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 NZD 250 (A2); 400 (A1); 650 (A0)
Silver Peak
mixed media 76 x 76 cm
NZD 1100
Pinwhale
mixed media 40 x 30 cm
NZD 450
Monkey Shoulder
collage and camera on mannequin
height 650 cm
NZD 550
Twisted Path
mixed media 101 x 76 cm
NZD 1300
Darkquest
mixed media 76 x 76 cm
print only NZD 250 (A2); 400 (A1); 650 (A0)
Optic Nerve
collage 120 x 90 cm
NZD 1300
Shadowcat
collage and camera on mannequin height 96 cm
NZD 650
Tracfin
collage 120 x 90 cm
NZD 1300
Prism
collage 76 x 101 cm
NZD 1300
Sunblock
mixed media 100 x 120 cm
NZD 1600
Transgression
collage 90 x 90 cm
NZD 1100
Ninety-Nine Names of God
collage 120 x 120 cm
print only NZD 250 (A2); 400 (A1); 650 (A0)
Nevershakeababy
collage 120 x 60 cm
NZD 1100
Dishfire
collage 101 x 76 cm
NZD 1100
Nosey Smurf
collage 38 x 76 cm
(NZD 660)
Burlesque
collage 38 x 76 cm
(NZD 660)
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)
All of the works are available as prints in three sizes: A2 (42 x 59 cm); A1 (59 x 84 cm); A0 (84 x 118 cm): NZD 250; 400 and 650 respectively.
Prints are on high quality acid-free, archival paper.
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