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Norene Leddy
Norene's work combines video, sculpture and installation and has been shown internationally. She has received several awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship. In 2001, Sanctuary re-activated the Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Paphos, Cyprus. A series of large-scale video projections and audio installations throughout the sanctuary used the Aphrodite of antiquity as a starting point and combined her with images of contemporary Cypriot domesticity: local supermarkets and the home-life of Cypriot women.
In 2006 Aphrodite Project: Platforms was developed during an artist's residency at the Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in Chelsea. Norene earned an M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York, and currently teaches drawing and video at Parsons and Kean University.
Aphrodite Project: Platforms is an interactive artwork that combines the rich mythology of Aphrodite, the priestesses/prostitutes of ancient Greece, with the advertising and safety concerns of contemporary sex workers in the streets, providing technological access to people for whom it would not normally be available. The prototype sandals utilize the latest wireless and GPS technology in order to ensure safety while working. The sandal prototype are embedded with an LCD screen, GPS receiver, radio beacon, speakers and wireless capacity. They are also customizable.
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In addition to continuing her highly community-oriented work with the Aphrodite Project, Norene plans to create a new series of drawings that extend her more individualized fine-art practice.
