The Truth Is Out There
The Truth Is Out There
Hany Armanious, Caryline Boreham, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Brett Graham + Rachael Rakena, Emil McAvoy, Joe Merrell, Peter Stichbury, Ronnie Van Hout
The Dowse Art Museum
45 Laings Road, Lower Hutt
12 March – 14 August 2022
Joe Merrell, still from The Eyes Are Always There, 2016
The Truth Is Out There looks at contemporary artists’ fascination with UFOs, alien abductions and other unexplained phenomena, during a time when belief in extra-terrestrial life is more accepted in the mainstream than ever before. With a touch of nostalgia for The X Files sensation of the 1990s, this exhibition grapples with larger questions of conspiracy theories, paranoia and misinformation. We want to believe…but how do we decide what to believe, let alone who to believe?
Featuring the works of Ronnie Van Hout, Joe Merrell, Peter Stichbury, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Caryline Boreham, Brett Graham + Rachael Rakena, Emil McAvoy and Hany Armanious, The Truth Is Out There will take you on a journey to outer space which passes by the mysterious Kaikoura lights, crop circles in the UK and the hypnosis couch of abductees Betty and Barney Hill.
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