2015 – 2014
public sculpture, social, collaboration, community, site-specific
The Park
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Bees know no boundaries. Their flight path can reconnect private backyards, balconies, offices, berms, and public spaces into one collective social sculpture. The Park's growth was mapped online through a collective line-drawing. The heart of The Park was located in the centre of Auckland City, in Victoria Park, which housed 6 beehives over a hexagonal Pasture Painting. The artwork created moments of wilderness across the city and provided a form to mobilise, practice caring and a means to visialise empathy.
A collaboration: Taarati Taiaroa & Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
The Park’s concept, kaupapa and Pasture Paintings continue through For the Love of Bees: a city bee collaboration.
A collaboration: Taarati Taiaroa & Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
The Park’s concept, kaupapa and Pasture Paintings continue through For the Love of Bees: a city bee collaboration.