Temporary Art - Past Projects

Temporary art projects from the last three years only are shown below.

Sian Torrington: Inhabitance

20 - 28 November 2010

Inhabitance was a site-specific drawing and installation project at 83 Kent Terrace. Over seven weeks, Sian created new drawings and sculptures in response to the architecture and peculiarities of the run-down apartment.

"Ivy creeps, mould spreads, baths empty and fill while water drips," says Sian. "Inhabitance opens the door on an abandoned building and invites you to come and see."

Playing with Urban Fabric - EyeContact website

Brydee Rood: The Value Waste Procession

18 November 2010

Artist Brydee Rood worked with the Wellington City Council's rubbish collection services to bring this artwork to fruition.

Brydee is interested in the re-enchantment of our everyday processes and habits. For one night only, a commercial rubbish collection truck was lit up with the words 'value' and 'waste' in flashing solar-powered fairy lights.

Brydee hoped to highlight the core issues of the current approach to waste disposal.

"I'm experimenting with changing how we value our waste. I try to give this ordinary and important aspect of life an extra bit of sparkle and curiosity," says Brydee.

Brydee Rood: Te Ra Te Ra Te Ra Black Hole!

26 November 2009 - December 2010

Brydee describes this work as "a visual ode to the cycles of the greater universe; dedicated to Te Ra (The Sun) and using solar panels as a way of looking forward and stepping lightly into the future."

Te Ra Te Ra Te Ra Black Hole! is a text-based artwork on ply boards. The boards are attached to the hoarding in front of the new Telecom building construction site at 46 Willis Street.

By day the artwork reads Te Ra (The Sun) repeated five times, painted bright orange on a blue stain background. By night blue LEDs, lit up by solar panels, read Black Hole Black Hole! The repetitive words have poetical rhythm and numerically reflect a weekly cycle.

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Green Islands - Four Plinths Project

December 2007 - December 2009

By Regan Gentry, this was the first in a series of sculptural projects for the four plinths on Te Papa's forecourt.

Green Islands was the artist's response to the lack of plant life in and around Te Papa forecourt. Each plinth displayed trees and plants commonly found on the main transit-lines into Wellington city, including toetoe, pohutukawa, tussock, flax, cabbage tree and agapanthus.

The sculpture was moved permanently to Wellington Botanic Garden in January 2010.

• News Release - 06.11.09
• Gallery - Wellington Sculpture Trust

One Day Sculpture

June 2008 - June 2009

Roman Ondàk, The Stray Man, 2006

One Day Sculpture (ODS) was a series of temporary sculpture projects that took place in public spaces across New Zealand.

Produced in partnership with arts institutions and curators across New Zealand, each ODS project lasted no longer than 24 hours.

The commissioned series was accompanied by an international symposium in Wellington in March 2009 and a retrospective book co-edited by Claire Doherty and Dr David Cross. ODS Litmus Research Initiative projects received funding from Wellington City Council's Public Art Fund.

For more information, see the One Day Sculpture website.

One Day Sculpture website

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City Arts