Education ResourceChristchurch Biennial27 September – 9 November 2013
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4. SCAPE 7 What is it? Where is it? Who are we?
5. Background to SCAPE 7 statement from curator Blair French
6. The Process of making Public Art for SCAPE 7
7. SCAPE 7 Art Central – where it all happens – join us in our unique community space
8. Education Opportunities – what you can do with students and how to book it in
9. SCAPE 7 & Canterbury Museum Tree Houses Programme
10. SCAPE 7 Art Central Art Activities
11. The Public Art Walkway – map/locations
12. The artists & artworks Legacy (Permanent) Works
Julia Morison, Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers
Mischa Kuball, Solidarity Grid
13. The artists & artworks
Dan Arps, Common Coop Co-op
Fiona Connor, Common Co-op Coop
David Cross, Level Playing Field (Powerslide)
Phil Dadson, Bodytok Quintet
Shaun Gladwell, Inflected Forms
Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, t-OWN Planning
Rob Hood, Duck Soup
Maddie Leach & Jem Noble, I was using six watts when you Received me…..
Miranda Parkes, Fielder
Zina Swanson, Can anyone hear me?
Wayne Youle, Flauntatiousness
19. Understanding Art Junior Worksheet prompts for use with students
20. Understanding Art Senior Worksheet prompts for use with students
21. RAMS – for teachers, done for you, covering access to all the artworks
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Exploring public art is an important way for young people to reconnect with the city in a positive way. It enables them to engage with a range of ideas presented through a variety of artworks to inspire, challenge, and reconsider how public space is used in Christchurch.
SCAPE Public Art provides several options to
engage students – as outlined in this resource,
which focus on the Public Art Walkway and are
based at Art Central on the corner of Gloucester
and Colombo Streets.
The SCAPE 7 Education Resource is linked to the
New Zealand Curriculum and designed to assist
teachers in planning and making the most of their
visit to SCAPE 7 Art Central and the Public Art
Walkway. It provides information about SCAPE 7
– the curator, the process of selecting and making
public artwork, the SCAPE 7 artists and projects –
it offers clear insight into the background to
SCAPE 7. It includes information about the location
of the artworks and the Art Central venue, the Public
Art Walkway, how to book school groups, and a Risk
Assessment Management Strategy form.
All Education enquiries:
Josie Whelan Education and Community Engagement Manager SCAPE Public Art
T: +64 3 365 7995E: [email protected]
scapebiennial.org.nz/education
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SCAPE Public Art install public art in Christchurch all
year around. Over the past 15 years we’ve installed
seven permanent and 150 temporary works of
public art in central Christchurch. We showcase
leading national and international contemporary
artists as well as being a springboard for emerging
local talent.
The SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial is a
Christchurch festival celebrating public artworks
from a mix of local, national and international artists.
SCAPE 7 runs from 27 September to 9 November
2013 – six exciting weeks, and includes an inspiring
Education Programme for primary, intermediate,
secondary school and tertiary level students and
educators to engage with.
SCAPE 7 is a biennial event produced by SCAPE
Public Art. After 15 years we are up to our seventh
biennial. The term ‘Biennial’ is commonly used
in the art world to describe large international
contemporary art exhibitions like ours that occur
every two years.
The Biennial will see the creation of one major
legacy (permanent) sculpture, the commencement
of a second legacy piece, and a Public Art Walkway
comprising work from 11 artists of free-to-view,
new and temporary works of art. An architecturally
designed space, Art Central, will be the focus
for a dynamic opening weekend, an education
and community engagement programme and a
comprehensive calendar of public events.
SCAPE Public Art Who are we?
What is the SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial?
Public Art WalkwayFor SCAPE 7, we have created a central city Public
Art Walkway of eleven new temporary works of
public art, two new permanent artworks and four
existing sculptures over more than 20 sites.
Adrienne, Lady Stewart
ONZM, QSM, LLD (Hon)
Governing Patron
Quin Henderson
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer, Southbase Construction
Tony Sewell
Deputy Chairman
Chief Executive, Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd
Bob Blyth
Chairman
Project Director, BECA
Jenny May
Board Member
Heritage Management Services
Darryn George
Board Member
Artist
Paige CuthbertBoard Member
Partner, Ernst & Young
Board Members
Photo left: SCAPE Public Art Staff from left: Jane Leighs (Marketing),
Anna Colthart (Finance), Deborah McCormick (Director),
Josie Whelan (Education) and Jo Mair (Public Art Project Manager).
Photo: Richard Linton.
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SCAPE 7 - 27 September to 9 November 2013 offers Christchurch residents and visitors alike a newly rich and multi-layered experience of a city space in transition. SCAPE Public Art acknowledges the trauma associated with the city’s recent past; draws on the strength of community determination to rebuild a civic home; makes creative, material propositions regarding the future form of the city and the ways in which it might be inhabited; but most of all presents works that create moments of beauty and hope.
SCAPE 7 draws on three guiding principles that
speak both to and beyond the immediate experience
of the city: that of mobility; of embracing, or at least
anticipating the unexpected; and looking forward,
of possibility. Together they encompass ways of
thinking across the recent past, the present and the
future of life in Christchurch.
An emphasis upon mobility reflects something of the
experience of Christchurch residents being forced to
move places of residence and work, often relatively
frequently, as well as having to negotiate changing
patterns of movement through the changing city. For
many the earthquakes have resulted in an unusually
nomadic experience of urban life. Christchurch is
comprised of communities who are dealing with
uncertainty; who have become out of necessity
mobile, adaptable, flexible, even nomadic at times;
and who live in and work out of often temporary,
modular, even transportable structures.
Christchurch and the lives of its residents have
dramatically changed in previously unexpected ways.
Anticipating and/or coping with the unexpected
has become a defining condition of the city. But the
unexpected can also be a realm of excitement, of
positive surprise, of the opening up of new worlds, of
new opportunity and new possibility.
Background to SCAPE 2013Statement from curator Blair French
If the unexpected makes overt reference to the
recent past of the city – the dramatic, unexpected
events – then possibility embraces a looking forward
in perhaps new ways to new futures. The principles
of the unexpected and of possibility also point to the
potential of art projects to surprise and delight, to
shift the parameters of immediate experience and
ways of looking at the world. There’s a degree of
magic almost here, or the fantastical, the imaginative,
even the uncanny, that particular works in SCAPE 7
embrace.
Blair French Curator, SCAPE 7 Public Art
Christchurch Biennial
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The process of makingPublic Art for SCAPE 7
Each artwork is installed before the SCAPE Public Art Christchurch
Biennial opens
A curator is
appointed whose
role it is to set the
theme of the Biennial
Artists are contacted
and discussions are
initiated with the
curator and project
manager
Out of this a number
of artists are
invited to come to
Christchurch for a
site visit and submit a
proposal
Proposals are re-
viewed in the
context of the SCAPE
Public Art model
which is to connect
artists with in-kind
support from local
industry for
the production of
their work
The SCAPE Public Art
Board of Trustees
approves projects
and some projects
are carried forward
Across this period
from artist site
visit and proposal
submission, sites to
place the artworks
are investigated
Artist projects are
matched with industry
and business partners
who facilitate the
making of the work;
this can range from
fabricating steel and
connecting electricity
to supplying raw
materials or providing
foundations
Financial
contributions are
sought from patrons
and other funding
bodies to support
the artists in the
creation of their
projects
Each artist’s project
is managed by
SCAPE Public Art;
this process involves
monitoring all the
varous people and
suppliers, keeping
to schedule and li-
aising with the artist
over the realisation
of their work
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The SCAPE 7 Art Central space on the corner of
Colombo and Gloucester St comprises a temporary
classroom, a reading room, mobile café, outdoor
stage area, and is a unique and inviting environment.
The feature artwork Tree Houses for Swamp
Dwellers by Julia Morison provides a focus point and
is an artwork which can be explored through play.
Art Central is available to school groups and the arts
community for free use as a venue for activities and
performances which reflect the positive vibrancy
and artistic wealth present in the city. SCAPE Public
Art are looking for self-managing artists, groups or
individuals who will contribute vibrant performances,
activities, works of art or events which showcase
the creative talent of our communities over the six
weekends of SCAPE 7 and weekday lunchtimes.
A registration document is available on the website
for school and Community Groups to register
interest. www.scapepublicart.org.nz
Julia Morison, Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers,
Artist impression, (2013).
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The SCAPE Public Art Education Programme aims to give young people a positive opportunity to reconnect with the city through artworks which add vibrancy and an exciting element in their re-emerging city.
The Education Programme, operating out of
Art Central offers workshops for teachers and
students, guided tours of the artworks, lectures and
opportunities to meet with the artists and discuss
their work. The programme addresses topics
relevant to each participating artist’s artwork, and as
such covers a wide range of conceptual approaches
and a variety of media. Our classroom will be an
area for practical art-making activities which support
learning about the artworks.
For the duration of SCAPE 7, free art making
activities are available, linked to the New Zealand
Curriculum and accessible for students from Year 1
through to Year 13. Young people are encouraged to
develop analytical frameworks for understanding the
conceptual content of the artworks. They will build
on existing art making skills and develop new ways
of working with selected media.
Teachers can select from, and book, school groups
into a number of options at Art Central including
the following offerings:
• AguidedtourofthePublicArtWalkway
• Aself-directedexplorationofthePublicArt
Walkway for school groups
• Takepartinanartactivitybasedonthe
impressive permanent work at Art Central or
another artist’s work at:
- 10.00am – 11.00am
- 11.30am -12.30pm
- 1.00 – 2.00pm
• TrycontactingtheInternationalSpaceStation
through a sound transmission in Maddie Leach’s
& Jem Noble’s work I was using six watts
when you Received me... from Hagley Park at
scheduled times
• PlayPowerslide, David Cross’s work, by booking
groups to play six a team, available to students
ten years and over
• Abiketouroftheartworkslimitedtogroupsof12
• For all bookings please go to:
www.scapebiennial.org.nz/education
Email enquiries to:
• AcombinedexperiencewithCanterburyMuseum
Education team at Riccarton Bush, developing
understanding about the local significance of the
Kahikatea tree, inspiration for the artwork by Julia
Morison. Please see page 9 for timings.
EducationOpportunities
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A special programme linking SCAPE 7 and
Canterbury Museum provides a unique opportunity
for young people to explore the links between
science and art, by taking part in a Riccarton Bush
lesson with a Museum Educator, followed by a
selection of art activities at Art Central with SCAPE
Public Art. This combined initiative is focused on
the artwork Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers by
local artist Julia Morison. This artwork is located at
Art Central and consists of a group of ten modular
objects that read and function as both trees and
outdoor rooms, a physical space in which to
explore and play. Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers
combines plant and light components and is a
large scale artwork making it an exciting piece to
investigate. Geographically and historically, this
artwork references the swamps in Christchurch that
supported forests of Kahikatea trees. Riccarton Bush
remains as the only example of these important
trees on the Canterbury floodplains and is of national
significance. This is a rich educational opportunity for
young people to engage with to further develop their
understanding of this artwork and its significance to
Christchurch.
SCAPE7 & CanterburyMuseum Tree Houses Programme
There are two components to this Programme;
Riccarton Bush – Canterbury Museum
What: Museum Educator led lesson
When: Weekdays 14 October - 1 November 2013
9:30 – 10:30am; 11:00 – 12:00pm
Where: Riccarton Bush, Kahu Road
Bookings are essential. Please book your spot on the
Riccarton Bush component by visiting the Canterbury
Museum website. http://www.canterburymuseum.
com/events/events.aspx
SCAPE 7 – Art Central
What: Selected art activities around Tree Houses
For Swamp Dwellers
When: Weekdays 14 October - 1 November 2013
11.30am - 12.30pm; 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Where: SCAPE 7 Art Central, corner of Gloucester
and Colombo Streets
Bookings are essential. Please book your spot on the
SCAPE 7 component by visiting
www.scapepublicart.org.nz/education enquiries to
OTHERPOSSIBILITIESDue to the timing of SCAPE 7, the initial two week
period takes place during the school holidays
between the third and fourth term. Each weekday of
the school holidays, free art activities are scheduled
during the morning and afternoon at Art Central at
11.00 and 1.00pm. These are open to the public to
book and take part in, facilitating the potential for
cross generational learning.
A year round Education Programme is offered to
schools beyond the biennial period, based on SCAPE
Public Art artworks. This includes the opportunity for
schools to collaborate on a piece of street art which
will be produced on a prominent hoarding in the city
at the end of Term 4 and the start of Term 1 2014.
SUMMARYThrough experiencing the Public Art Walkway,
students will be introduced to the artworks
including information about the artists, their themes,
techniques and what this public art context is.
They have the opportunity to respond to the artworks
by expressing their ideas, thoughts, feelings, and
visual responses though art making activities.
By participating, students will develop a stronger
understanding about the relationships between
public art and the context it is situated in; be they
physical/landscape/environment, political, cultural,
or social.
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Choose from several art making activities on offer at SCAPE 7 Art Central including:
Cyanotype prints:
This is a special opportunity for students to produce
an original print work in a small amount of time.
Using a specially treated light sensitive paper,
students create a design using a resist that is
exposed onto paper using sunlight. The results using
this technique are unique and stunning in terms of
detail and contrast.
Based on the feature artwork Tree Houses for
Swamp Dwellers by Julia Morison which incorporates
both plant forms and light, these two elements are
also used in the print process. Julia uses repetition
in her work which will also be a component in the
compositions of the prints. By manipulating various
elements to create a design students learn about
composition, positive and negative space and how
light can be used to expose images. Book your
classes early as there are limited spaces for class
groups.
Also based on Julia Morison’s work:
The Riccarton Bush Experience
A chance for students to meet Canterbury Museum
Educators at Riccarton Bush and encounter the
beauty and scale of the Kahikatea trees, then join the
SCAPE Public Art team at Art Central to learn about
the artwork inspired by these trees, Tree Houses for
Swamp Dwellers by Julia Morison. This is a fantastic
history, geography, science and art crossover.
At Art Central younger students explore the artwork
through play and drawing with a range of media,
taking in the scale and structural nature of the
work using materials appropriate to this artwork.
Senior students can tackle the artwork with a more
challenging approach to drawing focusing on both
the detailed elements in the work alongside the
structural components. Students will use a variety of
media as appropriate.
As a separate approach students can develop their
understanding of tessellation and repeat patterns in
both two and three dimensions in relation to this work.
Image making through collage:
Based on the work of Ise, students will engage in
the same process that members of the public who
worked with Ise to make his work were offered.
Using a collection of selected images as a starting
point, students are asked to create their vision of
how they want their city to be.
This is a largely collaborative approach (smaller
classes can work individually) where students have to
work together in small groups to create an artwork.
Image above: Julia Morison, Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers, (2013). Commissioned by Christchurch City Council. Installed in 2013 for the SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial.
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1 Phil Dadson, Bodytok Quintet
2 Zina Swanson, Can anybody hear me?
3 Dan Arps, Common Coop Co-op
Fiona Connor, Common Co-op Coop
4 Rob Hood, Duck Soup
5 Miranda Parkes, Fielder
6 Wayne Youle, Flauntatiousness
7 Regan Gentry, Flour Power
8 Shaun Gladwell, Inflected Forms
9 Maddie Leach & Jem Noble, I was using six watts when you Received me...
10 David Cross, Level Playing Field
11 Phil Price, Nucleus
12 Anton Parsons, Passing Time
13 Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, t-OWN Planning
14 Mischa Kuball, Solidarity Grid
15 Julia Morison, Tree Houses For Swamp Dwellers
Rachael Dewhirst, Kaleidoscopic Nights
The 2012 Resene Art in the Streets
SCAPE Christchurch Mural
TOURS
Art Central Tour: A short central-city tour starting
and finishing at SCAPE 7 Art Central
Time: Walk 20 minutes, Bike 15 minutes
Re:START Tour: An extension and variation on
the Art Central Tour, taking in Re:START
Time: Walk 30 minutes, Bike 20 minutes
North of the Square Tour: This tour offers an
amble in the Park contrasted by a walk down
Victoria Street’s busy streetscape
Time: Walk 20 minutes, Bike 15 minutes
See: scapepublicart.org.nz/i-was-using-six-watts
for details
South of the Square Tour: An urban street-art
tour from High Street to CPIT
Time: Walk 40 minutes, Bike 20 minutes
SCAPE7 ART CENTRAL
Public Art Walkway Map/Locations
Other Art
Other Services & Points of Interest
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The artists and artworks Legacy (permanent) works
Julia Morison Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers
Consisting of ten modular objects that read and
function both as trees and as houses, Julia Morison’s
work can be engaged with and explored on many
levels. The work incorporates light and plant forms,
and creates spaces within itself for reflection and
play. This significant legacy piece will remain as a
permanent, re-locatable work in Christchurch City.
Julia MorisonBorn 1952, Pahiatua, New Zealand. Based Christchurch, New Zealand.
Julia Morison’s ongoing practice — incorporating painting,
sculpture, photography and installation — is consistently
underpinned by a complex symbolic system. Morison’s
work invites us to reflect on the ways structures manipulate
the way we see things, with her interpretations offering a
metaphor for other such systems. She also encourages us
to consider systems themselves.
What: permanent, interactive
Where: SCAPE 7 Art Central, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets, Christchurch
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/tree-houses-for-swamp-dwellers
Artist website: www.juliamorison.co.nz/
Mischa Kuball Solidarity Grid
Mischa Kuball’s Solidarity Grid is based in the act
of giving and the positive symbolism of light. Over
a period of two years, beginning with SCAPE 7, a
single street lamp from each of twenty-one cities
around the globe are being gifted to Christchurch
as a gesture of solidarity with the city during its
recovery and rebuild process. These will be installed
along a section of Park Terrace, providing light for
pedestrians and cyclists.
Mischa KuballBorn 1959, Düsseldorf, Germany. Based Düsseldorf, Germany
The award winning artist and academic, Mischa Kuball,
resides in Düsseldorf Germany. His primary interest is in
light and space within public and institutional spheres.
Using the medium of light – in installations and photography
– he explores architectural spaces and contributes to social
and political discourses.
What: permanent street lamps
Where: Park Terrace, Christchurch
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/solidarity-grid Image above: Julia Morison, Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers, (2013). Commissioned by Christchurch City Council. Installed in 2013 for the SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial.
Images: Solidarity Grid (2013). Commissioned by Christchurch City Council. First installment in 2013 for the SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial.
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Dan Arps Common Coop Co-op
Dan Arps’ work encourages us to consider the way
that public space is being redefined in the current
environment. Sitting alongside that of Fiona Connor
and forming an interactive communal area for locals,
Arps work plays with the idea of common space
though the various functional and sculptural objects.
Dan ArpsBorn 1976, Christchurch, New Zealand. Based Auckland, New Zealand.
Dan Arps work explores and responds to contemporary
urban environments. Frequently using found objects
he creates works that range from the humorous to the
unsettling.
What: interactive, installation
Where: Corner of High & Tuam Streets
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/common-coop-co-op
Artist website: www.danarps.com
FIona Connor Common Co-op Coop
Fiona Connor looks at the way functional objects,
such as rubbish bins and park gates have become
much more visible in post-earthquake Christchurch.
By drawing attention to their sculptural qualities she
invites us to consider the way they are used to create
space and specific environments.
Fiona ConnorBorn 1981, Auckland, New Zealand. Based Los Angeles, USA.
Fiona Connor’s installations typically present collections
of objects or structures that have come from pre-existing
architectural systems, exploring how specific environments
condition our perception of objects.
What: interactive, installation
Where: Corner of High & Tuam Streets
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/common-co-op-coop
The artists and artworks
Image: Fiona Connor, Mount Gabriel, Ruby and Ash, Auckland, installation view, Hopkinson Cundy, (2012).Photo: Alex North
Image: Dan Arps, Panax, Auckland, Michael Lett Gallery, (2007).
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David Cross Level Playing Field - Powerslide!
For six weeks only, Christchurch is hosting the
world premiere of the new action-packed sport,
Powerslide: The World’s newest thrills and spills
sport! Investigating the interplay between sport and
participatory art, David Cross’ Powerslide is a ‘pop-
up’ structure which acts as a playing field. Residents
are encouraged to put together a team and take part
at scheduled times.
David CrossBorn 1968, Melbourne, Australia. Based Wellington, New Zealand.
David Cross works across performance, installation, video
and photography. His works often involve inflatable objects
and structures that draw audiences into unexpected
situations.
What: participatory, team sport, interactive, at scheduled times, for those aged 10+
Where: Corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/powerslide
Artist webiste: www.davidcrossartist.com
Phil Dadson Bodytok Quintet: The Human Instrument Archive Presented with Christchurch Art Gallery
Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Bodytok Quintet is an on-going project for the artist
that reveals the individual and often astonishing
sounds people can make using their bodies only –
think lip plopping, bone clicking and whistle warbling.
Come along to Art Box and get personally involved in
the project.
Phil DadsonBorn 1946, Napier, New Zealand. Based Auckland, New Zealand.
Phil Dadson is a sound and intermedia artist. His work
includes solo performances and exhibitions, the building
of experimental instruments and sonic objects, video and
sound installation, composition and improvisation.
What: multimedia, sound work, interactive
Where: Art Box, Corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets, Christchurch
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/bodytok-quintet
About artist: www.sonicsfromscratch.co.nz
Image: Phil Dadson, Bodytok Quintet: The Human Instrument Archive, Image courtesy of the artist.
Image: Level Playing Field/Powerslide, artist impression.
The artists and artworks
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Shaun Gladwell Inflected Forms
As an accomplished artist and skateboarder, Shaun
Gladwell’s practice has long been interested in public
art as an aspect of the urban environment that can
be appropriated by skateboarders. Shaun’s steel
sculptural works look to the innovative ways skating
operates in a ‘broken’ environment.
Shaun GladwellBorn 1972 Sydney, Australia. Based in London, United Kingdom.
Shaun is best known for his video works that explore
motion, energy and balance through tracking the rhythms,
cycles and forms of skateboarding, bike-riding and
car-surfing.
What: multiple locations, sculpture
Where: 1. Corner of High and Cashel Streets. 2. Corner of Manchester and Tuam Streets. 3. Ash Street
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/inflected-forms
Roslisham Ismail aka Ise t-OWN Planning Drawing on his own observations of the city and
numerous conversations with Christchurch residents
regarding their desires and fears for the city’s future,
international artist Ise has created a suite of video
and billboard works representing playful, imaginative
images of a future city.
Roslisham Ismail aka IseBorn 1972, Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Based Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
Roslisham Ismail, aka Ise’s popular culture-inspired work
includes installations, publications, animations, collages,
participatory events, and the artist space Parking Project
(run out of his apartment in Kuala Lumpur).
What: video projection, billboard
Where: 1. Back wall of Lichfield Street Carpark, Re:Start, 2. Tuam Street
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/town-planning
Image: Rob Hood, Buckets and Boxes on Poles, (from the exhibition Who Laughs Last), Christchurch, Jonathan Smart Gallery, (2012).
Image: courtesy of the artist, (2013). Photo: Julian Vares
The artists and artworks
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Rob Hood Duck Soup
Located across five sites in central Christchurch, Rob
Hood’s bucket and pole works evoke the movies of
the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, while also
suggesting youthful pranks. Their darkly humorous
manner delivers a kind of comic relief to Christchurch
residents.
Rob HoodBorn 1974, Christchurch, New Zealand. Based Christchurch, New Zealand.
Rob Hood’s works take up the found waste of pop and
consumer culture, transforming it into forms that are
context-specific, thought-provoking and beautiful.
What: sculpture
Where: various locations around the city. See if you can find all five. Clue: they are marked on our map.
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/duck-soup
Maddie Leach & Jem Noble I was using six watts when you Received me…
From the wide open fields of Hagley Park at
scheduled but irregular times, radio operators from
the Christchurch Amateur Radio Club will send out
sound transmissions created by Maddie Leach and
Jem Noble in an attempt to contact the International
Space Station. Working with local recordings held
by National Sound Archive here in Christchurch the
work includes recordings taken in many buildings
that no longer exist and captures a small piece of
Christchurch sent to whoever is out there to listen.
Maddie LeachBorn 1970 Auckland, New Zealand. Based Wellington, New Zealand.
Maddie Leach’s practice is largely project-based,
investigating ways of making artworks in order to interpret
and respond to specific environments.
Jem NobleBorn 1974 Stone, United Kingdom. Based Vancouver, Canada and Bristol, United Kingdom.
Jem Noble’s practice encompasses digital image-making,
music, sculpture, performance and text and is concerned
with questions of framing, indeterminacy and co-production.
What: mobile installation, sound work
Where: Hagley Park North, Christchurch
Fore more: scapebiennial.org.nz/i-was-using-six-watts for
information regarding transmission times.
Artist webistes:www.maddieleach.net•www.jemnoble.com
Image: courtesy of Jamie North.
Image: courtesy of Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero.
The artists and artworks
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Miranda Parkes Fielder
Miranda Parkes’ large billboard-like screens, located
across three sites, insert blocks of colour into the
changing city environment. Seen from a distance the
‘paintings’ appear as solid colour, but as the viewer
approaches they dissolve into a transparent screen,
tinting the environment behind.
Miranda ParkesBorn 1977, Christchurch, New Zealand. Based Christchurch, New Zealand.
Bridging the fields of painting and sculpture, Miranda
Parkes’ works are strongly coloured and responsive to their
environment. She utilises brightly coloured surfaces that
often reveal hidden depths while apparently solid forms
dissolve before our eyes.
What: sculpture
Where: 1. Victoria Square on the riverbank near the Town Hall. 2. Friendship Corner (south of the Bridge of Remembrance). 3. Corner of Cashel and Manchester Streets
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/fielder
Zina Swanson Can anybody hear me?
Science and pseudoscience meet in Zina Swanson’s
unexpected performances that take place each
weekend over SCAPE 7. With the assistance of a
range of plant specialists Zina encourages us to look
at our relationship to the natural world and how the
suggestibility of hypnosis can affect perception.
Zina SwansonBorn 1981, Christchurch, New Zealand. Based Dunedin, New Zealand.
Zina Swanson’s work investigates the relationship between
humans and the natural world, with a particular interest in
notions of anthropomorphism.
What: performance
Where: locations noted on map, check the website and our Facebook page for which location will be activated each weekend.
When: Saturdays (or Sundays if weather is bad)
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/can-anybody-hear-me
Images: concept drawings courtesy of the artist.
Image: Miranda Parkes, concept image, courtesy of the artist.
The artists and artworks
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Wayne Youle Flauntatiousness
Fast and loud Wayne Youle’s work is literally on
the move, this mobile artwork presents the artists
of SCAPE 7 as ‘brands’ in the manner of high
performance motor-racing teams. Emblazoned
alongside are sponsor logos and tongue in cheek
comments on the current environment.
Wayne Youle(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaeke, Ngāti Pākehā)
Born 1974 Wellington, New Zealand. Based Amberley, New Zealand.
Wayne Youle works across traditional media including
painting, sculpture, photography and print-making, seeking
to forge connections between each and the various
processes and strategies associated with design and
popular culture.
What: art car
Where: parked regularly at SCAPE 7 Art Central, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets, and keep an eye out for it around town.
For more: scapebiennial.org.nz/flauntatiousness
Image: Wayne Youle, Flauntatiousness, pencil sketch, courtesy of the artist, (2013).
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Understanding ArtJunior work sheetRecord what you see, what is the artwork made up
of, how does it look, what colours can you see?
Process: what is it made from, how do you think it has
been made?
Form: What type of artwork is it?
Mood/feeling: What kind of feeling do you get from
the artwork?
Meaning or artist intention: What do you think the
artist is trying to say in the work?
Does the title give any clue to the meaning of the
artwork? If so describe how.
Elements: Describe the structure/materials/shapes:
Artist name:
Title of work:
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Understanding ArtSeniorRecord what you see, what is the artwork made up
of, how does it look, what colours can you see?
Process: what is it made from, how has it been made?
Form: What type of artwork is it? Can you classify it,
what makes it that type of artwork over another, how
do you define the term?
Mood/feeling: What kind of feeling do you get from
the artwork?
Meaning or artist intention: What do you think the
artist is trying to say in the work?
Does the title draw out any meaning from the
artwork? If so describe how.
Elements: Describe the structure in terms of line/
density/materials/shapes:
Artist name:
Title of work:
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SCAPE 7 RAMS Forms
Teachers should note this document was developed to assist in planning a visit to the SCAPE Public Art
Walkway and Art Central. SCAPE Public Art cannot be responsible for the risk assessment for you or your
students. Teachers must be responsible for assessing the potential risks and hazards associated with their
visit. Please refer to the information provided below for more information. Contact SCAPE Public Art Education
and Community Engagement Manager, Josie Whelan, if you have any questions regarding risk assessment in
preparation for your visit.
The purpose of risk assessment:
• Toidentifyallpossiblehazards
• Toidentifymeasuresthatwillpreventand/orminimiseallpossiblehazards
• Toidentifytheactionthatwillcontrolandminimisetheextentofinjuryintheeventofanemergency
Hazard Identification Prevention and minimisation Action – if hazard occurs
Cuts Bruising Falls
Brief students on sensible behaviour at the begin-ning of the programme and ensure students walk sensibly during programme. Teachers can also reinforce this message during the walk, and in preparation at school.
For minor injuries
•AfirstaidkitwillbeavailableatArtCentral
•CurrentfirstaidcertificateheldbyVisitorHostManagers
For major injuries phone 111.
Teachers should carry mobile phones for emergency purposes.
Stairs Rails available for stairs. Care should be taken to avoid slips and trips by ensuring students walk at normal pace and watch where they are going.
For minor injuries •AfirstaidkitwillbeavailableattheSCAPEArtCentral
•CurrentfirstaidcertificateheldbyVisitorHosts
For major injuries phone 111. Teachers should carry mobile phones for emergency purposes.
Road Accident A map of the SCAPE Public Art Walkway is available for teachers to consider roads that will need to be crossed, footpaths and pedestrian malls prior to their visit. The map indicates which side of the road you will need to walk along and where to cross in order to best view the artworks.
Teachers are solely responsible for students and need to ensure that that a minimum adult to student ratio of 1:6 is maintained at all times for primary school aged students. This ratio is required by the SCAPE Public Art Board of Trustees.
For minor injuries •AfirstaidkitwillbeavailableattheSCAPEArtCentral
•CurrentfirstaidcertificateheldbyVisitorHostManagers
For major injuries phone 111.
Teachers should carry mobile phones for emergency purposes.
Student specific ailment The class teacher is responsible for the specific medical needs of students.
Sculptures - protruding and or sharp objects, moving parts, hollow or unsupportive materials
Students should be advised in advance by teachers of the diverse nature of the sculptures and behave accordingly.
SCAPE 7 guides will advise the students to take care and only allow touching under adult supervision.
Weather conditions: sun, wind and rain
Teachers are responsible for ensuring students are wearing appropriate clothing for their excursion: sun hats, rain coats, sun block, sensible shoes etc.
It is advisable for teachers and/or students to carry water with them on hot days. •Theguidedwalkswilloperateinfineweatheronly,if heavy rain occurs the Education Manager will termi-nate the guided walk, or cancel and contact the school with as much advance notice as possible.
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Hazard Identification Prevention and minimisation Action – if hazard occurs
Weather conditions: sun, wind and rain
Teachers are responsible for ensuring students are wearing appropriate clothing for their excursion: sun hats, rain coats, sun block, sensible shoes etc.
It is advisable for teachers and/or students to carry water with them on hot days. •Theguidedwalkswilloperateinfineweatheronly,if heavy rain occurs the Education Manager will termi-nate the guided walk, or cancel and contact the school with as much advance notice as possible.
Getting lost from the group or exposed to stranger danger
There will be members of the public along the SCAPE Public Art Walkway and at the SCAPE Art Central. The classroom can be booked by school groups for their exclusive use when visiting the Hub. Ensure the ratio of 1:6 is clear to visiting teachers and that an adult is assigned to student groups. Students should be advised to keep close to the class group and supervisors. Teachers should keep students in sight, and reinforce guides requirements to meet up after short distances walked (e.g. at particular sculptures or landmarks).
The class teacher is responsible for the overall safety of all students.
•Notifyteacherofincident
•Notifyschoolofincident
•Contactpolice:SCAPE7guideswillcarrymobilephones for emergency purposes.
Child Supervision SCAPE 7 Visitor Hosts, guides and staff do not pro-vide supervision. The class teacher is responsible for ensuring a supervision ratio of 1:6 for primary aged students. All class teachers should bring a current register when visiting and it is the responsibility of the teacher to have this accessible at all times.
SCAPE 7 Visitor Hosts, guides or staff will meet and greet school groups and provide briefing of activities and expectations including safety rules.The Education Manager will facilitate all learning within the classroom and outside at Art Central.
Access to the sculptures are safe and without risk to health however there are some that are located near and beside busy roads or the river. Guides will indi-cate the best place for group viewing of sculptures. If undertaking a self-guided tour it is recommended that teachers walk the SCAPE Public Art Walkway prior to taking their students to consider best places for group viewing of the sculpture. The SCAPE Public Art Walkway and classroom is wheelchair accessible.
SCAPE 7 RAMS Forms