Tag Archives: fox glacier
LAND. HERE. publication
This publication collects a number of works from my Wild Creations residency in Fox Glacier, including the student works from the GPS drawing workshop that I offered. Though documenting mostly video works, they are adapted to the book format to … Continue reading
glacier tracer
Still frames taken from performance-to-camera piece. Charcoal and pen drawing on nylon, video projection. 20 minutes 25s produced with assistance from Jemma Nissen and the support of Kathy Waghorn. This performance piece reconstructs a series of walks on Fox Glacier, … Continue reading
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LAND. HERE.
GPS trace from a 6.8km walk at the confluence of the Fox and Cook Rivers, South Westland, New Zealand. This piece explores the propositional nature of mapping; the assertion that “this is there”. As a walked text piece the statement … Continue reading
sitting still drawing #1
Paired GPS drawing and digital video. 15 minute looping video These paired images offer complementary ways of thinking about stillness in the context of Fox Glacier and any attempt to represent it through mapping. One is an image of my … Continue reading
fox glacier valley
Vertically tracking video projection 7 minutes 44s Constructed from video footage recorded while walking in Fox Glacier valley, this video slowly tracks up the space in which it is shown. It forms a vertical section of the landscape, from the … Continue reading
conference : mapping processes and practices
My paper, LAND. HERE. has been accepted for the workshop Mapping Processes and Practices: Arts, Maps and Society organised by the Society of the International Cartographic Association in collaboration with the Working Group on Arts and Cartography. The workshop will … Continue reading
talk : glacier mapping
I will be presenting work from my recent Wild creations artist residency in Fox Glacier, New Zealand, this Tuesday from 4pm at the Art, Space + Nature studio, Edinburgh College of Art. The talk is organised and promoted by ASCUS … Continue reading
track cutting fox glacier
Stereo Field Recording 2 minutes 15s Recorded early morning, 9 December 2010. This work approaches the physicality of Fox Glacier, through a recording of guiding staff maintaining access on to the glacier. Each day staff work to re-cut a series … Continue reading
work–in–progress : glacier mapping
GPS data collected over three week period. This is an early sketch of some of the material gathered during my recent residency period in Fox Glacier, New Zealand. During the residency I undertook a dozen or so walks on the … Continue reading
artist talk : fox glacier
At the conclusion of my residency in Fox Glacier township I gave a presentation to the local community. As well as work in progress, I showed past works and works by other contemporary artists, such as Jeremy Wood to contextualise … Continue reading
GPS drawing workshop
As Wild Creations artist in residence I offered to run a drawing workshop for pupils of Fox Glacier Primary School. Over three sessions I introduced the idea of drawing on the land, beginning with historical precedents such as the white … Continue reading
wild creations residency award
Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Department of Conservation have awarded me one of the 2010 Wild Creations artist residencies. I will be in Fox Glacier township, in the South Westland area of New Zealand, in November and December … Continue reading