Ronnie van Hout: I've Seen Things

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Wed 7 Nov ’12, 10:00am–4:30pm
Thu 8 Nov ’12, 10:00am–4:30pm
Fri 9 Nov ’12, 10:00am–4:30pm
Sat 10 Nov ’12, 10:00am–4:30pm
Sun 11 Nov ’12, 10:00am–4:30pm

Where: The Dowse Art Museum, 45 Laings Rd, Lower Hutt

Restrictions: All Ages

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  • Admission: Free

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Event listed by: The Dowse Art Museum

A solo exhibition by Melbourne-based New Zealand artist Ronnie van Hout in which the title hints at secrets and insider knowledge. 'I've seen things' is taken from a scene in the iconic sci-fi film Blade Runner. Set in a futuristic Los Angeles in 2019, Blade Runner examines memory and identity, asking, what does it take to be human?

I've Seen Things places Blade Runner in a larger plot that mines real and fictional stories, with the artist himself inserted into the heart of the tale. Van Hout can usually be found front and centre stage in his work, the artist offering us endless versions of his own self in the form of models, stand-ins, duplications and distortions.

In I've Seen Things, van Hout inserts himself within a bigger historical narrative; that of Canterbury's The Full Gospel Mission, or the 'God Squad', as they were commonly known. A religious cult based around Christchurch from the 1970s through to their disbandment in 2002, I've Seen Things documents their story, one already filtered through rumour, scandal and intrigue, as a tale of downfall.

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