Sculpture at Scenic World 2015

Its more about what I feel then see. The burden of history and memory combine to make my work distinctive and enhance my vision. A image becomes mysterious and fleeting in my imagination, drawing me to create a metaphor with complexity and contradictions of real and imagined places

My Installtion work 'listen II -remains'  have been selected to be part of Sculpture at Scenic World 2015, exhibiting at Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW Australia, from 15 April ? 10 May 2015.  http://www.scenicworld.com.au/experiences/sculpture/

I need funding for the costs of packaging and freight to Australia, and return flights for myself to install the work.

The invitation to exhibit my installation ' Listen II -Remains ' is a development of ' Listen ' which was selected by Rob Garrett for inclusion in the 10th biennial NZ Sculpture On Shore exhibition in Auckland (6-16 November 2014).  ' Listen II '  will be especially developed for the rain forest site; and the 2015 exhibition is likely to attract an audience of approximately 60,000 people.

This year over 100 Australian and New Zealand submissions were received for the exhibition, of which 31 were selected by a Curatorial Panel.  I feel privilege to be the only selected New Zealand Artist to be given the opportunity, which will assist me in extending my practice and exposure to New Zealand audience.

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"�.some works say (or even shout) "look at me" and this is OK; and some works say "discover me". This work is in the last category. With these works I think the audience needs to be gently led to the position where they realise they have to look for something, discover something... and in this moment they are already quiet, attentive, moving slowly. This work is satisfying in these contexts because (and I have seen) audience members say, "ah, here is something" or "oh, look here!" and they are 1st thrilled that they have discovered something and because they are already quiet and still they linger with the work... This is what I have seen; and in the last exhibition it helped that the work was partly hidden... From a distance, people saw other people looking down into your work and they approached thinking "what are they looking at"... Then when they get there they discover that the work is simple in form, but also very complex symbolically."
Rob Garrett, Curator, www.nzsculptureonshore.co.nz - November 2014 (work was adapted to the site)