{"product_id":"stella-brennan-thread-between-darkness-light","title":"Stella Brennan | Thread between Darkness \u0026 Light","description":"\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThread Between Darkness and Light\u003c\/em\u003e, a photo book by New Zealand artist Stella Brennan, began with the gift of a painting: a depiction of Rangitoto with a mysterious ruin in the foreground. Investigating its painter led Brennan to an 1897 photograph of her great-great-aunt Louise Laurent with her female classmates – students at the same art school Brennan attended a century later. Struck by this uncanny affinity with her previously unknown ancestor, Brennan embarked on a journey of research and revelation. Cold-calling long-lost relatives, she unearthed an archive of Edwardian glass plate negatives, which a cousin had carefully preserved since Louise’s death in the 1960s. Despite being cracked and marred by mould and dirt, Brennan meticulously scanned the 300 fragile plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book delves deeper into these historical images, juxtaposing the passage of time with startlingly contemporary framings and content. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e On the other hand, the extreme damage sustained by some of the negatives, the cracked glass, peeling emulsion and blooms of mould speak to the time between then and now.  It is this tension that animates the project – this superimposition of time and place. An evocative collaborative essay enlarges the historical and material context. Susan Ballard, Professor of Art History at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Kirsty Baker, Curator at Te Whare Toi, and Lissa Mitchell, Curator of Historical Photography at Te Papa, bring their unique perspectives to a text that breathes life into these spectral images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePages: 120pp, with colour reproduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: hardcover wrapped printed cloth, section sewn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 268 x 207 x 15mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMeet Stella Brennan  \u003c\/strong\u003eWith an established practice spanning from the handmade to the highly mediated, Stella Brennan prises open history, its losses and possibilities, interrogating colonialism, industrialisation and computerisation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2023 the City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi presented \u003cem\u003eAncestor Technologies\u003c\/em\u003e, a major survey exhibition of Brennan’s work which included her new photographic installation \u003cem\u003eThreads Between Darkness and Light\u003c\/em\u003e. The scope of works in this show queries how technologies of representation alter the ways that we see the work, and how they influence the ways that we mark time and construct histories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrennan has exhibited across Australia, Asia, North America, Europe and New Zealand and has been awarded Residencies including at Apex Arts in New York City, and Artspace in Sydney. After graduating MFA from the University of Auckland in 1999, and alongside her personal art practice and exhibitions, Brennan co-founded Aotearoa Digital Arts and co-edited the Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, the first comprehensive text on digital arts practice in New Zealand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trish Clark Gallery Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43978537566388,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3105\/5312\/files\/DSC8969-e1718582758566.webp?v=1780016663","url":"https:\/\/shop.trishclark.co.nz\/products\/stella-brennan-thread-between-darkness-light","provider":"Trish Clark Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}