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Of Time And

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15 June – 14 September 2013 Bury Art Museum is pleased to present Of Time And , an exhibition of new and existing works by Evangelia Spiliopoulou . Evangelia Spiliopoulou 's work proposes new aesthetic and poetic functions for everyday objects and tools. In her series of digital Office Drawings , made with Microsoft Word Office software, she uses her knowledge and skill in classical observational drawing to create graphs and diagrams reminiscent of technical illustrations or instruction manuals. But rather than practical information, the drawings convey a sense of disorientation, like puzzles in which words and graphic elements seem to contradict conventional logic. They are maps of a mental process of free association and an intuitive response to the play of meanings suggested in words. Her new work Thermohygrograph 2 , created for this exhibition, achieves a similar effect by the most economical means. It consists of two identical devices for measuring temp

Android

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Preview: Friday 7 th June Exhibition: 8 th -14 th June, 1-5pm 4a Piccadilly Place, Manchester Live Performances from Naomi Kashiwagi & Sarah Sanders, plus artist talk 8 th June, 2-4pm. Things are not what they first seem... Carefully chosen artists have been invited to respond to the theme Android, originating from the Greek words 'andro' meaning man (or human) and 'eidos' meaning like or likeness. These new artworks are varied in media, and together, create an intense visual and audio experience to captivate the viewer. The inspiration for this show comes from the cult classic Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott (1982) and Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang (1927). Woven into this discourse is a new work by Beth Ward The Mountain Has a Mouth (An alternative book cover illustration for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick) . Incorporating elements from the novel such as: Mars, a mountain and clouds of dust. Antony Hal