Public Art

What would happen if salt contaminated our freshwater supply? Exploring climate change and promoting Kaitiaki – care and respect for local groundwater, workshops were held with intermediate age pupils of Enviro Schools (Lower Hutt). This provided opportunity for a learning-in-action study of how water is absorbed through the underground layer to support the natural world. … Continued

What are some impacts of climate change on our coastal communities? How do plants absorb water? A collaboration between two artists, Andrea Selwood and Iris Hseih (Taiwan) and an environmental scientist, Jonathan Coakley to raise public awareness and engagement with a timely issue. Looking at our possible shared future through a hyper-surrealist lens, inspired workshop sessions with intermediate school pupils to make multiple … Continued

Mapping 50 years of rapid change that shaped Porirua city, this art for environment project recovers lost memory of the original watercourse of the Porirua Stream/Kenepuru Stream prior to 1960. A mapping process highlights the changes and impact of urban development by relocating the stream in visible form; a concertina section of maps then/ now … Continued

A collaboration with a neighbourhood group of creatives to discuss the universal issue of water in the local context of Houghton Bay, South Coast of Wellington. This lead to my individual response to the place where I live; a valley landscape with an underground piped stream layered over time by a series of landfills. Transposing … Continued