One Moth on our Window --- Two Shots
A moth sitting on our window, shot from the inside out and from the outside in (and assembled in Photoshop).
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Whau Pod (Steve Woodward 2007)
Olympic Park in New Lynn (map) is home to a good number of works by Steve Woodward. This one is entitled Whau Pod, and if one thinks of these pods in terms of yesterday’s post (I certainly would), then one might well mutter about artistic licence and such like. However, the answer lies in looking at the pods after they have fully ripened, as in the picture below: one can clearly see the six chambers, filled with seeds of some pinkish coloration – the sculpture depicts their falling out of the pod.
One of the streams bordering Olympic Park is the Whau Stream.
Whau Pod with Seeds
Self Portrait at the Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum are having an exhibition “Kai to Pie” from June 12 to 25 October (kai is a Maori word meaning food). From the program notes:
“Kai to Pie — Pie to Chai — Nosh to Posh. Whatever way you slice it, Auckland’s stories can be told through food: from the extraordinary wealth of people and cultures, to its fertile abundance of land, sun and sea, come up to the Museum for a serving of Auckland on your plate.”
The image is a reflection in one of the exhibits, obviously dealing with seafood.
Motorway Sculpture: Pohutukawa
This sculpture is is a stylised pohutukawa flower and is located where the the Hobson Street traffic pours into the motorway south, and into the northwestern motorway. Design by Rod Slater, who appears to have been an engineer involved in the motorway project. There may have been a (rather low-key) cult following of this flower, which has even got its own page on myspace (spiky red thing). The image at The Big Idea shows clearly that once upon a time the colour of this object was a resplendent red – it has faded significantly over the years. The yellow stamens are illuminated at night – I wonder how they change the lightbulbs.
Motorway Sculpture: Pohutukawa (at night)
Very Big Blue
More geometric fun at Auckland’s tank farm (Wynyard Point).
Check the area out by webcam.
Cross-hatched (Lower Nihotupu Dam)
From one of my outings to Lower Nihotupu Dam. The ripples on the water were caused by a row of ducks swimming past in the distance. I like the pattern formed by the reeds and waves.
Geometry at the Tank Farm
The sun plays geometry with the tanks at Auckland’s tank farm at Wynyard Point.
Learn about history and plans for the tank farm, and check the area out by webcam.
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