Depot Artspace Exhibition Openings - Saturday 18 January
Michael Ferriss: Cartography for the Second
Millennium
18 – 30
January
Opening in the Main
Gallery
Saturday 18 January 2 –
3.30pm
"A man sets out to draw the
world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of
provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands,
fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals.
A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient
labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own
face." – Jorges Luis Borges
Who is making new
maps? Modern cartography is a sterile and scientific process
resulting in ubiquitous maps of the world. Street maps and
now even our own houses can be viewed on home computers as
the images are beamed back to us from space. Gone are the
maps of old that illustrated not only the known world, but
also the unknown and imagined world. Winds were illustrated
around their borders along with strange mythical creatures
to show that there may be danger in these parts.
“These works are new abstract maps of our world
for the new millennium. They are an attempt to illustrate
through abstraction how we look at our world now with
fractured images and composite photography, through a new
world we call cyberspace.” – Michael
Ferriss
Michael's music project Shima will also be featured as part of this exhibition.
Baha’i Group: Reflections on the Life of the
Spirit
18 – 30
January
Opening in the Vernacular
Lounge
Saturday 18 January 2 – 3.30pm
100 years ago Margaret Stevenson became the first
person in New Zealand to become a member of the Baha'i
Faith. She was a Devonport resident, the community where
women were first in the world to vote.
The Baha’i are
celebrating a very special woman through a group exhibition
of art works on the theme Reflections on the Life of the
Spirit.
Depot
Artspace 28 Clarence St, Devonport, Auckland. Ph:
09 963 2331 www.depotartspace.co.nz
Opening
hours: Mon: 12pm – 5pm Tue-Sat:
10am – 5pm Sun: 11am –
3pm
Public Holidays: 11am –
3pm