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>On May 08, 2008, at 15:50 PM cole.edwards@g... wrote:
>MIC Toi Rerehiko presents
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>MIRROR STATES
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>MIC Toi Rerehiko will be displaying an impressive array of works from a leading
>line up of contemporary digital art practitioners in Australasia as well as
>renowned Canadian artist David Rokeby. MIRROR STATES is an international group
>exhibition by guest curators Kathy Cleland and Lizzie Muller that offers a
>sophisticated and deeply seductive examination of the intimate and often uncanny
>interplay between interactive technologies and human subjectivity. Mirror States
>draws together art and technology to combine these two powerful systems of
>reflection and projection. The exhibition presents digital and interactive
>artworks that offer arresting glimpses of the self and intriguing interactions
>with digital others.
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>The exhibition brings together some of the leading artists working in digital
>media in Australia and New Zealand and demonstrates the strength and diversity of
>contemporary digital art practice in Australasia.
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>The exhibition will include Sean Kerr (New Zealand), George Khut (Australia),
>John Tonkin (Australia) and Mari Velonaki (with David Rye and Steve Scheding)
>(Australia). Joining the Australasian line-up is renowned Canadian artist David
>Rokeby, whose artworks and writing have been an inspiration for this exhibition,
>and an influence on many of the artists in the show.  This is the first time that
>Rokeby?s seminal work, 'Very Nervous System' has been seen in New Zealand.
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>*In association with MIRROR STATES is a one day symposium 'Reflection and
>Projection'. The Symposium coincides with the formation 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 symposium will engage with critical aspects of
>art and technology projects and will feature artists, researchers and curators
>involved in both CoLab and the Mirror States exhibition.
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>MIRROR STATES
>MIC Toi Rerehiko, 321 Karangahape Rd, City
>May 16 ? 28 June
>Gallery Opening Hours:
>Tue - Fri, 10am ? 6pm
>Sat, 11am - 4pm
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>www.mic.org.nz, www.galatos.co.nz
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>REFLECTION AND PROJECTION
>Lecture Theatre WE240, (Rear of E Block)
>St Paul Street, AUT, City Campus.
>Saturday 17 May
>10.00 am 6.00 pm
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>For more information contact
>Nicole Edwards, nicole at mic.org.nz or +64 9 379 9922