Marine grade aluminium, Photographic Vinyl. 800mm (W) x 400mm (H) x 900mm(L) (each).

I recently installed a new work at Brick Bay Sculpture Trail which will be on the trail for around 2 years unless sold prior. My other work at Brick Bay; Blind Refuge is still on the trail and is just around the corner from my new pieces which creates quite an interesting conversation. More to follow soon with a short video…

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One must travel well off the beaten track to find a place where bird life is near its primitive condition. In all parts of the mainland there have been changes by the elimination of one or more species. The change has not been altogether one of the disappearance of native birds and their replacement by introduced species. Many kinds have gone and left nothing in their place.

- New Zealand Birds. W.R.B. Oliver.

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The dawn chorus is silenced by jet engines… metronomic steps are interrupted by an authoritarian loudspeaker… ebbing waves are broken by playful children…

Artist Chris Hargreaves creates a stunning collision of the sounds of the Manukau region with his sculptural new media exhibition at Uxbridge Centre of Arts as part of the Manukau Festival of Arts 2010.

Audio Track Listing:

1. A low hum in the void.
2. Blessings of cross-cultural harmonics
3. Pronunciation of environmental scales
4. Prelude to a Valdivian forrest
5. Concentric glory at 12 Hz

Essay by Matt Blomeley here.

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