Here I am, Hello' is a proclamation about life in a big city, about not quite belonging and about feeling left behind.

It seems everywhere I go there are different rules on how to eat, how to talk, who to talk to, who you can touch, when to smile, when to laugh, when to sit, when to walk. All these 'guidelines' which are meant to help us, in fact, are steadily making us lose the ability to interact on a personal, intimate level. Here I am, Hello' is a proclamation about life in a big city, about not quite belonging and about feeling left behind.

It seems everywhere I go there are different rules on how to eat, how to talk, who to talk to, who you can touch, when to smile, when to laugh, when to sit, when to walk. All these 'guidelines' which are meant to help us, in fact, are steadily making us lose the ability to interact on a personal, intimate level.With the advent of ever-evolving technology, this impersonality is not only becoming a reality but a factual way of life. You can get to know a person without ever meeting them physically. That scares me.

We are slowly losing our sense of personal identity, everyone, no matter how hard they try to convince themselves otherwise.

The show makes a point of including artists who are yet to finish their fine arts education in order to give them a taste of the industry

Opening preview Tuesday April 22, 5:30-8pm
whitespace
12 crummer rd ponsonby auckland new zealand
opening hours tue-fri 11-6, sat 11-4
www.whitespace.co.nz

An assortment of video, sculpture, painting and photography

Amy Alcock
James O'Connor
Luke Willis Thompson
Max Thompson

Curator: Andrew Gomez

21/04/08