reality check: selected images

This is a selection of images from my 2010 MFA Thesis research project. I photographed the car park in Marion Street, Wellington and focused on how space, presence and “the real” are reconfigured through the mediation of the camera.

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My first book, self-published in partial fulfilment of the degree of
Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.

Images © Helga Goran 2010
Essay © Cristina Silaghi 2011
Design by Helga Goran
ISBN 978-0-473-18392-9

Master of Fine Art 2011 Graduating Show

You are warmly invited to the opening of the Master of Fine Art 2011 Graduating Show.

Friday, February 11
5.00pm – 7.00pm

School of Fine Arts
Block 1 and Block 2
Massey University, Wellington

Featuring: Tim Barlow, Andrew Beck, Chris Bennewith, James Bowen, Robyn George,
Helga Goran, Jocelyn Mills, Richard Shepherd, Erica Sklenars, Bonny Stewart-MacDonald
and Olivia Taylor.

Open Daily, February 12-19, 10am-4pm

mfa-invite

Forms of Attention Exhibition Images

Great installation images courtesy of Celia Wilson.

Forms of Attention Exhibition Catalogue

Published on the occasion of Forms of Attention
Arts in Oxford Gallery
24 October – 20 November 2010
Catalogue essay: Cristina Silaghi
Catalogue design: Helga Goran

ISBN 978-0-473-17769-0

Forms of Attention Exhibition Invite

Paintings, prints and photographs by Celia Wilson, Kim Lowe, Helga Goran and Cristina Silaghi at Arts in Oxford Gallery, Oxford, from 24 October to 21 November 2010. Gallery hours: Tue – Sun 10.00 am – 4.00 pm.

COCA Anthony Harper Award exhibition 2010

My work, post meridiem 12, is included in this show. The COCA Anthony Harper Award exhibition is one of the events in the Platform Festival, Christchurch.

http://www.coca.org.nz/exhibitions/212/

The Weather Photos Project

I have participated in Miriam and Hege’s Weather Photos, an international photo project about weather, emotion, and communication through photography. 

http://blog.weatherphotos.org/?cat=2064

Cristina Silaghi Synthetic Scapes Art Catalogue

After a very short deadline, I have finalized Synthetic Scapes an art catalogue for contemporary New Zealand artist Cristina Silaghi. The project included photographing and editing images of Cristina Silaghi’s artwork as well as the design and layout of the catalogue.