Living Room 2011: Metropolis Dreaming

Living Room, Auckland Council’s annual 10-day public art event, kicks off again in April and will feature artists from all over the world, as well as some well known local faces branching out, with Mint Chicks guitarist Ruban Nielson taking part in a poster project.

Living Room 2011: Metropolis Dreaming runs from 8-17 April in various public places in Auckland’s CBD. There will be a mix of installations, performances, sound art, video projections and a poster project. Acknowledging that the city is both a cultural and technological hub, the programme will include social projects that highlight the human dynamics of urban life.

This year’s theme, Metropolis Dreaming, encourages people to expand their reality through a celebration of post-industrial urban life. The Italian Futurist movement and their excitement about the clamour and bustle of the machine age inspired the theme chosen by guest curator Andrew Clifford. Metropolis Dreaming projects will spotlight the actual mechanics of the city’s systems, transforming its functional, everyday structures from a routine backdrop into imaginative possibilities.

Artists confirmed so far for Living Room 2011 are: Ujino Muneteru (Japan), Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries (Korea/USA), Sam Hamilton (NZ) with John Reynolds (NZ), Gregory Bennett (NZ) with Michael Hodgson (NZ), Ani O’Neill (NZ/Rarotonga) and Disinformation (UK). Contributing to the poster project are Sara Hughes (NZ), Peter Madden (NZ) and Ruban Nielson (NZ/USA).

Event listed by Rebecca Lawson

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