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Ines Tartler (DE)
Auto Garage: The Golden Garage Service 2009
Auto Garage: The Golden Garage Service 2009 is a public art project by Ines Tartler (DE) which took place in Auckland, New Zealand in May 2009. Berlin-based Tartler presented the project with the aid of a team of Golden Garage Service Attendants especially recruited for the project.…
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Bare Rock & Backbones
Emerging artists public art project
In 1840, there was sea water at Britomart. Waka (canoes) were launched from tidal mudflats, and a prominent headland stretched out into the harbour near the site of this painting exhibition by selected emerging artists. There was a Maori pa (fort) on the headland. A colonial…
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John Radford
Lux Flux highlights heritage, 2008
The importance for Auckland of preserving its historic buildings is creatively highlighted in a new light-based installation artwork by John Radford in the Britomart development precinct (Auckland, New Zealand).
Lux Flux consists of 200 small, clear LED lights and incandescent bulbs scattered across the façade of…
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