh Kes, Tongan, Chinese and Mexican. The images also present a range of attitudes, from respectful to provocative reappraisals of past and present stories and issues.
Meet Me At The Water brings together imagery of the artist’s family during summer swims in nearby rivers, along with ideas of joy, playfulness and connectedness. Tracy’s lyrical, restrained and deft use of colour and gesture are reminiscent of the natural light in these environments and expressively portray the moments of celebration that can flood these playful summer times.
