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Bronwyn Holloway-Smith
Born
Bronwyn Smith

1982 (age 41–42)[1]
Lower Hutt[citation needed]
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materMassey University
Websitehollowaysmith.nz

Bronwyn Holloway-Smith is a New Zealand artist, art researcher and advocate specialising in 20th century work. She has a doctorate (PhD) in Fine Art from the Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts (CoCA) at Massey University. Holloway-Smith lives in Wellington.

Working life

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In 2006,[citation needed] Holloway-Smith graduated with an honours degree in Fine Art from Massey University.[1]

Between degree and doctorate

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Creative Freedom Foundation (2008–2014)

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Peter Dunne and Holloway-Smith face media outside Parliament House, first NZ Internet Blackout protest, 19 February 2009

In October 2008, the Copyright Act 1994 was amended by the Fifth Labour Government. The additions included section 92A that said "Internet service provider must have policy for terminating accounts of repeat infringers".[2] It was due to come into force on 28 February 2009.[3] Holloway-Smith supported copyright law to protect the intellectual property of artists. However, she believed section 92A was unjust because it would allow Internet access to be suspended without a fair hearing.[4]

In December 2008, Holloway-Smith co-founded the Creative Freedom Foundation (CFF) to campaign for the repeal of section 92A. The foundation called for the first New Zealand Internet Blackout 16–23 February 2009 and organised petitions.[5] On 19 February, Holloway-Smith led around 200 protestors at parliament.[6] Peter Dunne MP received the petitions with over 10,000 virtual and 149 written signatures.[3][7]

The newly-elected Fifth National Government did not bring section 92A into force.[2] In July, they proposed replacement legislation that narrowed the scope to file sharing networks. Copyright infringers would be warned then taken to the Copyright Tribunal for fines or suspension of Internet access. Holloway-Smith said the proposal was "... much better than the previous regime, ..."[8] The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 repealed section 92A and added the new regime as section 122.[9]

Ghosts in the Form of Gifts (2009)

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Replacement cicada

Massey University commissioned Holloway-Smith to produce artwork for display on their Wellington campus. The CoCA building on Buckle Street used to belong to the National Museum of New Zealand which moved out to become Te Papa.[10][11] Holloway-Smith imagined museum pieces that might have been lost in the move.[10]

Ghosts in the Form of Gifts (2009) was a collection of ten replacement pieces produced with an open design RepRap 3D printer.[10] Natural and man-made pieces were represented in the collection;[11] the man-made ones were generic and of unknown origin, with an exception.[10] They included a Māori matua (English: fish hook) and poi, and a tapa cloth beater.[10] The exception was the Utah teapot a 3D model. Holloway-Smith gifted the 3D printer instructions for the collection from her official website under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.[10]

In 2010, Ghosts in the Form of Gifts won the Open Source in the Arts category at the New Zealand Open Source Awards.[12] In 2012, it was shown at RAMP Gallery in Hamilton,[11] and reviewed by artist Peter Dornauf.[13] He wrote that everyday museum pieces had been transformed by 3D printing. The replacements "... present themselves as highly tactile yet prohibit touch because of their strange translucent ghostly nature."[11]

Pioneer City (2010–2015)

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Whisper Down the Lane (2012)

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Doctorate

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Te Ika-a-Akoranga (2014-2019)

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E. Mervyn Taylor mural search and recovery (2016–2018)

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The Southern Cross Cable: A Tour (2018)

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Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand (PAHANZ)

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Bledisloe Bebop (2020)

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Personal life

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References

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  1. ^ a b Holloway-Smith, Bronwyn, ed. (2018). Wanted: The Search for the Modernist Murals of E. Mervyn Taylor. Auckland: Massey University Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780994141552.
  2. ^ a b McDonald, Greer (20 February 2009). "Internet Law Change 'Unjust'". The Dominion Post. Wellington. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ^ Smith, Emma (19 February 2009). "Copyright Act Amendment Protest". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ "CFF Announce Internet Blackout Against Guilt upon Accusation Laws". Creative Freedom Foundation (CFF). 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Protesters Want Copyright Provision Scrapped". Radio New Zealand. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ Holloway-Smith, Bronwyn (20 February 2009). "Petition 2008/7 of Bronwyn Holloway-Smith and 148 Others". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Govt Launches New Internet Copyright Proposal". Radio New Zealand. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011". New Zealand Legislation. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f O'Neill, Rob (27 January 2010). "3D Printer Deployed for the Cause of Art". Computerworld: New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d Dornauf, Peter (6 May 2012). "Glancing at the History of Digital Art". EyeContact. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  11. ^ "2010 Winners and Finalists". New Zealand Open Source Awards. 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Writers". EyeContact. n.d. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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