Things + Images

An exploration of empowerment through objects.
'The instinctive shapes allude to a fusion of objects almost ethnographic in nature, tool like, almost weapon like, or resembling bodily adornment. Unable to categorise upon initial encounter, these objects encourage forays into a space that is neither or; a transitional space of contemplation, contemporary in technique and primeval in reference. Their indecipherable function acts as a masquerade - which can be utilised to subvert and destabilise hegemonic structures. Within themselves these objects create new vernaculars - bringing into play alternative states of functionality within the everyday, creating something of a liberating space within the banal and seemingly mundane. A space seemingly loaded within the depths of complacency'.
Bopha Chhay

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		An exploration of empowerment through objects. 'The instinctive shapes allude to a fusion of objects almost ethnographic in nature, tool like, almost weapon like, or resembling bodily adornment. Unable to categorise upon initial encounter, these objects encourage forays into a space that is neither or; a transitional space of contemplation, contemporary in technique and primeval in reference. Their indecipherable function acts as a masquerade - which can be utilised to subvert and destabilise hegemonic structures. Within themselves these objects create new vernaculars - bringing into play alternative states of functionality within the everyday, creating something of a liberating space within the banal and seemingly mundane. A space seemingly loaded within the depths of complacency'. Bopha Chhay


		Enjoy Public Art Gallery Level 1/147 Cuba Street Wellington 6011 New Zealand 18th November – 11th December 2010 Taonga Puoro Performance with Al Fraser. 6pm, Thursday 18 November Artist Event: Christian Nyampeta. 2pm, Saturday 20 November. www.enjoy.org.nz