Author(s): Stella Chrysostomou, Bill Manhire, Louise Garrett, Augusta Szrak et al

Art | Design | Craft | Literature | Aotearoa

Adventurous, playful and provocative, LIKE: An Experiment in Interpretation explores the 'translation' of an object between media: from the physical to the written, and then back to the physical. LIKE takes an object, a writer and a group of jewellers on a rigorous expedition of exploration and interpretation. One object given to Bill Manhire to interpret in verse results in an array of objects in translation. The jewellers have deciphered the text and through their individual interpretation made the resultant objects. The objects are both similar and wildly different raising questions in regard to perception, interpretation and the process of making.

Exhibition catalogue: Jewellery/literature project curated by Stella Chrysostomou.

Incl. essays by Augusta Szrak, Stella Chrysostomou & Louise Garrett.

Participants: Bill Manhire, Fran Allison, Andrea Daly, Peter Deckers, Karl Fritsch, Caroline Gore, Gavin Hitchings, Erik Kuiper, Sean O'Connell and Lisa Walker.

Includes all 10 jewellery works, Bill Manhire's poem, an introduction by Augusta Szrak, essays from Stella Chrysostomou & Louise Garrett and a brief written response from the participating artists.

Contents:
Introduction. Lost in translation? / Augusta Szrak -- Translation 1. Like / Bill Manhire -- Translation 2. [Original object]. Fran Allison. Andrea Daly. Peter Deckers. Karl Fritsch. Caroline Gore. Gavin Hitchings. Erik Kuiper. Sean O'Connell. Lisa Walker -- Essay. Like/unlike/dislike / Stella Chrysostomou -- Essay. From one to another / Louise Garrett.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, N.Z., 13 April - 25 May 2008.

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