Narvik's Complaint
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| Wed 17 Feb ’10, 5:30pm–7:00pm |
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| Thu 18 Feb ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Fri 19 Feb ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Sat 20 Feb ’10, 4:00pm–7:00pm |
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| Mon 22 Feb ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Tue 23 Feb ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Wed 24 Feb ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Fri 26 Feb ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Sat 27 Feb ’10, 4:00pm–7:00pm |
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| Mon 1 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Tue 2 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Wed 3 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Thu 4 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Fri 5 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Sat 6 Mar ’10, 4:00pm–7:00pm |
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| Mon 8 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Tue 9 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Wed 10 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Thu 11 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Fri 12 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Sat 13 Mar ’10, 4:00pm–7:00pm |
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| Mon 15 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Tue 16 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Wed 17 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Thu 18 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Fri 19 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Sat 20 Mar ’10, 4:00pm–7:00pm |
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| Mon 22 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Tue 23 Mar ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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| Wed 24 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Fri 26 Mar ’10, 9:00am–7:00pm |
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| Sat 27 Mar ’10, 4:00pm–7:00pm |
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| Fri 30 Apr ’10, 9:00am–5:00pm |
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Where: The Film Archive, 84 Taranaki St, Te Aro, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
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- Admission: Free
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Join us on Wednesday 17 February to launch the first Film Archive mediagallery exhibition of the year titled Narvik's Complaint, an installation by Jeremy Diggle.
This video and digital image installation was inspired by the CERN Large Hadron Collider and its search for the Higgs Boson, sometimes known as the God Particle.
In the show the artist travels through time and space to warn his 1976 self against potentially perilous life choices. The two versions of Jeremy meet to discuss life, the universe etc.
Sometimes older Jeremy shakes his head with the knowledge of hindsight - “Take a different train tonight... give that party a miss, and whatever you do, don’t go dressed as a horse”.
Throughout the show, the audience are invited to engage with the Jeremy’s by writing on a blog which goes live on Thursday 18 February.
Although it may seem like science fiction, Narvik’s Complaint presents a scenario seriously mooted by scientists associated with the LHC project - the existence of alternate dimensions in which time, objects and our physical selves become interchangeable.
The Large Hadron Collider was built by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). Essentially a 27 kilometre circular underground tunnel that crosses the borders of France and Switzerland, the LHC is designed to collide particles together at massive speed, thus replicating conditions similar to the aftermath of the Big Bang. While some consider this alarmingly close to tinkering with God, scientists hope to find evidence of the Higgs Boson, a particle whose existence would confirm many physicists theories about the creation of the universe.
Also in the show - 24 photo frames showing over 2000 stills, two video projections and a blog as mentioned.
Jeremy Diggle is a British born artist, currently head of Massey University School of Fine Arts in Wellington. His artistic career started in the late 1970s as a painter, performance artist and video maker. In 2010 Diggle is well-known as an artist and storyteller who experiments with visual languages in order to create complex narrative compositions. At the conclusion of Narvik's Complaint Diggle intends to use the exchanges between the two Jeremy's as the basis of a hyper-text novel
In association with this exhibition on Wednesday 18 March at 7pm we present a conversation between artist Jeremy Diggle and philosopher Adrian Currie on the relationship between art, science and the human drive for knowledge - Do Art and Science tell the same story?
The exhibition runs from 18 February until Thursday 1 April.
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