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Who knew the humble old tin can could look so good? In the hands of renowned Christchurch artist/photographer, Margaret Dawson, over 1,000 stripped-back cans have taken on a new life in Christchurch’s High Street Project. There’s something tranquil and serene about “She had an uncanny feeling she was repeating herself.” It’s like a silvery forest of bamboo – delicate, ethereal, willowy and filled with surprises……photographic and light surprises placed in the bottom of intermittent towers; and then, the biggest surprise of all, the sudden, attention-getting chaos of rattling, shaking, mobile cans being hurled around a re-jigged washing machine. Triggered by a movement sensor, the hurly-burly of sound and the almost robotic nature of the adapted washing machine is enough to have you tip-toeing around the gallery, always slightly on edge, never quite knowing what’s coming next. Margaret packs up this show on Saturday August 9 and heads south for its installation at Blue Oyster Gallery in Dunedin, where it will take on a whole new life. Just to keep things interesting, she’s given herself the exciting challenge of installing this same exhibition in a horizontal format.
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