Dunedin artist Pete Gorman with his audio-visual sculpture
Heteroclite yesterday. Photo by Linda Robertson.
The worlds of art and science interact in an exhibition
opening in Dunedin today.
"Blend" features a series of science-resourced works
interpreted by artists Laura Blake, Claire Beynon, Nicola
Gibbons, Robyn Webster, Sue Marshall, Pete Gorman, Sue Novell
and Catherine Cocker.
The works explore subjects ranging from the Gulf of Mexico
oil-spill disaster to magnified cancer cells.
Another work, Heteroclite by Dunedin electronic artist Pete
Gorman, uses an old black and white television set and an
audio oscillator to loop sound and moving images.
The exhibition, in the Rocda Gallery, is part of the 2010 New
Zealand International Science Festival and features artists
using science and technology to explore new forms of creative
expression, co-ordinator Nicola Gibbons said yesterday.
"Art and science have traditionally been like oil and water,
but there's a growing interaction between the two.
Artists can put a different spin on science, by opening up
new thought processes," she said.
"Art-sci is a new form of creative expression."
"Blend" runs until July 17.
nigel.benson@odt.co.nz
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