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Post hoc (stealth cell trees), 2019

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posted on 2024-07-25, 02:08 authored by Dane MitchellDane Mitchell
Post hoc signals the contingent methodology of constructing history and knowledge, casting light on the impact problematic processes Enlightenment ideals and Western epistemologies have had on this post-truth, post-colonial moment and the West's propensity to seek to contain the world.

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Creative New Zealand;;

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  • Original Creative Work

NTRO Output Category

  • Original Creative Work : Visual artwork

Place

Venice, Italy

Venue

La Biennale di Venezia

NTRO Publisher

La Biennale di Venezia

Medium

Seven cell tower pine trees, each comprising: galvanised steel, mild steel, aluminium, plastic, two Raspberry Pi, two hard drives, speakers, acoustic insulation, range booster antenna, electrical components, electrical cabling.

Research Statement

Exhibition of original new work at the Venice Biennale as a solo exhibition for New Zealand's National Pavilion This original work produced new knowledge in the field of contemporary art at one of the most important exhibitions globally. Hidden in plain sight, 7 Stealth Cell Towers broadcast lists of lost things throughout the city. Sites included Università Iuav di Venezia; Ospedale Civile di Venezia; Sant'Elena, Parco Rimembranze; and the North Arsenale, Internal Garden. At any of the Stealth Cell Towers, lists could be selected and streamed on a when within the field of each tree's wifi network. The work has been cited in several journals and many texts. For example https://www.routledge.com/Art-and-Nature-in-the-Anthropocene-Planetary-Aesthetics/Ballard/p/book/9780367710941 Radio media coverage included: ABC News, Unravelled Podcast, Monocle, Al Jazeera, ZDF German TV Network, Contemporary HUM. Print Media coverage included: Der Tagesspiegel, Mousse Magazine, The Art Newspaper, BR Radio (German Radio Station), Le Figaro, Frieze Magazine. The work has been exhibited multiple times at public institutions.

Size or Duration of Work

Dimensions variable, exhibited for 6 months

Affiliation

Dane Mitchell, University of Melbourne

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