Traffic Sign Art
Delicia Sampero
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Paintings & Multidisciplinary Projects, Installations and Collaborations
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Detail of the work beneath, titled 'Compass Rose'
I have been working with used traffic signs as a way to meditate on the impact technology has on shaping and reshaping our bodies, our brains and the planet.

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Working with non-digital art-making, I want to invite people to engage in questions around the digital, that are not technological in nature but concerned with relationships.



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Compass Rose, 2019, mixed media on 9 upcycled traffic signs, 1200 mm x 1500 mm
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Dissipate, 2019, mixed media on upcycled traffic signs, 600mm x 1800mm

The works in SIGNS are intended to be experienced as relevant to the viewer in a similar way that a traffic sign is designed to alert the viewer to where one is and where one wants to go.
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The material’s reflectivity reacts dramatically to phone-flashes and changes in light as the viewer moves around and interacts with them.
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SIGNS Installation at Auckland University of Technology, Sep-Nov 2019
‘SIGNS’ is curated by Warren Pringle.

       ...Sampero has been using reflective traffic signs as an artistic medium for paintings, sculpture and installations, since 2010. 
      “The most interesting zone” she states, “is around the borders of technology where technology and other ways of knowing intersect”. 
     
 Sampero “highlights digital wayfinding and digital traffic as generative terms in the context of which her work is developed and which may
       evoke further conversation”. 


Read more...texts by Warren Pringle, Sue Jowsey and James Littlewood...

Some of the multidisciplinary / collaborative projects you will find on this website are:

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2013 - 2018 The Conference of the Birds is a touring exhibition.
So far the journey of the birdpeople has taken them to exhibitions and events in different parts of Auckand (McCahon House, Te Uru / Lopdell House, the Nathan Homestead and the Botanical Gardens in Manurewa) as well as to Waiheke Island( Sculpture on the Gulf), Raglan(Manu Matariki) and the Hawkes Bay( Wildflower sculpture exhibition) ...

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Traffic to the Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdwCUWSWgk

2016 Research Project / Online Exhibition
A reflection of how transportation and telecommunication are changing lives in New Zealand.
Using art to stimulate engagement and discourse around those notions.

Featuring works by contemporary artists / performers living in New Zealand mixed with quotes from international writers and scholars.

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