NICOLA MARIE HAINES
INSTALLATION ARTIST - EXPERIENTIAL DESIGNER
MURMURATION
One hundred intricately stencilled birds that swoop overhead in a suspended swirling murmuration over a 25-metre walkway. At dusk, the birds are illuminated and change colour in unison to give the illusion of flight, mirroring the crowds of people as they walk below.
https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/murmuration-by-nicola-haines/
SIGNATURE​
The Signature on Poets Bridge, is 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 Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. This piece comprises 500 metres of suspended fibreoptics both sides of the bridge, that curls and loops across, while continuously changing colour.
JELLYFISH
Semi-translucent Jellyfish are suspended above a lake in Pukekura Park. Their fibreoptic tentacles glow and change colour, reflecting in the water below.
SKY OF DIAMONDS
The sky above Poets Bridge is studded with the light from 210 glowing diamonds.
CROWD OF LAMPS
The Crowd of Lamps installation is created to mirror the individuality of the artists, musicians and participants featured annually at the Festival of Lights. From a distance, the lamps display the overall natural harmonious rhythm of the festival by appearing as a musical score.
LIGHT ORCHARD
A cathedral of swaying fibreoptic branches across the iconic Poets Bridge. ‘Light Orchard’ is inspired by Pukekura Park’s majestic tree canopy surrounding the lakes.
The glowing boughs change colour as they sway in the breeze and reflect in the water.
FLOWER POWER​
Over fifty multicoloured fluorescent mobiles twist and turn in the tree canopy along a twenty metre pathway above the crowds below.
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 prosperity, 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.
In turn, Brick Bay Farm is located by the sea in a rural landscape with Brick Bay House as a landmark, a remarkable piece of architecture by Noel Lane.