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Reuben Paterson: The End
Ongoing
Reuben Paterson The End 2016. Cotton fabric with metallic particles. Courtesy of the artist and Milford Galleries, commissioned by Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Reuben Paterson's sparkling elevator installation offers an unexpected space for contemplation and connection.
Reuben Paterson has covered the walls and ceiling with a dense, velvety black, glitter sprinkled cloth: the effect is like travelling through a dark sky powdered with stars. In Māori cosmology, the separation of the sky and earth brings forth Te Ao Mārama, the world of light, and signals the coming of knowledge. Dancing with a thousand points of reflected light, Paterson's installation alludes to traditional navigation as well as to the Māori name of the Gallery building, Te Puna o Waiwhetū – the waters in which stars are reflected.
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Curator:
Lara Strongman
Location:
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Exhibition number: 1008
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Reuben Paterson - Wharenui School visit
On Monday the 25th of March, kids from Wharenui school visited Te Pūtahitangi ō Rehua; a video installation by Reuben Paterson at 212 Madras street. They came to take part in a music based lesson organised as part of the Gallery's education programme. Reuben Paterson was keen to see how the kids would respond to his work, and you can see their response in this video.
Te Pūtahitangi ō Rehua is part of the Christchurch Art Gallery's Outer Spaces programme and can be seen at 212 Madras from 21 Mar 2013 until 24 Apr 2013.
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Marie Shannon: The Aachen Faxes, Christchurch remix
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Marie Shannon's sound work contemplates love, loss, and the longing for emotional connection across distance.
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Reuben Paterson: Te Pūtahitangi ō Rehua
21 March – 24 April 2013
Op-art patterns, expanses of glitter and Māori stories of water. They're all set in motion in this dazzling video installation by New Zealand artist Reuben Paterson.
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