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Tiffany Singh: Total internal reflection

How are you feeling? This experimental installation invites you to choose a colour based on how you feel right now. Press a button and become part of an evolving communal light sculpture.

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  • When | Āhea 17 Mar 2018 – 26 Oct 2022
  • Where | Ki hea Toi Art, Level 5
  • Cost | Te utu Free entry
  • Ages | Te reanga All ages
  • Accessibility | E wātea ana ki
    • Wheelchair accessible

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Artist Tiffany Singh believes engaging with the arts can improve physical and mental health. She intends Total internal reflection to be an expression of our collective wellbeing through colour.

A maximum of 30 people can be in the room at once.

Each colour selected for Total internal reflection is captured in real time – a record of how visitors are collectively shaping the artwork. This data is available in open source for creative reuse.

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    Visitors on the Toi Art Sensory Tour in Tiffany Singh’s Total internal reflection, 2018. Photo by Jo Moore. Te Papa

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    A girl in Tiffany Singh’s Total internal reflection, 2018. Photo by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Participants of Toi Art Art & Wellbeing weekend in Tiffany Singh’s Total internal reflection, 2018. Photo by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

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    Photograph by Maarten Holl. Te Papa

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