Reasons for Silence (2010). Installation view from 'Reasons for Silence', Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, 2010. Cyanotype photographic print on recycled household textiles. Various sizes.

All work in this series made while the artist was Wellington Star Mercedes Benz Artist in Residence at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Karori, Wellington.

All titles taken from song ‘Reasons For Silence (Ed’s Song)’, from The Delgados album ‘The Great Eastern’, 2000

Toi Poneke Gallery
'Reasons for Silence': Toi Poneke Gallery

Toi Poneke Gallery
'Reasons for Silence': Toi Poneke Gallery

250 x 138 cm
Reasons for Silence (i): 250 x 138 cm

242 x 132 cm
Reasons for Silence (ii) : 242 x 132 cm

250 x 138 cm
Reasons for Silence (iii) : 250 x 138 cm

80 x 88 cm
The Blind Photographer (i) : 80 x 88 cm

77 x 84 cm
The Blind Photographer (ii) : 77 x 84 cm

88.5 x 95 cm
The Gardener’s Scar : 88.5 x 95 cm

83 x 83 cm
The Gardener’s Hands : 83 x 83 cm

49 x 32 cm
I can hear you, please turn down: 49 x 32 cm

Detail
I can hear you, please turn down: Detail

found out, 89 x 61cm
I tried to fake it but I got : found out, 89 x 61cm

Detail
I tried to fake it...: Detail

Detail
I tried to fake it...: Detail


Installation view 

know a thing (detail)
Give me an age where I don’t: know a thing (detail)

49 x 33 cm
Untitled #4 (Barbeque) : 49 x 33 cm

37 x 50 cm
Untitled #8 (Sandpit) : 37 x 50 cm

peace from the din (detail)
Where blue and white offer me: peace from the din (detail)