ADZE to coda
an archaeology of device a aeries of combination photogram photographs
von Lloyd Godman
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Über das Buch
..paradox is explored further in Adze to Coda: an archaeology of device ( 1993 2004). Photographic images from the “ estate of Wilderness” - native bush at Piha, on the Auckland west coast, rock formations at port Pegasus on Stewart Island in the far south - are accompanied by shaped photograms. The shapes are of simple tools - Maori fishhooks, adze heads, patu, Pakeha hammers, saws, spanners, while contained within them are photograms of layers of old gears, broken blades, corroded screws - tools of the past, returning to nature through rust and rot, ‘ an archaeology of implements that reference their own history’. The series ends with 1’s and 0’s instead of tools , for with the ‘soft tools’ of the computer age we are left with binary codes rather than physical remains, and the tactility of the object is denied.
Lawrence Jones - At Link Vol 25 - No 4
Eigenschaften und Details
- Hauptkategorie: Kunstfotografie
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Projektoption: Querformat groß, 33×28 cm
Seitenanzahl: 86 - Veröffentlichungsdatum: Nov. 22, 2014
- Sprache English
- Schlüsselwörter black and white photograms, Lloyd Godman, Stewart Island, Auckland Islands, photographs, tools, archaeology, Auckland
Über den Autor
Lloyd Godman has an MFA from RMIT University Melbourne (1999) and has had over 45 solo exhibitions and been included in more than 250 group exhibitions. He established and was head of the photo section at the School of Art Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand for 20 years before moving to Melbourne in 2005. This series of books traces the evolution of the artist’s practice from traditional photographic techniques through to his innovative suspended rotating living air plant sculptures. Through parallel practices as artist and organic gardener, and making a connection between photosynthesis and the role of light in photographic practice, Lloyd Godman presents living plants as ‘super-sustainable’ sculptures. There is a strong environmental thread that binds his diverse oeuvre then opens a portal to conceive the planet as a 'giant living abstract photograph' with a consequential shift from environmental art as comment to environmental activism.