Redwood and rock
2 to 21 May 2016

  1. Redwood, rock and fungi I
    crystalline sandstone, reclaimed redwood and fungi
    1150 x 4600 x 3500 mm
    2016
    $18,000
  2. Redwood, rock and fungi II
    basalt, crystalline sandstone, reclaimed redwood and fungi
    2016
    $12,000

    3. Shelf

  1. Ure 1
    75 x 120 x 60 mm
    2016
    $1,200
  2. Ure 2
    60 x 75 x 45 mm
    2016
    $1,100
  3. Ure 3
    50 x 70 x 40 mm
    2016
    $900
  4. Ure 4
    85 x 100 x 70 mm
    2016
    $1,400
  5. Ure 5
    50 x 70 x 70 mm
    2016
    $1,400
  6. Waianakarua I
    40 x 90 x 70 mm
    2016
    $1,200
  7. Waianakarua II
    177 x 300 x 120
    2016
    $2,200

    8. Redwood and Rock

    These are my living sculptures. I've been making them globally since 1998 and they're taking over my life more and more, the more I witness climate change.

    The Redwood is approximately 60 years old and has been reclaimed from trees recently cut down from land, to make way for an extension to a retirement home in Kerikeri. In their death, the wood is progenerating new life as home for organisms - in particular, fungi. Both pieces of trunk were taken from about 20 metres up the tree. In 40-50 years time, there'll be no wood, there'll just be rocks on the ground. In the case of Number 1, the rocks will be in the form of the gills of a fungi.

    This year I'm travelling to Vijversburg Park in the Netherlands and to Budapest, Hungary, for the Kuntshalle to create major living works.

    In winter last year,my family - Anne-Marie and Lena Huia and Amaru - toured South Island coastal areas. I revisited - and discovered new - pebbly foreshores. These works celebrate those meaningful places.

    Chris Booth May 2016