A Present Absence – Luke Munn and Will Gresson exhibition
Audio Foundation
Opening 5.30pm, Thursday 1 November 2012

Bringing together the works of Luke Munn and Will Gresson, who simultaneously emigrated to Berlin from Auckland, A Present Absence stages performance as a continual practice used to sift and process, remember and respond. In Shiver Piece, the body becomes a conduit for both natural and political unease, while Conjugate’s tape loops allow the public to construct a series of sonic architectures and Proxy Piece brings together social and software concepts in exploring the notion of remoteness. Ranging from the sonic to the somatic, the works attempt to filter ‘here’ through ‘there’ and find presence in absence while acknowledging the gaps which must always remain.

Shiver Piece single channel video, 10:00 Luke Munn, 2012
Conjugate tape installation, participants Will Gresson, 2012
Proxy Piece performed score by the artist and Mark Harvey Luke Munn, 2012

Luke Munn is an interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin with work focusing on sound, new-media and social engagement, using the body and code, objects and performances to activate relationships and responses. His projects have featured in the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Causey Contemporary Brooklyn, Q-O2 Brussels and Serial Space Sydney amongst others, with performances in Paris, Dublin, Chicago, Berlin, Auckland, and New York.
http://www.lukemunn.com/

Will Gresson is a New Zealand artist currently based in Berlin, Germany. Since relocating in 2009 he has been involved in numerous performances and events based on engagement with urban environments throughout Europe. Using field recordings, photography and video, Gresson explores the relationship between people and the systems which operate within large city spaces; recent works have focused on the role of the document and the archive. He has performed and exhibited in New Zealand, Germany, Scotland and the USA.
http://selektives-hoeren-archiv.dablweb.com/

Exhibition runs November 1-30, 2012

Special thanks to Lothlorien and CNZ for their continued support.