This work addresses interconnections and crossovers between east and west, via a combination of moving image and audio that are run as separate intertwining parts. It was exhibited as part of the show East West at Puke Ariki.
While blossom trees form a cultural icon in Japan, in terms of global climate change the time of year at which the trees blossom is moving. Disconnection or thinking of the ‘other’ as opposite and far away, is no longer feasible environmentally.
Relationships between art and science have been prominent in the last decade in the electronic arts. There is also a connection point with practitioners from both disciplines involved in climate monitoring and approaching environmental issues. The art-science connection is here explored visually and aurally, via core scientific content (bubble chamber images of sub atomic particle decay and Saturn audio).
A personal, human element is explored in the third video, with an image of my wife Mari and daughter Kohana standing by the Waimakariri River in Canterbury which has strong connections to my childhood. Mari is Japanese and I am a hybrid Polynesian, again reflexive of the collapse of opposites in these hybrid cultural times.
The installation approach re-evaluates the display of computers and monitors, refreshing their presentation.
