Musing on the landscape: Cycling the length of Aotearoa
I decided that a Great Big Goal was needed for 2022. Like cycling from Cape Reinga to Bluff in a month. Was it even possible? I didn’t think so, until […]
Category Archives: Art & creativity
Sparking creativity: Post #Lockdown2020 reflections
Within the space of 48 hours, all New Zealand education and childcare facilities closed their doors along with most businesses and municipal facilities. The morning of March 26 signalled a […]
#WCMT Citizen Science research trip: #ForumCS 2019, Germany, Day 2
This is the second blog from the 2-day Forum Citizen Science event in the northern German city of Münster. It’s also the fifth blog highlighting activities on a Winston Churchill […]
#SCANZ2016 Illustration/investigation: revealing the #art-sci nexus through line & light
For the recent Science Communicators Assn of NZ conference (Dunedin, Nov 14-16), I decided to challenge myself and present on art and science rather than my more accustomed themes of […]
Reflections on TEDxAKL 2015
Seated amongst 2200 people in the recent TEDx event in Auckland, it was pretty easy to be overawed. The draw-card was the inclusion of 4 scientists and an artist. That […]
Preamble – from #ArtSchool to #PhD
Understanding human relationships to the environment is the big picture. Inside is everything from my current PhD work right through to my imagery while at art school in the 90s. […]
Driven to document
What drives people to document? I’ve borrowed the title of a multi-artist exhibition which takes 5-yearly in the northern German town of Kassel, because ultimately artists, like scientists observe and […]
Measurement in #Art & #Science
I’ve spent a long time pondering the notion of measurement through the lenses of both art and science. As artist in residence at the Centre for Book and Paper Arts […]
Artist, Scientist, Minister – reflections on decision-making
How do talks within the space of a week by a government minister, an outspoken scientist and an internationally respected NZ artist tie together? Max Gimblett spoke eloquently about his […]
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