The Mount Making Project
About
A project exploring object making and object support in Aotearoa NZ, led by mount maker and artist Sophia Smolenski in collaboration with 22 artists from around Aotearoa. Made possible with the help from Creative New Zealand.
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Dane Mitchell
Dane Mitchell works between Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and Berlin, Germany. His work interrogates the ideas of taxonomic categorisation and questions the way in which archives are organised and information is conveyed. In 2012 he completed his Masters of Philosophy at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
In 2019, Mitchell was selected to represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the Venice Biennale with his exhibition “Post-Hoc” at the National Pavillion. Prior to this has exhibited in the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Japan, Brazil and Hong Kong. He has also been awarded a number of residencies.
The mount Dane Mitchell chose:
