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Greta Anderson

GRETA ANDERSON

Screensaver Two Rooms 4 October–9 November 2024 Auckland
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Screen Saver is the result of a collaboration between artist Greta Anderson and composer and experimental musician Sonya Waters who responded to Anderson’s video imagery of tourist sites in the Central Plateau of Te Ika-a-Māui the North Island. In this mesmerising, extended length video we travel from the mountains Tongariro and Ngauruhoe to the Huka Falls on the Waikato River and our final destination is the geothermal valley Ōrākei Kōrako. We’re swept along on an undulating, eddying river of images and otherworldly electronic music and the main character is water. A screen saver is a generic image of a sublime landscape that appears on our computer screen and is designed to give us a brief moment of respite from our digital toil. The title of this work and Anderson’s portrayal of well known tourist sites signal her intention to explore humanity’s transactional relationships with nature. These are beautiful places and they are also sites of extraction – rich in natural resources.

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About the Artist

Greta Anderson completed a Master of Visual Arts Degree at Sydney College of the Arts in New South Wales in 2006 after having graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland in 1999. Since then, Anderson has received several grants and awards, been the subject of several solo shows, including a notable 2003 exhibition at Te Tuhi, The Stand Ins.

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About the Gallery

Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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16 Putiki Street
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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