Earlier; Brick/Fence/Cave /Coast (Various)

Korero 2012 – A response to a poem by Bernard Gadd about the atrocities of Parihaka, part of a collaborative exhibition – a fusion between visual art and poetry exhibited at Malcolm Smith Gallery.

“Muruhia”, Mixed media on Picket Fencing

Turua Street, 2011

After being part of a 6-week community occupation and protest at Turua Street, St Heliers, 3 unique seaside Art Deco homes that were listed by the Heritage Trust, were demolished. This is a series of works using bricks salvaged from the demolition, to help bring attention to the plight of our architectural heritage.

The Architecture of Happiness, How Diversity Works Exhibition, 2011, exhibited at Studio One, Toi Tu, Ponsonby Rd.

An installation of demolition bricks from St Heliers, Turua Street, from the demolition site. The bricks were haphazardly piled on the floor to resemble a pile of rubble. This work was engaging with loss of diversity in architecture due to demolition by neglect, to make way for homogenised urban developments. Bricks were sold individually from the installation, thus a metaphor for demolition also.

For more information visit:

http://diversityworks.co.nz/news/auckland-embraces-new-ideas-about-diversity/