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Lloyd Godman - projects by medium - © Lloyd Godman - (the date >> ) denotes the project is on going

 

 

 

photographic works  

 

camera based photographs

entropy - 2009 >>

This on going series of photographs shot as disjointed triptychs is based on the regeneration of the bush after the disastrous bush fire inferno that devastated the St Andrews Kinglake area of Victoria, Australia - Feb 2009

 

photo - selene - 2007 >>

Light painting - Luna light photographs - includes gathering falling light

 

Nimbus 2001 >>

an on going series of photographs of angels or the winged human motif

 

Acute 2001 >>

Photographs of buildings on acute architectural sites

 
 
 

When Light Turns to Dust 2003

a series of abstract photographs created from discarded negatives where the silver image has been eroded and replaced with embedded dirt and dust

 

Homage to Baxter 1994

a project with Lawrence Jones based on the places from the poetry of New Zealand poet James K Baxter

Codes of Survival 1989 -92

Combination Photographs / photograms on the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. These works came from an art expedition in 1989 of 11 artists to the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand Lloyd instigated in 1984.

 

Summer Solstice works 1988 - 2004 >>

Over a number of years, during the week of the summer solstice, Godman would devote a whole day to following the traverse of the sun across the sky and landscape from dawn to dusk.

 

Adze to Coda 1993 - 2004

a series of black &white photograms exploring the relationship of tools and the land

 

Last Rivers Song - Panels 1983 - 84

photo based project exploring critical elements (earth, & water, light & dark) of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, before the filling of lake Dunstan at the completion of the hydro dam at Clyde in Central Otago New Zealand.

 

SoundZ 1972 - 2005 >>

photographs of musicians including - Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath to name a few

 

 

From the Camera Obscura 1993 - 2006 >>

a series investigating large apertures ( vaves windows etc) and the unseen images they project

 

Artist Portraits 1982 >>

an on going series of images of photographs of creative people

 

Colonization - 1993 >>

an on going series of images that investigates how native flora from the "colonies", like New Zealand has colonized other areas of the earth.

     
composite photographs

entropy - 2009 >>

This on going series is based on the regeneration of the bush after the disastrous bush fire inferno that devastated the St Andrews Kinglake area of Victoria, Australia - Feb 2009

 

diVISION 1989 - 2007

Photographic works investigating the gestalt of the Camera Frame - what lies within the frame what lies without

 

(body symbols ) 1986 -88

Body Symbols is a series of black & white photographs exploring the visual relationship of the human body and the ancient organic elements - earth, air, fire and water

 

Secrets of the forgotten Tapu 1985 -86

A series of photographic works based on the columnar basalt formations at Blackhead, Dunedin, that are being destroyed by quarrying

 

 Last Rivers Song 1983 - 84

large murals - a photo based project exploring critical elements (earth, & water, light & dark) of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers, before the filling of lake Dunstan at the completion of the hydro dam at Clyde in Central Otago New Zealand.

 

 

Panoramic photographs 1983 - 2007

panoramic photographs from various projects

photograms  

 

 

alternative process photograms    
 
Conversations with Tress

Conversations with Trees 2007

a series of cyanotype photograms exploring the conversations we need to have with trees

 

LEAF - light impressions - 2007

Cyanotype prints and charcoal drawings from an artist in residency at L'Arbre de Vie / Chateau de Blacons, France

 

Hermetic Emulsions - 2004

a series of Van Dyke Brown photograms basd on alchmic symbols an texts

 

Aporian Emulsions 1996 - 2003

consisted of both Van Dyke Brown and Cyanotype prints, often applied in free form shapes and hung as large installations

self - developing photograms    
 
at the speed of light

@ the Speed of Light 2002

a continuation of experiments with plants, photosynthesis and self developing photograms, it is a progression form an earlier work Disturbance in the Field

 

Disturbance in the Field 2001

the first self developing photogram work where the shadow of a plant projects onto a sheet of photographic paper and develops over the duration of the exhibition.

colour photograms

Evidence from the Religion of Technology 1993 - 94

a series of large colour photogram works - up to 22m long - the work explores toxicity in the environment.

 
 
b&w photograms    
 

Adze to Coda 1993 - 2004

a photo-based project on the effects of human intervention - The project includes unique combination landscape photograph & photograms of various tools - from stone tools to computer tools

 

Codes of Survival 1989 -92

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.

alternative process works  

 

 

 
Conversations with Tress

Conversations with Trees 2007

a series of cyanotype photograms exploring the conversations we need to have with trees

 

LEAF - light impressions - 2007

Cyanotype prints and charcoal drawings from an artist in residency at L'Arbre de Vie / Chateau de Blacons, France

 

Aporian Emulsions 1996 - 2003

consisted of both Van Dyke Brown and Cyanotype prints, often applied in free form shapes and hung as large installations

 

Hermetic Emulsions - 2004

a series of Van Dyke Brown photograms based on alchmic symbols and texts from Hermetic Acranum 1623

photomural works  
 
 
 
Aporian Emulsions 1996 - 2003
 
Last Rivers Song - Murals 1983 - 84
   
 
 
Photomontage

Land Forms 1983 (b&w photomontages)

 

mixed media    
 

Equivalence 2006

Charcoal drawings / pigment prints - based on the regeneration of the bush arter the fire at Wilsons Prom

 
Drawing from Nature 1987 - 2001
photosynthesis  

 

 
expanding dimension - 2010 - digital drawing od a work where over time tillandisa plants expand beyond the dimensions of the original sculpture
  Yerring Station Planet II - 2006 - 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.
  Source Source - 2005 - 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 Timed Lapse - 2005 - the first interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing. The work also explores ideas of time and aging. Curated by Dan Talley for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ga, Atlanta, USA
 

Photosynthesis 1996

involved masking off areas of Bromeliad plants and exposing them for months to sunlight which created bionically imprinted symbols on the living tissue of the leaves

 

living plant works    
 
expanding dimension - 2010 - digital drawing od a work where over time tillandisa plants expand beyond the dimensions of the original sculpture
 

Hybridize - 2007 >>

A project in progress - This is a very long term project, with unpredictable results - as an extension of the Classification work - the concept is to cross-pollinate some of my Bromeliad collection, germinate and then grow the seed on to maturity over 4 -5 years, observe what eventuates and then name the new hybrids after fossil fuel machines - this also becomes a link to the Plant Room

  Yerring Station

Planet II - 2006

- 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.

photosynthesis    
  Source

Source - 2005

- 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

Timed Lapse - 2005

- the first interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing. The work also explores ideas of time and aging. Curated by Dan Talley for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ga, Atlanta, USA

plant installations    
  Timed Lapse

Timed Lapse - 2005 -

the first interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing. 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

@ the Speed of Light - 2002

- a continuation of experiments with plants, photosynthesis and self developing photograms, it is a progression form an earlier work Disturbance in the Field

  Support

sup/PORT - 2001

- an installation of Tillandsia Plants in Hafslund Upholstery shop window Port Chalmers Dunedin as part of the LOAD project organized by Georgiana Morison that ran along side Vision Art

 

Disturbance in the Field

- the first self developing photogram work where the shadow of a plant projects onto a sheet of photographic paper and develops over the duration of the exhibition.

 

enLIGHTen - 1999

an interactive installation with seven infrared activated projectors and suspended Bromeliad plants that throw shadows onto the large (7.5m long x 3.5m high) tissue paper screens. The work is a progression of the LIGHT installation.

  elevator

LIFT - 1999

- an installation of Bromeliad Plants in a Lift. The work is a progression of earlier experiments with plants like Classification

  Light

Light

- 1998 - the first light projection installation with Bromeliad Plants

 

Classification -

1998 - installation of Tillandsia air plants in a museum case

 

Plant Room -

1997 - Installation of Bromeliads in the Plant Room (boiler house) at the Otago Polytechnic which contains 3 coal burning furnaces for heating the building complex.

     
plant hybridization

Hybridize - 2007 >>

A project in progress - This is a very long term project, with unpredictable results - as an extension of the Classification work - the concept is to cross-pollinate some of my Bromeliad collection, germinate and then grow the seed on to maturity over 4 -5 years, observe what eventuates and then name the new hybrids after fossil fuel machines - this also becomes a link to the Plant Room

   
super sustainable plant works    
 

Disturbance in the Field

- the first self developing photogram work where the shadow of a plant projects onto a sheet of photographic paper and develops over the duration of the exhibition.

 

enLIGHTen - 1999

an interactive installation with seven infrared activated projectors and suspended Bromeliad plants that throw shadows onto the large (7.5m long x 3.5m high) tissue paper screens. The work is a progression of the LIGHT installation.

  implant

implant -

1999 - an installation of Bromeliad plants on a mannequin, a woman and a skeleton. The work is a progression of the LIFT installation

  elevator

LIFT - 1999

- an installation of Bromeliad Plants in a Lift. The work is a progression of earlier experiments with plants like Classification

  Light

Light

- 1998 - the first light projection installation with Bromeliad Plants

 

Classification -

1998 - installation of Tillandsia air plants in a museum case

 

Plant Room -

1997 - Installation of Bromeliads in the Plant Room (boiler house) at the Otago Polytechnic which contains 3 coal burning furnaces for heating the building complex.

 

Photosynthesis - 1996 -

involved masking off areas of Bromeliad plants and exposing them for months to sunlight which created bionically imprinted symbols on the living tissue of the leaves - the resulting bio image survives as a photograph.

 

 

Project drawings    
  expanding dimension - 2010 - digital drawing
  ../impression/GalleryLeafprint1.htm LEAF - light impressions - 2007 - Charcoal drawings - cyanotypes
  Equivalence 2006 - Charcoal drawings with pigment prints
  Source 2005 - Digital drawings
  Timed Lapse 2005 - Digital drawings
 
Lake Fill II 1994 - Pen drawings
    Mail Art 1989 - 2005 - collage - pens drawings - digital drawings
  Drawing from Nature 1987 - 2001 - Pen and ink drawings and photographs

Projects - sculpture - interactive works

 
Ephemeral works
  Balance 2008
  Source 2008
  Planet IV 2006
  Source 2005
  Timed Lapse 2005
  Lake Fill II 1994

installations

 

  Timed Lapse 2008
  Source II 2008
  enLIGHTen II 2008
  Balance 2008
 

la Chambre Verte - the Green Room 2007

light installations Impressions de Lumière - 2007
  Carbon obscura - 2007
projection installations Planet II 2006 - Ephemeral photosynthetic installation
  Source 2005 - Sculptural installation
 
Timed Lapse 2005 - New media timed lapse photosynthesis installation
 
@ the Speed of Light 2002 - Self developing photogram interactive installation and performance
 
sup/PORT 2001 - Installation with Tillandsias
  Disturbance in the Field 2001 - Interactive installation of self developing photograph
  en LIGHTen 1999 - interactive projection installation
  implant 1999 - Tableau Vivant
  Lift 1999 -
  Light 1998 - Projection installation
 
Planet 1998
  Classification 1998
 
Plant Room 1997
  Aporian Emulsions 1996 - 2003 - Alternative Photographic processes installation
  Lake Fill II 1994 - Photographic Performance work
  Evidence from the Religion of Technology 1993 - 94
  Lake Fill I 1993 - Photographic Performance work
 
Codes of Survival 1989 -92 -
 
Summer Solstice works 1988 - 2005 - Photographic journey - Performance work
 
Last Rivers Song - Murals 1983 - 84- Photo mural installation
     
     

Light & Projection works

 
2008 enLIGHTen II
 
2008 Balance
  Burrinja Survey Show 2008 Source II
 
2007 - photo - selene - Light painting - Luna light photographs - includes gathering falling light
 
2007

la Chambre Verte - the Green Room - Installation - Wood, steel wire, leaves, light.

Lloyd Godman - L'Arbre de Vie / Chateau de Blacons, France

  2007 Impressions de Lumière
  Carbon Obscura 2007 Carbon obscura
  Yerring Station 2006 Planet II
  at the speed of light 2002 @ the Speed of Light
  2001 Disturbance in the Field
  1999

enLIGHTen - an installation with seven infrared activated projectors and suspended Bromeliad plants that throw shadows onto the large (7.5m long x 3.5m high) tissue paper screens. The work is a progression of the LIGHT installation.

  Light 1998 Light - the first light projection installation with Bromeliad Plants
    Summer Solstice works - 1988 - 2005 >>>

 

Project - new media - interactive works

computer driven works   Entropy String
  Burrinja Survey Show  

Source II

Interactive work

 
 

Timed Lapse 2008

Interactive work

 
 

Timed Lapse 2005 -

New media timed lapse photosynthesis installation- the first interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing. The work also explores ideas of time and aging. Curated by Dan Talley for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ga, Atlanta, USA

interactive works      
 
  enLIGHTen II - 2008
 
 

Balance 2008

Interactive work where a dark corner of the gallery suddenly comes to life as the audience steps into the "zone". Then projected blue light passing through a running water filter is directed onto a double ended tree root.

  Burrinja Survey Show  

Source II

Interactive work where as the audience moved forward to look at the time lapse projection the green and red lights directed onto the chairs turned off and on

 
 

Timed Lapse -2008

Interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing and the computer generated ever changing time lapse sequences which were also projected onto a suspended table in another gallery.

  Carbon Obscura  

Carbon Obscura - 2007

an interactive installation in the greenhouse at Montsalvat as part of Structure Space and Place - Installations in Nillumbik. As the audience opens the door they trigger a fog generator which materializes thousands of rays of light in a darkened green house. Curated by Tonty Trembath

 
 

Timed Lapse - 2005

New media timed lapse photosynthesis installation- the first interactive work where the audience photograph themselves through plants growing. The work also explores ideas of time and aging. Curated by Dan Talley for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ga, Atlanta, USA

   

@ the Speed of Light 2002 -

Interactive self developing photogram interactive installation and performance - as the audience step forward to look at the projection the lights turn off to reveal the developing image

   

Disturbance in the Field 2001

- Interactive installation of self developing photograph - as the audience step forward to look at the projection the light turned off to reveal the developing image

   

enLIGHTen - 1999

an interactive installation with seven infrared activated projectors and suspended Bromeliad plants that throw shadows onto the large (7.5m long x 3.5m high) tissue paper screens. The work is a progression of the LIGHT installation.

 

 

Performative Works

 

@ the speed of Light - 2002

Performance at the closing of this exhibition at the Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin NZ, to fix the self developing photograms grew during the exhibition.

 

Lake Fill II - 1993

Performance to mark the final filling of Lake Dunstan on site at the Clutha River Central Otago, New Zealand

 

Lake Fill I - 1992

Performance to mark the initial filling of Lake Dunstan on site at the Clutha River Central Otago, New Zealand