100 days. done + dusted
the exhibition went down well, catalogued nicely via the links below. on fabricated ground will also be displayed in full at Unitec exhibition space. dates and time TBA. exhibition photos here photo credits here
100 days exhibition
tonight, 6pm KINGSIZE STUDIOS, 27 Sackville, GL.
day one hundred
day one hundred. COVO. Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn. the hundredth day comes at the expense of a buddy of mine who owns COVO restaurant and a 4am smash and grab. the hood aint what it used to be.
day ninety nine
day ninety nine. SILHOUETTE. Ak.
day ninety eight
day ninety eight. UNDERGROUND. Ak.
day ninety seven
day ninety seven. SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION. Waitemata.
day ninety six
day ninety six. EXPAND + CONTRACT. Mtkana.
day ninety five
day ninety five. ECHOS. Mtkna. “So I just did me some talkin’ to the sun,and I said I didn’t like the way he got things done”. B.J. Thomas.
day ninety four
day ninety four. CONFLICT. AK.
day ninety three
day ninety three. PLANES. Hopetoun Bridge, CBD.
day ninety two
day ninety two. COAST IS CLEAR. Rangitoto Is. Ak Harbour. May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind always be at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields.
day ninety one
day ninety one. FEATHERED. AK.
day ninety
day ninety. IMMORTALIZED. Pt Chev.
day eighty nine
day eighty nine. WEATHERED. East Auckland. “I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, and the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, and a gray mist on the sea’s face and … Continue reading
day eighty eight
day eighty eight. AK STONE. Ak. Albert Park, Ash Hill, Browns Island (Motukorea), Cemetery Crater, Crater Hill, Duders Hill, Green Hill, Hampton Park, Hopua, Kohuora, Lake Pupuke, Little Rangitoto, Mangere Lagoon, Mangere Mountain, Matukutururu (Manurewa or Wiri Mountain), Matukutureia (McLaughlin’s Hill), Maungataketake (Ellett’s Mount), McLennan Hills, Mount Albert (Owairaka), Mount Cambria, Mount Eden (Maungawhau), Mount Hobson (Remuwera[11]), Mount Richmond, Mount Roskill, Mount Saint John, Mount Smart, Mount Victoria, Mount Wellington (Maungarei), North Head (Maungauika), One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie), Onepoto, Orakei Basin, Otara Hill, Otuataua, Panmure Basin, Pigeon Mountain, Pukaki Lagoon, Pukeiti, Pukekawa (Auckland Domain volcano), Pukekiwiriki, Puketutu Island, Purchas Hill, Rangitoto Island, Robertson, Hill (Sturges Park), Saint Heliers (Glover Park) – see Achilles … Continue reading
eighty seven
day eighty seven. CONCH. Conch Records, Ponsonby Rd. Ak. conch (kngk, knch) n. pl. conchs (kngks) or conch·es (knchz) 1. Any of various tropical marine gastropod mollusks, especially of the genera Strombus and Cassis, having large, often brightly colored spiral shells and edible flesh. 2. The shell of one of these gastropod mollusks, used as an ornament, in making cameos, or as a horn. 3. Anatomy See concha.
day eighty six
Part one day eighty six. PROJECT. Ponsonby. Surely this counts? It’s connected to the ground. Little bit of sculpture in Western Park, Pons.
day eighty five
day eighty five. BUS STOP. Pt Chev, Ak.
day eighty four
day eighty four. PERSPECTIVE. Ak.
day eighty three
day eighty three. CLASS. Ponsonby, Ak. floor + wall
day eighty two
day eighty two. BLACK SAND. Muriwai. “Against the door he leans and starts a scene, and his tears fall and burn the garden green . And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually.” Jimi Hendrix, Castles Made of Sand.
day eighty one
day eighty one. GUERILLA GARDENING PT II. Grey Lynn. AK.
day eighty
day eighty. CITY LIMITS. Ak.
day seventy nine
day seventy nine. CYCLE. Waitakere, Ak.
day seventy eight
day seventy eight. TRANSPORT + DEPOSIT. Waitakere City. erosion, transportation and deposition.
day seventy seven
day seventy seven. DRIPLINE. Kingsland Train Station.
day seventy six
day seventy six. STAY GOLD. Northland. “nothing gold can stay”. gold, wealth, prosperity.
day seventy five
day seventy five. STRUCTURE. Matakana Markets.
day seventy four
day seventy four. SUBTERRANEAN. Ak. Back to the scene of the crime. Ak Flood part two. “and if you knew, just how smooth I could drop it on a dime, you could meet me at the scene of the crime” Crime Scene Part One, Afghan Whigs.
day seventy three
day seventy three. RISING TIDES. Unitec, Building 1. not exactly the sinking city of Venice or the swollen Mississippi but a little local flooding all the same. Love the transparency of this pic though, kinda buried. Pretty cool links below for more things flooded. http://pruned.blogspot.com/2008/05/london-as-venice.html http://pruned.blogspot.com/2010/02/another-village-unvanishes.html
day seventy two
day seventy two. FLEX. Pt Chev Fly Over. the thing about ground is that its always moving, unlike infrastructure that is implemented with the desire for finality. landscape is never complete.
day settantuno
day seventy one. EDGES OF CITIES. My office, Unitec. another image viewed from above, this time with the focus on edges. from above materiality contributes quite strongly to the creation of spatial relationships: “space & place, memory, citizenship, social practices, urban governance, activism, environment, discourse, and design”. About
day seventy
day seventy. ETCH. Pt Chev, AK. etch_verb: [the metal is etched with a dilute acid] engrave, carve, inscribe, incise, chase,score, print, mark.
day sixty nine
day sixty nine. FECUNDITY. Richmond Rd School. “On a forest path the leaf litter – dead leaves which cushion our walk – lies as a trace of the fecundity of earth life, of death as compost for plant life, and as food and shelter for insect and microbial life”. Anne Elvey
on fabricated ground: 100 days of design 