ARID - Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens.

'ARID', Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, SA 2007 curator Smantha Yates

An exhibition by invitation to exhibit sculpture / 3D artworks in the Australian Arid Lands Botanical Gardens at Port Augusta South Australia. 
The Wind Instruments respond with movement and sound to air movement. In the wind, they play up and down chords which vary with the diameter and length of the pipes. The vanes and 'articulated arms' turn and spin like a conductor or dancer. In the Wind Veil, the colours and energies of the immediate environment are reflected across the surface through movement. Invisible energies are made visible. Turbulence and pattern, as opposites, seem to merge. The steps provides a path for the imagination to reach beyond …


Video: Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers, Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens
'Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers', Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens
Stainless steel, aluminium.
Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers
'Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers'
Stainless steel, aluminium.
Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers Duet
'Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers' Duet 2007
Stainless steel, aluminium.
Wind Instruments: Rain Chaser
'Wind Instruments: Rain Chasers'
Stainless steel, aluminium.
Wind Veil: Out There … night view
ARID, 'Wind Veil: Out There'
420cm (H) x 100cm (W) x 200cm (D)
Stainless steel, galvanized steel.