Gallery Shows

Tirtha is a Hindu spiritual concept and notion of threshold. Taken from ancient Indian scriptures, this Sanskrit word means a “crossing place” in the sense of “transition or junction” in a journey towards self-realisation and bliss. This videos central moving image draws with light to record the ephemeral subject of water as it alters states … Continued

Like applied scientific photography, HS imagery explores natural phenomena making connections of light, water and altered states. Base elements combine with a central vortex motif to emulate the energy and flow of growth or life cycle. Drawing directly with light and using the darkroom process, produced unusual figure-grounds where dynamic motifs appear to transform beyond … Continued

An installation celebrating a golden age of commons learning and early development of the public library system in Dunedin, New Zealand. Representing 100 years of obsolescence of a once iconic institution and its convergence of dated systems of information technology – grey areas operate between explicit known boundaries. This small library sits vacant and dilapidated, … Continued

This installation reflects on European settlement and Scottish heritage of a historic route travelled between Dunedin and Edinburgh, and by the artist during a period of overseas development (1993-95). Exploring ideas surrounding culture, obsolescence and technology, this is seen as a symbolic journey of distance and communication presented in electronic print-based media.