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The skinny folk in Waitangi Park

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I was walking through Waitangi Park today — on a lean against the howling wind — when I spotted the new sculpture you see in the thumbnails here. Gorgeous!
Struggling to keep my cameraphone steady in the blustery wind, I did achieve a few workable shots. [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 7 March 2008 0 comments

Wind and harbour meet figure on the edge

I was walking back from a Webstock meeting the other day when I spotted something odd: a figure was standing, rather precariously, on the low barrier at the edge of the promenade outside Te Papa. It looked as though someone was about to step off into the harbour.
As I drew closer I could [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 17 February 2008 0 comments

Green Islands sculptures perfectly placed

Some new sculptures have appeared near Te Papa recently. I love the Green Islands series of 4 plinths supporting number 8 wire representations of native plants:
On top of the plinth closest to Circa Theatre is a healthy head of toetoe (Cortaderia richardii) complete with plumes. The next plinth sports a large Pohutukawa (Metrosideros [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Photos 17 February 2008 0 comments