Michael Ferriss
artist/musician
Ninety-Nine Names of God
The Koran says that God has ninety-nine names, each being also a virtue. But in this technocratic age it is no longer God looking at us, but satellites that circle the Earth and computers that store the information. Each of the art works in this exhibition is named after a surveillance operation conducted by the five-eyes countries comprising of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. For example Optic Nerve was conducted by Britain's spy agency Government Communications Head Quarters (GCHQ) where they monitored Yahoo video chat calls and captured photographs
every 5 minutes. Tempora is another operation by the GCHQ which secretly gained access to the network of cables which carry the world's phone calls and internet traffic and has started to process vast streams of sensitive personal information which it is sharing with its American partner, the National Security Agency (NSA).
*Ninety-Nine Names of God is an Islamic expression, not a name for a surveillance operation.
Antithesis of Chaos
collage and mixed media 80 x 80 cm

Messiah
collage 120 x 90 cm
(print only)

Silver Peak
mixed media 76 x 76 cm
(NZD 845)

Pinwhale
mixed media 40 x 30 cm
(NZD 375)

Monkey Shoulder
collage and camera on mannequin
height 650 cm
(NZD 550)

Twisted Path
mixed media 101 x 76 cm
(NZD 1100)

Darkquest
mixed media 76 x 76 cm
(NZD 845)

Optic Nerve
collage 120 x 90 cm
(NZD 1160)

Shadowcat
collage and camera on mannequin height 96 cm
(NZD 650)

Tracfin
collage 120 x 90 cm
(NZD 1100)

Prism
collage 76 x 101 cm
(NZD 1000)

Sunblock
mixed media 100 x 120 cm
(NZD 1160)

Transgression
collage 90 x 90 cm
(NZD 875)

Ninety-Nine Names of God
collage 120 x 120 cm
(print only)

Nevershakeababy
collage 120 x 60 cm
(NZD 1000)

Dishfire
collage 101 x 76 cm
(NZD 1000)

Nosey Smurf
collage 38 x 76 cm
(NZD 475)

Burlesque
collage 38 x 76 cm
(NZD 475)

Fallowhaunt
collage and camera on mannequin height 96 cm
(NZD 650)

Clean Sweep
watercolour 30 x 21 cm
(NZD 220)

Apparition
watercolour 30 x 21 cm
(NZD 220)

Tempora
watercolour 30 x 21 cm
(NZD 220)

Yachtshop
watercolour 30 x 21 cm
(NZD 220)

Moneyrocket
watercolour 30 x 21 cm
(NZD 220)

Speargun
watercolour 30 x 21 cm
(NZD 220)
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