Regulating the land
How landscape is navigated and tracked has changed as a consequence of colonisation.
Land gets broken up for new housing, earth is up turned and shifted around changing the landscape over the years. Barriers slice through the land, pavements snake alongside these rails, painted in a dark green to blend the metal into the green of the landscape, once again slicing it into sections.
What drew me to conservation and city council regulations came from encounters with related objects on my walks along the Waikato river. Although such regulatory objects are in plain sight these things often blended in or become visible only after being aware of their presence.
I remake these objects removing them from their original meanings and re-thinking how they are perceived in the forest whilst still acknowledging an original functionality. Materials used reflect on both housing development and path construction along the river.
Works
4 colour triangle markers, 2021.
Nail and paint on ply wood, 36 triangles 120 mm x 90 mm
Hand rail, 2021.
Concrete, discarded wood, decking oil and paint, 310 mm x 450 mm.
Footpath, 2021.
Concrete, discarded wood, decking oil and paint, 230 mm x 415 mm.
Railing, 2021.
Metal pole, wood pallet, decking oil and paint, 350 mm x 530 mm.
Marker and rail, 2021.
Metal pole, wood pallet, decking oil and paint, 210 mm x 270 mm.
On the path, 2021.
Concrete, paint on canvas and coloured bricks, 1200 mm x 700 mm
Fractural landscape, 2021.
Paint on canvas, 450 mm x 600 mm
Gestural land, 2021.
Paint on canvas, 450 mm x 600 mm
Llenyd Price 