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>On May 19, 2008, at 10:56 AM Mark Williams wrote:
>THIS WEEK IN THE PELORUS TRUST MEDIAGALLERY
>
>THE WORLD OF INTERIORS
>an exhibition by Nova Paul
>opening celebration Thursday 22 May 5.30pm
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>You are invited to attend the opening of The World of Interiors, an  
>exhibition by Nova Paul opening this Thursday 22 May at 5.30pm. Nova  
>Paul will be at the opening and also in attendance for an artist talk  
>Friday 23 May at 12.15pm.
>
>Filmed in red, green and blue layers the filmic surface of The World  
>of Interiors is composed of buzzing shards of colour influenced by  
>the aspirations and optimism of the 1910s Russian Avant-Garde  
>movement Rayonism. Accompanying the abstract film (originated on  
>16mm) are oral recordings made with friend Forbes Williams.
>
>Williams lives in Dunedin where his house is home to a collection of  
>keepsakes from his wanderings around the city; bits of plastic,  
>bottle tops, ribbons, soft toys, lost notes, hair ties, dried flowers  
>and other objects are carefully arranged throughout his house. On the  
>soundtrack Williams shares some of his experiences ranging across  
>subjects as diverse as metaphysics, the health care system,  
>relationships, mental wellbeing, literature, dance parties and his  
>process of collecting ephemera.
>
>Nova Paul says she is particularly interested in "stories that allow  
>us to see valid and thoughtful ways of existing in the world.? Her  
>film making practice stems from an engagement with experimental and  
>structural filmmaking, such as Stan Brakhage and Michael Snow. The  
>technicolor technique used in The World of Interiors is similar to  
>early colour processes used by experimental filmmakers such as Len  
>Lye, Oskar Fischinger and Australians Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.
>
>Nova will be at the Film Archive on 5 June to introduce a number of  
>films from the Film Archive?s collection including works by the  
>Cantrills, Lye and herself.
>
>THE WORLD OF INTERIORS
>Opening celebration 5.30 pm, Thurs May 22
>New Zealand Film Archive mediaplex
>cnr Ghuznee & Taranaki St's
>
>ARTIST TALK - Nova Paul
>12.15pm Friday 23 May
>Free Admission
>
>NOVA PAUL PRESENTS: THE WORLD OF TECHNICOLOR
>7pm, Thursday June 5
>Films by Len Lye, Arthur and Corinne Cantrill, Nova Paul and Morrow  
>Productions.
>
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