The World Of Interiors
Still from The World of Interiors.
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an exhibition by Nova Paul
opening celebration Thursday 22 May 5.30pm
Dear Friends,
You are invited to attend the opening of The World of Interiors, an exhibition by Nova Paul opening this Thursday 22 May
at 5.30pm. Nova Paul will be at the opening and also in attendance for an artist talk Friday 23 May at 12.15pm.
Filmed in red, green and blue layers the filmic surface of The World of Interiors is composed of buzzing shards of
colour influenced by the aspirations and optimism of the 1910s Russian Avant-Garde movement Rayonism. Accompanying the
abstract film (originated on 16mm) are oral recordings made with friend Forbes Williams.
Williams lives in Dunedin where his house is home to a collection of keepsakes from his wanderings around the city; bits
of plastic, bottle tops, ribbons, soft toys, lost notes, hair ties, dried flowers and other objects are carefully
arranged throughout his house. On the soundtrack Williams shares some of his experiences ranging across subjects as
diverse as metaphysics, the health care system, relationships, mental wellbeing, literature, dance parties and his
process of collecting ephemera.
Nova Paul says she is particularly interested in "stories that allow us to see valid and thoughtful ways of existing in
the world.” Her film making practice stems from an engagement with experimental and structural filmmaking, such as Stan
Brakhage and Michael Snow. The technicolor technique used in The World of Interiors is similar to early colour processes
used by experimental filmmakers such as Len Lye, Oskar Fischinger and Australians Arthur and Corinne Cantrill.
Nova will be at the Film Archive on 5 June to introduce a number of films from the Film Archive’s collection including
works by the Cantrills, Lye and herself.
ARTIST TALK - Nova Paul
12.15pm Friday 23 May
Free Admission
NOVA PAUL PRESENTS: THE WORLD OF TECHNICOLOR
7pm, Thursday June 5
Films by Len Lye, Arthur and Corinne Cantrill, Nova Paul and Morrow Productions.
ENDS