Anglia Ruskin University

Diversity of Voices

Date: 6 - 21 February 2013
Private View: Thursday 7 February, 17.00
Talk: Thursday 7 February, 13.00 - 14.00 in Ruskin 110 (a discussion between the artist, curator and a member of staff from Cambridge University Botanic Garden)

Austrian painter Karin Pliem's series of images correspond between nature and civilization, as well as emotional and rational design. During her travels around the world she gathers diverse natural objects, from different and unrelated sources, integrating these into her image repertoire.

Pliem's aim is to create a dialogue of contrasting opposites, creating an unresolved intermezzo between paintings and imagery. Using the Ruskin Gallery's digital technology, the painted images are expanded into a new mobile constellation: fifteen 3D screens present continually changing details of the paintings. Austrian Jazz composer/musician Klemens Pliem creates a soundscape interpreting the paintings as different emotional 'moods'.

You can read a review of Diversity of Voices on the Local Secrets website.

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