Light Reading
- Who
Sonya Lacey works with moving image, performance and installation. she finds a way to embodied experiences through her messages in her art practice. Sonya Lacey is also part of Light reading a collaboration with Glasgow-based artist, Sarah Rose.
- What
Light reading who are base their artwork around performance and digital publication. Which makes the connection with the viewers and the artist's unique. Using a luxury vehicle and one member from the audience at a time.
- Where
Sonya Lacey is a New Zealand Artist based in Wellington. who has made solo artwork but has collaborated with Glasgow-Artist Sarah Rose "Light Reading".
- When
This performance was shown in Scotland at the David Dale Gallery in 2014, and was first shown in Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts in New Zealand.
- Why
I find this show really interesting because of the way it is done, having to wait for your turn to experience this show can make you quite anxious.
Lightreading. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, 2016, from http://sonyalacey.net/lightreading-1/#/private-hire/
Bio. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, 2016, from http://sonyalacey.net/bio/
Luke Willis Thompson
- Who
Luke Willis Thompson artworks involve readymade objects. where focuses his practice on collective imagination and material trace. The winner of the 2014 Walter's Prize, New Zealand's most prestigious art award. His other works include Yaw, 2010, and Sucu Mate, 2012
- What
Luke Willis Thompson titled his artwork inthisholeonthisislandwhereiam, in this show he will the gallery at 1 Cross St will remain empty for the duration of the exhibition. A Taxi will wait in the loading dock to drive the viewer to the Epsom property and back to the gallery.
- Where
Luke Willis Thompson lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. Ready-made objects - such as a local funeral home's art collection and the inthisholeonthisislandwhereiam show. To trace the fautlines of race and class in the chosen context.
- When
the exhibition was in 2012, it was based in the suburb of Epsom in New Zealand. Thompson's exhibition at Hopkinson Cundy comprises one major work; It was a house that was made into a gallery to display for the community in that time. Three garage doors, security lights dimensions variable.
- Why
Looking at artist that are New Zealand based really surprise me that all the talent is right in my backyard. Doing show's in my community will really be a good goal for me in my up and coming years. Luke Willis Thompson works confront the viewer with uneasy questions of ontology and the ideology of the public gaze.
Luke Willis Thompson | Ocula – Artist Profile, Galleries, Exhibitions and Artworks. (n.d.). Retrieved May 09, 2016, from https://ocula.com/artists/luke-willis-thompson/
http://aucklandtriennial.com/artists/luke-willis-thompson
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