sup/PORT came about from an
invitation by Georgiana Morrison to take part in the LOAD project. Georgiana arranged for a number of artists to work in shop fronts in Port Chalmers where she lived. Because of the connection of the shipping port which acts as an exporter and importer of goods, that supports the region, I decided to play with the word sup/PORT. The suggestion of the port as a means of supporting the community.
I did this through the both the text ( which had been used in the earlier disturbance in the field work) that sat in the window as part of the work and also with the suspended table and chairs covered with epiphytic Tillandsia plants. The table was set with a table cloth and tea cups. The wooden chairs, of course originally trees,normally play a role in supporting our weight while we dine, but in this case have been subverted as a means of supporting the Tillandsias.
Some years later in Melbourne I extended the idea of the suspended table and chairs idea in a work titled Source. Here the legs were replaced with tree roots, and plants grew on the table top.
This later became an interactive work in the enLIGHTen survey exhibition, curated by Ross Farnell in 2008. In this work an interactive video projection was projected down onto the surface of the table.
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