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| Stella Brennan Artist and writer (Auckland, New Zealand) May 16 - June 15, 2007 |
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Stella Brennan's work examines technology, obsolescence and utopianism. Recent projects include a
video examining the 1979 Erebus Disaster, in which an Air New Zealand sightseeing plane crashed
into the Antarctic mountain. White Wall/Black Hole was shown at last year's Sydney Biennale.
Wet Social Sculpture, an installation featuring whale song, psychedelic film and a fully operational
spa pool was selected as a finalist in the 2006 Walters Prize, New Zealand's most prestigious art
award. Stella is co-founder of Aotearoa Digital Arts (http://ada.waikato.ac.nz), New Zealand's only discussion list dedicated to New Media Art. She is deputy chair of the Artspace Aotearoa board of Trustees. She teaches at AUT University. She is represented by Starkwhite (www.starkwhite.co.nz); her website is www.stella.net.nz Stella Brennan was recommended to apexart's program by Wystan Curnow, a critic, curator and poet who works as a professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. |