LIKE: An Experiment in Interpretation

Adventurous, playful and provocative, LIKE: An Experiment in Interpretation explores the ‘translation’ of an object between media: from the physical to the written, and then back to the physical.

LIKE takes an object, a writer and a group of jewellers on a rigorous expedition of exploration and interpretation. One object given to Bill Manhire to interpret in verse results in an array of objects in translation. The jewellers have deciphered the text and through their individual interpretation made the resultant objects. The objects are both similar and wildly different raising questions in regard to perception, interpretation and the process of making.

EVENTS

Workshop
Sunday 11th May 2-4pm

Stella Chrysostomou will take a workshop An Experiment in Interpretation. This workshop will involve exercises in translation using works in the gallery and descriptive text. The workshop is aimed at anyone that would like to explore the ideas of the exhibition LIKE, those with an interest in words and visual language. No special jewellery or artistic abilities are required to participate. This workshop is discussion-based through experiment and simple exercises.
This workshop is FREE but please register at imp@icebox.org.nz For further details contact Stella at imp@icebox.org.nz

Performance
Wednesday 21st 12:10pm

Re-Wording
Poetry students from the Creative Writing programme at NMIT respond to LIKE.
Each of the students will write a descriptive response to 1 of the 9 resultant works in LIKE. They will then read their works at the gallery. Hence creating an ongoing response/interpretation process. This event is co-ordinated by tutor, Cliff Fell.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like any further info.
Kind regards,
Stella Chrysostomou

p.s when I'm not doing this kind of thing I work at independent bookshop Page & Blackmore (in Nelson) hence knowing about this book blog...

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