MURMURATION
One hundred intricately stencilled birds that swooped overhead in a suspended swirling murmuration over a 25-metre walkway. At dusk, the birds were illuminated and changed colour in unison to give the illusion of flight, mirroring the crowds of people as they walked below.
https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/murmuration-by-nicola-haines/
SIGNATURE​
The Signature on Poets Bridge was inspired by the name of the bridge and the thriving plant life that surrounds it. The bridge is an iconic landmark that stands astride the central lake in Pukekure Park, New Plymouth. This piece comprised 500 metres of suspended fibreoptics both sides of the bridge, that curled and looped across, while continuously changing colour.
JELLYFISH
Semi-translucent Jellyfish were suspended above a lake in Pukekura Park. Their fibreoptic tentacles glowed and changed colour, reflected in the water below.
SKY OF DIAMONDS
The sky above Poets Bridge was studded with the light from 210 suspended individually glowing diamonds.
CROWD OF LAMPS
The Crowd of Lamps installation was created to mirror the individuality of the artists, musicians and participants featured annually at the Festival of Lights. From a distance, the lamps displayed the overall natural harmonious rhythm of the festival by appearing as a musical score.
LIGHT ORCHARD
Cathedral archways of swaying fibreoptic branches placed on the iconic Poets Bridge. ‘Light Orchard’ was inspired by Pukekura Park’s majestic tree canopies that hang over the water.
These glowing boughs changed colour as they swayed in the breeze and reflected in the lake.
FLOWER POWER​
Over fifty multicoloured fluorescent mobiles twisted and turned above the heads of the crowd along a twenty metre path. At night, UV lights brought them to life as the crowds walked below.
FLOATING GLOBES​
A tunnel of floating fluorescent glowing spheres suspended in the canopy of trees, as an invitation to walk among the planets! Glowing boulders flanked the twenty six metre pathway and a carpet of fluorescent stones lay underfoot.
FLOCK OF BIRDS​
A flock of florescent flying birds suspended as if swooping through the canopy, accompanied by twists of colourful clouds. This fluorescent installation was approximately twenty metres in length, each bird with a 1200 mm wingspan.
DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE
Three large images of Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, England, stand like a portal to the other side of the world, at Brick Bay Sculpture Park, New Zealand.
It is a commentary on leaving one’s place of origin to start a new life in another land, with the hope of a prosperous life in a place where your dreams can be realised. The installation is an invitation to stand among projected images of a homeland, acknowledging the aspirations, fears and cultural beliefs that contribute to form future landscapes. Carisbrooke Castle is featured with the nearby town of Newport, serviced by a river that leads to the sea, surrounding by farmland.
To compare, Brick Bay Farm is also located by the sea in a rural landscape with Brick Bay House as a landmark, a remarkable piece of architecture by Noel Lane.