Kereama Taepa – Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa
wahARoa
Digital
wahARoa is an interactive experience across both real and digital spaces - it is a digital wahARoa (gateway) to welcome visitors into the sculpture trail. Screen culture has always been the window into the digital world - a way for us to see and interact with digital assets. wahARoa then, overlays a digital wahARoa within the real world to show a potential past, or potential future, whilst acknowledging atua of te ao Māori. The atua within wahARoa provides a potential whakapapa that connects us to various aspects of digital culture and digital technologies.
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Susannah Salter
Mother Martyr
Wild clays
Mother/Martyr is a life-sized female sculpture, made and fired with local materials, including 'wild' clays collected by the artist from building sites, roadsides and gardens in the Waikato rohe. This is the third sculpture in a series based on motherhood and femininity and explores feelings of vulnerability, strength, resentment, and connection. Mother/Martyr stands fiercely, fires burning from within; taking up space. A timeless, natural, woman-made figure in an artificial, man-made world.
POA
Barbara Wheeler
Move Me
Steel, willow canes, stainless steel, earth pigments, rafia, denim, botanicals
Move Me is a human scale kinetic basket. Its egg shape is a powerful symbol of the past-in-the- present: new beginnings from the DNA of previous generations. When pushed, this work offers new perspectives of the land, river and flora of the Waikato region. You are encouraged to be curious.
$4,200
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Susan Nelson
Earth Shrine
Black clay, wood, flowers, dirt
Earth Shrine, flowers – alive and delicate. Emblems of love, grief, apology, celebration and the divine feminine. Beguiling beauty and scents that lure insects, birds, and humans alike. This shrine to the collaborative nature of Earth’s wisdom is a test of human desire. Can we allay our must-haves and so-called needs in a hyper-consumerist society? You are welcome to pick the flowers, but will you?
Vase alone $1480, entire installation $4,300
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Anya Whitlock
Huia
Steel, polystyrene, fabric, resin
Through large-scale geometric fabric sculptures of endangered and extinct animals and birds, Anya Whitlock merges her techniques and tricks working for many years on films with artistic vision. Exploring neuroplasticity's interplay with memory, her works evoke contemplation on how past experiences shape present perceptions. Each piece becomes a poignant reminder of humanity's interconnectedness with nature and the urgent need for preservation.
$20,000
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Laurette Madden Morehu & Simi Paris
Ngā hau e wha, Harakeke/muka
Synthetic dyes, taua (rope)
Te Ao Mārama Māori believe that in nature everything is linked, Te Ao Mārama (the natural world) This installation of works are a nod to Papatūānuku. Te Ao Mārama features the use of traditional and contemporary styles, placement and designs of raranga that endeavour to create an awareness of Matariki. Matariki, heralds the New Year for Māori, a time to consider the past and present, a time for all to reconnect to the land. The kaupapa is of positive change, Te Hurihanga o Te Hau, (the changing of the winds),a visual response associated with these changes and current environmental issues.
Mahi one - $2,300
Mahi two - $3,680
Chris Moore
Introduced Species
Fabricated steel and aluminum
With this work I am wanting to continue on from my recent series titled Introduced Species I am looking to explore more abstract forms and also include movement
$42,000
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Ben Pearce
Untitled
Corten steel
Pearce's corten stacked rock works speaks to humankind's long standing relationship with rockforms and their arrangement for ritual and spiritual associations. The work created by Pearce especially for Boon stands 3 metres tall and emerges from the ground plane in a rusty colouring contrasting to the green grass. The red oxide planes of steel reflect light and capture shadow in an evocative mathematical arrangement. Standing beside the work it stands gigantic above us. At different angles the work shifts as new sightlines bring new readings of the feelings the work presents us with.
$37,500
Paul Darragh
Progress Pillar
Treated plywood, epoxy sealer, water based paint, acrylic plastic
This sculpture embodies the LGBTQ+ community's diversity, history, and strength, symbolising pride for our local rainbow community in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. Its twelve surfaces showcase abstract vignettes in colors from the Progress Pride Flag, each inspired by significant queer figures or stories from Aotearoa and beyond. These compositions create a totemic quilt, uniting the histories of our LGBTQ+ community into a cohesive narrative, celebrating their rightful place in our city.
$7,500
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Wanda Gillespie
Untitled
Aluminium, stainless steel, macocarpa, cedar
An interest in the divine mathematics in nature is an underlying inspiration for exploring these ancient counting devices. Over time the abaci have grown conceptually to challenge ideas around the perpetual growth economies we find ourselves inextricably a part of and their environmental impacts. More broadly they question what we value and of those things less tangible, how they can be measured. The graphic inner patterning attempts to reference water and the mighty Waikato Awa. The triangular shape of this abacus mimics the classic peaked roof shape, or the wharenui and with it a sense of home.
$20,000
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Kirsten Strom
Arise
Stella Strings Quartet
Arise is a spatialised work in the outdoors, with the theme of a wedding. Set with green surroundings, it features themes of Song of Solomon, romantic poetry in the Bible, and anticipation as the followers of Christ eagerly await the bridegroom's return. The "Spirit and the Bride" beckon others to join and "drink from the waters of life" as Christ invites everyone to come to Him for eternal life. In this piece, the whole community is invited to participate in the joy of a wedding. The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” - Revelation 22:17
$5 per recording of Arise, performed by Stella Strings Quartet — to be released on Bandcamp. Clients can pay more for the track if they wish.
N/A
Sarah Bing
The Noisy Nine
Coils of clay, glazed, fired
A collection of fungal-humanoid growths erupt joyfully from the grass of the riverbank. These growths invite participation, ready to interact, like the mycorrhizal structures they were modelled on. It's hard to tell where the human begins and ends in these forms and the viewer is invited to participate in this symbiotic relationship by creating soundscapes using the instruments attached. Much as we need to learn to work cooperatively with our ecosystem and each other, true healing vibrations, or harmonious and impactful soundscapes cannot be created without help from others. Taking junk materials and using them to prompt engagement with art and each other is a metaphor for 'the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible'.
Individually without electronics $3500, as a whole with all sound components $30,000
Natalie Guy – Ngā Puhi, Ngāruahine
The Imaginary Mountain
Aluminium, powder coating
The Imaginary Mountain references the architecture of the Hamiltonian architect Rod Smith (1933 - 2023) and the influence on his work of the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto (1898 – 1976). Inspired by their natural environments, both architects designed jagged rooflines suggesting mountain ranges. The sculpture combines the rooflines of Smith’s Te Rahui Tane Hostel in Hamilton and Aalto’s Santa Maria Assunta in Riola di Vergato,Italy. Turning the orientation of these elements merges these components into a singular work that celebrates the lineage of modernist architecture and the natural mountain forms that inspired them.
$35,000
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Te Rongo Kirkwood – Waikato Tainui, Taranaki, Te Wai-o-Hua, Te Kawerau, Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki iwi
Untitled (Hinaki Net)
Aluminium, paua
The sculptural work I propose is connected to the life-giving flow of the awa and the impact historical control and diversion of its waters has had on the population of tuna. This artwork aims to reflect upon the ecological transformation that has occurred and the challenge of restoring the delicate ecology of the awa.
$150,000.00
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Peata Larkin – Tuhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Waka
Stainless steel and marine cord
The sculpture symbolises the fragility of our land and water but also the strength of whakapapa. A waka represents journeys, hence the Aramoana pattern. The bird’s eye view refers to the stars and the journey and connections to our tipuna. The threads of the waka/DNA structure are painted. The traditional colours of red, white and black make up the waka and green is used to represent the Waikato river and Taupiri maunga. The red represents whakapapa, our bloodlines. The black: the story of our land and water through Raranga and white not only serves to create a visual dynamic which will play with the daylight and shadows but also symbolises fragility and our being since colonisation
$18,000
Molly Mullen & Becca Wood
Walking Upstream
Digital, participatory, ambulatory
Walking Upstream is a live time-based event that invites audiences to listen and walk together along the edge of the mighty Waikato. The soundscape, experienced through headphones, leads the audience from the city down to the riverbank; following the footsteps of many others who have walked against the current, they fall through time and the cosmos. Stories of the past, present, celestial and earthly life forms are evoked through an immersive poetic soundscape. This nomadic site-based performance calls attention to how we tune into and live with a river.
N/A
Salome Tanuvasa
A Walk Through My Thoughts
Wire, fabric
Drawing lines on paper to find some understanding is a process. Mindless mark making, a thoughtless action becomes a calming way to settle the unsettled thoughts. I find myself doing this when I’m listening or simply thinking, problem solving and trying to figure things out. Entering the realm of sculpture, I find myself being challenged but also excited. Extending from my drawing and painting practice I have thought about two sides, one is drawings (my wire works) and the other is colour and shape (my fabric banner backdrops). Looking at scale and the human experience, I want to see how these works will form new experiences.
$6,000
Stuart Bridson
Hey You
Wood, concrete blocks, plaster, fine pumice, stainless steel pipe, plastic, fibreglass, kwila
Hey you I feel that I know you, but I am afraid you might not know anything about me or who I really am.
$8,000
Julie Moselen
Union
Corten steel, 23ct gold leaf, Durapox, sheet steel
Inspired by the historical Union bridge built to connect East and West Hamilton, this work explores the idea of man made structures built to connect and unite. Driven by technology, power and money we have become distanced from our long standing principles around sacred space. We no longer have an axis mundi from which we orientate our lives. Fragmented and restless we search internally and externally for a source of peace and harmony. By exploring the liminal space between the profane and the sacred, this work offers a place of stillness, solace, contemplation and regeneration. A space for well being.
$43,450
Gaye Jurisich
Veil
Cord, wire pins
This work changes as your viewpoint changes. Light and darkness effect the way it is interpreted. It can be seen from a distance, be seen through and at other times the work looks solid. It poses questions about space density and volume.
$3,000
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Dale Cotton & Gina Ferguson
Riverscape
Corten steel, rubber, plastic, aluminium, algorythmic music equipment
Riverscape is a place to sit, to rest, to pause beneath and to listen –as ephemeral echoes the path of the river from the mountain source to the sea. The continuous sonic algorithmic arrangement unfolds. Floating with the form through touch and sound, we are reminded of a space between land and water, birth, life and death; each weave and ripple resonates with our past and informs our tomorrow. Through this work the ecology and flow of the river is considered in relation to the self, place, and wider environment; it is acknowledged as a vital body - reminding us that we are not separate from the natural world but are deeply interconnected with it.
POA
Louise McRae
The River Project
Powder coated box steel, aluminuim sheet
Firstly, I wish to acknowledge the people of Waikato-Tainui, Raukawa, Ngati Tūwharetoa and the Te Arawa iwi. Making, working with material, living a life, happens simultaneously. Looking at the built environment sitting adjacent to the mighty Waikato Te Awa. The water runs, from sky, mountains through land, over the built-scape, to the river. This work celebrates the vitality of water, its cycle and the important nurturing relationship shared by the people and this river.
$30,000
Antoinette Ratcliffe
Keep Up
Ethically sourced animals, taxidermy
With no visible antagonist, we see a group in flight response. Each individual expressing their own experience through their movement and eyes, nuances that we also see when passing strangers on the street, but may fail to empathise with. In anthropomorphising the taxidermy in this installation, the animals begin to act as a mirror, encouraging the viewer to see themselves and reflect on their own experiences in the current climate. All animals in this installation were ethically sourced, either through failed rehabilitation efforts or trapping communities protecting our native wildlife. No animal was killed with the specific intention to produce this artwork.
$19,500
