Exhibition: I Dance, I Ripple...

I dance, I ripple, I am thrown over you like a net of light, 2012, mirrors, salt, water and video; dimensions variable (16 October – 16 December 2012)

We see the world outside our bodies, our movements echo, existing in a cause and effect relationship. This collaborative installation by Holly Davies and Zainab Hikmet is a reaction to the very specific Corner space, where multiple components prompt a contemplative pause on this busy streetscape.

Light is central. It is captured, harvested and reflected back. Treated as an acquiescent element throughout the work, its properties are subtlety choreographed in obvious and less than obvious ways. The building’s shell acts as a means of confinement and separation, the glass window protects inside from outside but allows movements and processes to occur; materials react and incite growth. The audience interacts unwittingly; reflective surfaces distort the idea of a window barrier as passing reflections of the outside world blur the viewer/viewed divide.

Corner project space is a window gallery at the corner of Karangahape Road and Edinburgh Street in Auckland, with a programme of projects and exhibitions by emerging New Zealand and overseas artists, designers and architects.

Corner is curated by Rob Garrett and hosted by Glamuzina Paterson Architects and Kelvin Soh.