Two interlocking, highly polished brass rings are welded to one another, forming a three-dimensional Venn diagram. Each has a word engraved, one ‘sleeping’ the other ‘waking’. It suggests some space in between these two states, pointing to a zone of possibility or the unknown.
As New Zealand moves into lockdown against Covid-19 we collectively step further into the unknown, finding ourselves in a space between internal and external states. For a little while, we must find our new ‘normal’ and create new routines for ourselves and our families.
We know that art and creativity can help us to imagine other ways of being in these difficult times, to stop and look, make and think, and to hope, soon, for the possibility of new beginnings.
- The Chartwell team x
Pictured:
Hypnosis Venn
Dane Mitchell
2013
brass
1070 x 1900 mm
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2014
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