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Lloyd Godman - Projects by issue, ideas, themes - © Lloyd Godman

environment | architecture | light | photosynthesis | alchemy- body | epiphytes | mythology | classification | mapping | colonization | entropy

environment

Super - sustainable art practice
2009 Su/spend - experimental living plant work based on the principle of super sustainability. Super - sustainable art practice is where the practice and work produces a greater environmental and or organic output than the work consumes. Lloyd is experimenting with living suspended tillandsia sculptures that grow with minimal water in hot and dry climates. The only maintenance required is the trimming the new growth which provides more material from further work.
2008 Carbon Obscura III - part of enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery - the third work in an interactive light series exploring the relationship between sunlight, trees the process of photosynthesis and CO2. Fog is produced by the audience which manifests the streaming beams of sunlight penetrating thousands on pinholes used to draw the forms of trees.
2008 Timed Lapse II - part of enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery - the second interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing in a large museum case - the images are then projected as a time lapse sequence where the plants grow and die - The work also explores ideas of displacement of native forests to provide food.
2008 Source II - part of enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery - the second work from this series, Source consists of a suspended table and chairs with a data projection of the time lapse sequence on the table - the work raises issues of food source vulnerability and sustainability.
2008 Balance - part of - enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery - this interactive suggests issues of sustainability and balance- the work consists of a double ended tree root suspended from the ceiling - as the audience steps forward to view the work a dim ultra blue light is projected onto the work through a glass filter. The audience also triggers a small water pump that pumps water from a restive through a transparent chamber and over the blue filter causing a flickering of the projected light.
2008 enLIGHTen II - part of enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery - this interactive projection work explores the light spectrum, and the process of photosynthesis, through a collection of epiphytic bromeliads suspended from the ceiling. As the audience moves through the space they trigger sensors that switch on and off seven projectors, each with a different coloured filter creating overlapping shadow patterns on large tissue paper screens that enclose the space.
2007 LEAF - light impressions - a series mixed media prints combining the cyanotype photogram and charcoal drawings - the work raises issues about the relationship of photosynthesis, plants and carbon.
2007 Impressions de Lumière - the second work in an interactive light series exploring the relationship between sunlight, trees the process of photosynthesis and CO2. Fog is produced by the audience which manifests the streaming beams of sunlight penetrating thousands on pinholes used to draw the forms of trees. From a residency at L'Arbre de Vie / Chateau de Blacons, France
2007

Chambre verte - the Green Room - juxtaposes red and green light and shadow patterns of suspended leaves reflect the nature of light, photosynthesis. From a residency at L'Arbre de Vie / Chateau de Blacons, France

Carbon Obscura 2007 Carbon Obscura - the second work in an interactive light series exploring the relationship between sunlight, trees the process of photosynthesis and CO2. Fog is produced by the audience which manifests the streaming beams of sunlight penetrating thousands on pinholes used to draw the forms of trees. Curated by Tony Trembath as part of Structure space and Place.
Conversations with Tress 2007 Conversations with Trees - a series of cyanotype photogram prints. Eyeless figures juxtaposed against leafless trees raise issues of lack of understanding and "dialogue" between people and trees.
Wilsons Prom 2006 Equivalence - a series of mixed media works (pigment prints and charcoal drawings) on the new growth after a fire at Wilsons Prom, provides a stimulating environment to explore the relationship between the process of photosynthesis and carbon.
Yerring Station 2006 Planet II - a large steel dish with a map of the earth with Australia in the centre cut into it projects a shadow onto the ground where a similar map is grown into the grass. During the course of a day, the shadow of the first moves across intersecting the other. The work suggests the earth is a large photosynthetic image.
Source 2005 Source I - the second work from this series, Source consists of a suspended table and chairs with a data projection of the time lapse sequence on the table - the work raises issues of the source of our food, vulnerability and sustainability. Curated by Tony Trembath for ephemeral sculpture in Nilumbik.
Timed Lapse 2005 Timed Lapse - the first interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing in a large museum case - the images are then projected as a time lapse sequence where the plants grow and die - The work also explores ideas of time and aging. Curated by Dan Talley for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ga, Atlanta, USA
at the speed of light 2002 @ the Speed of Light - An interactive work where shadows of epiphytic bromeliads self develop onto a grid of photographic paper through the action of light during the period of the exhibition, @ the Speed of Light references our relationship to light and the process of photosynthesis.
Support 2001 sup/PORT - Suspended table and chairs are set for tea. The chairs are covered with epiphytic tillandsias suggest a forgotten connection between the gastronomic experience and the process of photosynthesis that provides our food -
2001 Disturbance in the Field - The first interactive work where a shadow of an epiphytic bromeliad self develop onto a grid of photographic paper through the action of light during the period of the exhibition, the work references our relationship to light and the process of photosynthesis and our intervention in the environment.
1999 enLIGHTen
implant 1999 implant
elevator 1999 Lift
Light 1998 Light
Planet 1998 Planet
1998 Classification
1997 Plant Room
1996 Photosynthesis
1996 - 2003 Aporian Emulsions
1994 Lake Fill II - the second performance work to mark the first filling of Lake Dunstan. The work was a response to Last Rivers Song 10 years earlier and explores the idea of the human body as part of a larger earth circuit - it utilizes found brass artifacts to create a circuit that triggered an underwater camera to document the last vista up the river that disappeared during the work.
1993 - 94 Evidence from the Religion of Technology -
1993 Lake Fill I - the first of two performance work to mark the first filling of Lake Dunstan. The work was a response to Last Rivers Song 10 years earlier and included survey of a site for a symbolic crucifixion, the utilization of an underwater camera to document the last vista up the river that disappeared during the work.
1993 - 2004 Adze to Coda - a photo-based on the effects of human intervention - The project includes unique combination photograph/photograms -
1989 -92 Codes of Survival - a photo-based on the effects of human intervention in the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand - The project includes unique combination photograph/photograms, installations, sound-scape composed by Peter Adams, and 42 factionlised short stories based on the history of the islands.
1985 -86 Secrets of the forgotten Tapu - a photo-based project exploring the threatened (through mining) columnar basalt formations at Blackhead, Dunedin. The work help instigate a campaign to place a covenant on some of the formations to protect them for the future between the land owner and DOC.
1983 - 84 Last Rivers Song - Large Murals (6meters long) from a photo-based project exploring vital elements (earth, and water, light and dark) of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, before the filling of lake Dunstan at the completion of the hydro dam near Clyde in Central Otago New Zealand.
1983 - 84 Last Rivers Song - Panels - from a photo base- project exploring Vital elements (earth, and water, light and dark) of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, before the filling of lake Dunstan at the completion of the hydro dam near Clyde in Central Otago New Zealand.
1983 Land Forms (b&w photomontages
1983 - 84 Panoramic photographs

 

architecture

2001 Acute - an on going series of photographs documenting architecture on acute angle architectural sites ( those less than 90°). These often peculiar buildings provide not only an architectural challenge but a fascinating poetic space to occupy.
     
1989 - diVISION
1987 - 2001 Drawing from Nature
elevator 1999 Lift
2001 - Nimbus photographs of angels
Carbon Obscura 2007 Carbon obscura - the second work in an interactive light series exploring the relationship between sunlight, trees the process of photosynthesis and CO2. The work transformed the sense of space of a greenhouse but darkening it entirely with hundreds of sheets of carbon paper.
2007 Impressions de Lumière
     
     

 

entropy

2009 entropy - entropy is a measure of the disorder of a system - This on going series is based on the disastrous bush fire inferno that devastated the St Andrews Kinglake area of Victoria, Austrlia - Feb 2009

 

light

Burrinja Survey Show 2008 enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery
2007 -photo - selene - Light painting - Luna light photographs - includes gathering falling light
2007 Impressions de Lumière
Carbon Obscura 2007 Carbon obscura
Wilsons Prom 2006 Equivalence
Yerring Station 2006 Planet II
Timed Lapse 2005 Timed Lapse
2004 Hermetic Emulsions
2003 When Light Turns to Dust
at the speed of lightt 2002 @ the Speed of Ligh
2001 - Nimbus photographs of angels
2001 Disturbance in the Field
1999 enLIGHTen
Light 1998 Light
1996 Photosynthesis
1993 From the Camera Obscura
1988 - 2005 Summer Solstice work

 

photosynthesis

Burrinja Survey Show 2008 enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery
2007 LEAF - light impressions
2007 Impressions de Lumière
Carbon Obscura 2007 Carbon obscura
Conversations with Tress 2007 Conversations with Trees
Wilsons Prom 2006 Equivalence
Yerring Station 2006 Planet II
Source 2005 Source
Timed Lapse 2005 Timed Lapse
at the speed of light 2002 @ the Speed of Light
2001 Disturbance in the Field
1999 enLIGHTen
Light 1998 Light
Planet 1998 Planet
1996 Photosynthesis
1993 The Colonization of Flora

 

epiphytes

1997 Plant Room
Planet 1998 Planet
Light 1998 Light
elevator 1999 Lift
implant 1999 implant
1999 enLIGHTen
2001 Disturbance in the Field
Support 2001 sup/PORT
at the speed of light 2002 @ the Speed of Light
Burrinja Survey Show 2008 enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery

 

 

body

1986 -88 (body symbols
elevator 1999 Lift
implant 1999 implant
1999 enLIGHTen
2001 Disturbance in the Field
2001 - Nimbus photographs of angels
at the speed of light 2002 @ the Speed of Light
Timed Lapse 2005 Timed Lapse
Conversations with Tress 2007 Conversations with Trees
Burrinja Survey Show 2008 enLIGHTen - a survey - Burrinja Gallery
2007 -photo - selene - Light painting - Luna light photographs - includes gathering falling light

 

 

mythology

1994 Homage to Baxter
2001 Nimbus photographs of angels
2003 When Light Turns to Dust

 

classification

1998 Classification
2001 - Nimbus photographs of angels

 

mapping

Yerring Station 2006 Planet II
Planet 1998 Planet

 

colonization

Support 2001 sup/PORT
Wilsons Prom 2006 Equivalence

alchemy

2004 Hermetic Emulsions
2003 When Light Turns to Dust
1996 - 2003 Aporian Emulsions