The piece is titled ‘Infinite worlds to dream of’ and made in 2025
Sculpture materials: Mixed Media kinetic Dioramahttp://www.sarahjaneblake.com
Sound design and composition by Arli Liberman (@arliliberman)
Mirrors made and provided by Total Glass and Mirror https://tgm.net.nz
Showing in Understory exhibition 21st March-4th May at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery and part of Eco-fest 2025
About:
This work looks at different environments of the past, present and future island (Waiheke). Each model landscape is reflected in mirror segments expanding the scene into a circular and potentially infinite worlds- looking at how our actions and care or Dis-care for the land multiply. We jump between ‘dystopian’ and ‘Utopian’ scenarios. Looking at: pest control, development, working bee, planting, monoculture farm land, Kiwi introduction, destruction through apathy/greed, Native bush expansion. No complete human figures feature in the landscapes and I invite viewers to imagine themselves in each scene, and dream of which world(s) they wish to inhabit. The model evokes an old automaton/ curiosity, a magical device from another realm to draw viewers into a childlike state of wonder to then uncover currents of a menacing or beautiful nature. (The word ‘infinite’ in the title is used with irony as natural resources are finite and delicate, but our actions can ripple out like waves)
