The Blue Oyster is pleased to present a dual showing by two artists that employ online and offline modes of production to generate film and sculpture.
Past Exhibition
Wenerei 4 -
Hātarei 28
Pēpuere
Wednesday 4 -
Saturday 28
February
2015
Image: Joe Hamilton, Merge Nodes, 2015.
Merge Nodes
Joe Hamilton
Joe Hamilton makes use of technology and found materials to create intricate and complex compositions online, offline and in between. The term ‘merge nodes’ refers to the collapsing of multiple geographical locations into one frame. ‘Merge node’ is also the name of a tool used to merge two digital image or video files. While Hamilton’s sculptural work Diffusion Layer sits in an ‘offline’ space, his looping film Merge Nodes in the second space is very much ‘online’, extending on a series of film works including Regular Division (2014), Stream (2014), Survey (2013) and Hypergeography (2011). These films will be shown at the film screening on Thursday 19 February, 6pm.
Piti Montessori
Sorawit Songsataya
Piti, ปิติ — Thai for ‘joy’
Sorawit Songsataya pays attention to objects and images that act as educational modules for his fictional Montessori school. Animated characters and narrative elements pervade each pedagogical component in such a way as to imply a learning environment in which the subjects taught and methods of teaching are erratic. Both within and beyond the pedagogical environment, objects and images, whilst generated and shared by individuals as sentimental or promotional motifs, run the associated risk of non-tacit use, storage and dissemination—they leak beyond bounded intention. With this expanded life, gestures of sentimentality and promotion seep into new terrains of pirated productivity, frequently circulating unwittingly beyond ‘home’. A selection of Songsataya’s films will also be screening on Thursday 19 February, 6pm.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Merge Nodes, still, 2015, video loop 1min.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Merge Nodes, still, 2015, video loop 1min.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Diffusion Layer, cotton, plastic, reflective tape and pigment prints on 5x aluminium scaffold 4.83 x 8cm, 2015.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Diffusion Layer, detail, cotton, plastic, reflective tape and pigment prints on 5x aluminium scaffold 4.83 x 8cm, 2015.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Diffusion Layer, detail, cotton, plastic, reflective tape and pigment prints on 5x aluminium scaffold 4.83 x 8cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Clay Class, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 85 x 33cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Clay Class, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 85 x 33cm, 2015.
Image: Left, Sorawit Songsataya, Piti School Uniforms, 2015. Right, Sorawit Songsataya, Dad leaked my nudes, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Piti School Uniforms, machine knitted merino wools, pine coat hanger, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Dad leaked my nudes, memory frame, digital print on premium lustre 39 x 28cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Southland Carpenters, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 27 x 105cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Southland Carpenters, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 27 x 105cm, 2015.
Image: Foreground, Sorawit Songsataya, Southland Carpenters, 2015. Background, Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, wooden frames, digital prints on premium lustre 54 x 44cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, detail, wooden frames, digital prints on premium lustre 54 x 44cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, detail, wooden frames, digital prints on premium lustre 54 x 44cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Mathematics, two channels, 3D animation, HD video loop 4.10min, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Mathematics, still, two channels, 3D animation, HD video loop 4.10min, 2015.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Merge Nodes, still, 2015, video loop 1min.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Merge Nodes, still, 2015, video loop 1min.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Diffusion Layer, cotton, plastic, reflective tape and pigment prints on 5x aluminium scaffold 4.83 x 8cm, 2015.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Diffusion Layer, detail, cotton, plastic, reflective tape and pigment prints on 5x aluminium scaffold 4.83 x 8cm, 2015.
Image: Joe Hamilton, Diffusion Layer, detail, cotton, plastic, reflective tape and pigment prints on 5x aluminium scaffold 4.83 x 8cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Clay Class, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 85 x 33cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Clay Class, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 85 x 33cm, 2015.
Image: Left, Sorawit Songsataya, Piti School Uniforms, 2015. Right, Sorawit Songsataya, Dad leaked my nudes, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Piti School Uniforms, machine knitted merino wools, pine coat hanger, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Dad leaked my nudes, memory frame, digital print on premium lustre 39 x 28cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Southland Carpenters, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 27 x 105cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Southland Carpenters, melted plastic particles 7 x 15cm, wooden vase stand 27 x 105cm, 2015.
Image: Foreground, Sorawit Songsataya, Southland Carpenters, 2015. Background, Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, wooden frames, digital prints on premium lustre 54 x 44cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, detail, wooden frames, digital prints on premium lustre 54 x 44cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Parental Concerns, detail, wooden frames, digital prints on premium lustre 54 x 44cm, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Mathematics, two channels, 3D animation, HD video loop 4.10min, 2015.
Image: Sorawit Songsataya, Mathematics, still, two channels, 3D animation, HD video loop 4.10min, 2015.
Sorawit Songsataya
Sorawit Songsataya (MFA, 2014, Elam, Auckland) is a Thai-born artist who lives and works in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). Songsataya was the recent artist-in-residence at McCahon House in Titirangi, Auckland. Currently he is participating in the Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Studio Programme (IASPIS) in Stockholm. His recent exhibitions include: Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, 2018; Starling, Artspace, Auckland, 2018; Cabinets of Curiosities, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland, 2017; Acting Out, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, 2017; Dark Objects, The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, 2017; Potentially Yours: The Coming Community, Artspace, Auckland, 2016; The Non-living Agent, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland, 2016.
Joe Hamilton
Based in Melbourne, Joe Hamilton holds an MFA from RMIT (2011). Recent projects include: Indirect Flights (Solo Exhibition), Fort Delta, Melbourne, 2014; Penetrating Surfaces, The Austrian Film Museum, Vienna, 2014; Rooftop Transmissions, Melbourne Now, 2014; Act Natural, Galerie Eva Meyer, Paris, 2015; Possibilities and Choices – Mixer, Istanbul, 2015.