Ghosts in the form of gifts: Game On installation

Ghosts in the form of gifts is hanging out with Colin McCahon and Judy Millar at Hastings City Art Gallery from 9 July – 2 October 2011 as part of the exhibition “Game On”.

As the HCAG website puts it:

“Game on” is being staged within the spectacle of a major international sporting event and we aim to present a selection of New Zealand’s finest contemporary art to both visitors and local New Zealanders…As always, art reflects life and the selectors Scott and Walsh have surveyed the latest New Zealand players to present a winning team that collectively visually articulates our nation…this exciting exhibition showcases some great New Zealand art leaders or coaches to emerging run away stars, offering a long look at our New Zealand identity while presenting future possibilities for national and international exchange.”

Read more at the HCAG website.

Ghosts in the form of gifts is the winner of the inaugural award for Open Source in the Arts.

The Open Source Awards recognise New Zealanders’ contributions to open source projects, use of open source products, and promotion of the free and open philosophy.

Read an article about the work & award by Courtney Johnston  on Best of 3: http://best-of-3.blogspot.com/2010/11/congratulations.html

Bronwyn Holloway-Smith will speak about the work at the Girl Geek Christmas Dinner on 15 December.

A second print of the work is scheduled to be exhibited in early 2011 – stay tuned!

Ghosts in the form of gifts has been nominated for an Open Source Award.

Ghosts in the Form of Gifts – the use of open source technologies and design to recreate some of the lost treasures of the Te Papa collection from photographs and drawings.

Winners will be announced on 9 November.

A new work by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith is to be unveiled today (8 December, 2009) at Massey University Wellington. The work, titled ‘Ghosts in the form of gifts’ has been commissioned by Massey University Wellington as their most recent acquisition, marking their 10th Anniversary at Wellington.

The artwork comprises ten objects that are replicas of artifacts imagined as lost, hidden or misregistered during the Museum of New Zealand’s tenure in the former Museum Building on Buckle St, now occupied by Massey University’s College of Creative Arts. The objects have been created through a process of drawing, digital 3D rendering, and finally printing with an Open Source 3-dimensional printer – the RepRap.

The digital files for the artefacts are freely available for educational re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.

The work is on permanent display in the foyer of the Executive Seminar Suite, Block 5, Gate A, Wallace St, Mt Cook with the web-based aspect of the work found at http://bronwyn.co.nz/projects/gifts.html