Amanda Newall, Seance Cowl used by Helena Blavatsky to communicate with the Count Saint Germain, Velvet and French linen, 87 x 95cm
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SAFE, an exhibition exploring illusions of safety and the psychology of protection, features the work of Amanda Newall (NZ/UK) and Olav Westphalen (GER/US). SAFE offers a cultural geography of time, place, and collective anxiety.
Working across costume, drawing, video, and installation, Newall and Westphalen's collaboration offers an intriguing exploration of one of our fundamental needs: safety. But how has this basic need been commodified, taken to extreme expressions, and projected on to objects? Taking a deep dive into billionaire bunkers and childhood toys alike the artists explore this concept at a time when the mythology of New Zealand as an unaffected paradise teeters.
Read more about the exhibition and the artists here.
SAFE, an exhibition exploring illusions of safety and the psychology of protection, features the work of Amanda Newall (NZ/UK) and Olav Westphalen (GER/US). SAFE offers a cultural geography of time, place, and collective anxiety.
Working across costume, drawing, video, and installation, Newall and Westphalen's collaboration offers an intriguing exploration of one of our fundamental needs: safety. But how has this basic need been commodified, taken to extreme expressions, and projected on to objects? Taking a deep dive into billionaire bunkers and childhood toys alike the artists explore this concept at a time when the mythology of New Zealand as an unaffected paradise teeters.
Read more about the exhibition and the artists here.