Amy Potenger & Jessamyn Gemming SEVEN THIRTY-SEVEN
The inspiration for this fun, festive project comes from Tom Wolfe’s classic 1968 book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, in which a group of young bohemian artists paint tree trunks with Day-Glo paint.
For Art in the Dark, Amy and Jessamyn are also going to decorate tree trunks – only with materials that are easily removable and not harmful to the trees – with colourful patterns inspired by the many cultures of Auckland. The artists are interested in the mobility of different groups of peoples and the way this enriches our multicultural city. As well as this, the patterns will reference the ways in which cultural images and patterns are appropriated and recontextualised within the world of fashion. As a hub of fashion and culture in Auckland, their piece will sit particularly well in the context of Ponsonby.
Amy Potenger & Jessamyn Gemming
Amy Potenger and Jessamyn Gemming are Auckland based artists who have recently graduated from Auckland University with Bachelors in Visual Arts. They both have practices which centre around the process of sampling and remixing images and materials from various sources, including books, magazines and the internet, with outcomes in collage, drawing and painting. As founding members of Artstation’s Youth Art Committee, Amy and Jessamyn have also curated exhibitions and organised fun art events for Auckland’s young creatives.