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Spock pushes the arts frontier
25/05/2006 11:48 - (SA)
Ohio - Perhaps one of the most famous explorers of space - on television, anyway - says that contemporary art leads to the exploration of one's mind.
Actor Leonard Nimoy - who portrayed Spock in the Star Trek franchise - visited a contemporary arts centre at Ohio State University, which will receive $40 000 from he and his wife's charitable Nimoy Foundation.
In total, Nimoy and his wife Susan, the vice chairperson of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, are distributing $425 000 to 21 US art organisations.
The 75-year-old actor is also a movie director and art photographer.
Expanding the mind
In an interview published on Wednesday with The Columbus Dispatch newspaper, Nimoy said contemporary art leads to the exploration and expansion of one's mind.
"And to go to that rather than run away from it is where the excitement is - to explore it, ask questions about it, research it, talk to people about it," he said.
Nimoy, who enjoys black-and-white photography, said it allows him to create an object.
"Actors contribute to a presentation, but there is no object that comes out of the work," he said.
"I love the idea that I can get up in the morning with an idea and by the end of the day have something that I can give to you, hang on the wall or give to a gallery."
- AP
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