Sunday, June 28, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
new wave of colonials
this is my newest work and it is only part of it, the rest of it i will be working on over the holidays..new wave of colonialism is referring to the 1993 GAT (general agreement on trades and tariff)and the legalising of private companies/ corporations and individuals to buy patent rights over all DNA on the planet including human DNA.
monsantos is one of the more reknowned companies to patent rights over seeds and there have been many courtcases monsantos has won against individual farmers in third and first world countries merely because they had the money to keep going back.
there has been debate about the ethics involved in this and more than a few of the nations involved in the world trade organisation didnt sign the agreement because it leaves the third world countries open to be exploited by first world countries
http://www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/crg.html?
http://www.globaled.org/issues/160/b.html
apart from the ethics involved around the ability to buy DNA and claim it as an intellectual property it is extreme arrogance! apparently at this point in time most of our DNA is already bought...
the ability to patent DNA is also called colonisation, hence the title of my installation...it is the last known bastion of colonialism,.... our essence...
monsantos is one of the more reknowned companies to patent rights over seeds and there have been many courtcases monsantos has won against individual farmers in third and first world countries merely because they had the money to keep going back.
there has been debate about the ethics involved in this and more than a few of the nations involved in the world trade organisation didnt sign the agreement because it leaves the third world countries open to be exploited by first world countries
http://www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/crg.html?
http://www.globaled.org/issues/160/b.html
apart from the ethics involved around the ability to buy DNA and claim it as an intellectual property it is extreme arrogance! apparently at this point in time most of our DNA is already bought...
the ability to patent DNA is also called colonisation, hence the title of my installation...it is the last known bastion of colonialism,.... our essence...
Monday, June 1, 2009
mapping video
i have lost visual quality while compressing video for the blogger space,so i will also make a dvd
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
micheal morley year 3 project drawing
Project Drawing Proposal
For Want of a Nail
My proposal idea is based in the String Theory and Cold Fusion.
I will knit one black and one white, metre wide and approx six metre long scarf. The scarves will be hung tightly between the floor and the ceiling. In front of each scarf, facing each other , will be two `walls’, with holes in them, where a string will come through from each scarf. The viewers job is to pull the strings together at the same time. By pulling the strings the scarves will unravel.
This work is referencing the concept of cold fusion which is based in one particle of matter and one particle of anti-matter meeting and fusing. They need to be `soul mates’ (or polar opposites,) for the fusion to work and create energy. The theory is that if this is worked out effectively the energy produced by the fusing of the particles will be able to give us power for electricity. However there is some problems possible with the outcome, namely the scientists are uncertain of the impact this will have on the anti-matter world and the matter world and according to the string theory this could be like pulling the thread from fabric and be the undoing of the anti-matter and matter world.
Anyway influences for my artwork are Len Lye, and his use of science and physics in his artwork. When I worked at the Auckland Art Gallery his work A Universe was up in the Making Worlds Exhibition. It was powered by electro- magnetic energy and worked on apparently random movement. *(the Chaos Theory) though with long periods of observation the movement did appear to have a pattern.
Other influences are Klaus (don’t know his last name) whom I met on Waiheke Island a few years back his work involved pendulums and the use of kinetic energy without using electricity. Klaus also worked at the Steiner school teaching the kids how to make their own instruments etc.
Other artists such as Sam Hamilton and James Mc Carthy , with their sound work and Annette Messager with her use of fabric and words in her artwork and Loris Geraud ` Topsy’ 2006 (telephone that talks 80`s arthouse songs to you) have influenced me.
Steven Jones, Ray Tomes
Hedron collider
Bbc website – big explosion
Mona hatoum
For Want of a Nail
My proposal idea is based in the String Theory and Cold Fusion.
I will knit one black and one white, metre wide and approx six metre long scarf. The scarves will be hung tightly between the floor and the ceiling. In front of each scarf, facing each other , will be two `walls’, with holes in them, where a string will come through from each scarf. The viewers job is to pull the strings together at the same time. By pulling the strings the scarves will unravel.
This work is referencing the concept of cold fusion which is based in one particle of matter and one particle of anti-matter meeting and fusing. They need to be `soul mates’ (or polar opposites,) for the fusion to work and create energy. The theory is that if this is worked out effectively the energy produced by the fusing of the particles will be able to give us power for electricity. However there is some problems possible with the outcome, namely the scientists are uncertain of the impact this will have on the anti-matter world and the matter world and according to the string theory this could be like pulling the thread from fabric and be the undoing of the anti-matter and matter world.
Anyway influences for my artwork are Len Lye, and his use of science and physics in his artwork. When I worked at the Auckland Art Gallery his work A Universe was up in the Making Worlds Exhibition. It was powered by electro- magnetic energy and worked on apparently random movement. *(the Chaos Theory) though with long periods of observation the movement did appear to have a pattern.
Other influences are Klaus (don’t know his last name) whom I met on Waiheke Island a few years back his work involved pendulums and the use of kinetic energy without using electricity. Klaus also worked at the Steiner school teaching the kids how to make their own instruments etc.
Other artists such as Sam Hamilton and James Mc Carthy , with their sound work and Annette Messager with her use of fabric and words in her artwork and Loris Geraud ` Topsy’ 2006 (telephone that talks 80`s arthouse songs to you) have influenced me.
Steven Jones, Ray Tomes
Hedron collider
Bbc website – big explosion
Mona hatoum
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