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Light Sculpture, WIP

Daily Bread Project – Whau Arts Festival 2019

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For the 2019 #WhauArtsFestival, I’ve installed my ongoing Daily Bread project at Te Whau Eatery (@tewhaueatery), 1790 Great North Rd, Avondale. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Daily Bread consists of a constantly growing chain of repurposed plastic bread tags, kindly donated by many people in my local community. I’ll continue to add to it over time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The work can be viewed at Te Whau Eatery now, and the Whau Arts Festival runs from 15 June – 7 July 2019. See whauthepeople.com for other festival programme deets. Thanks to Claudia at Te Whau Eatery, and Ina, Jody, and Lissa @whauthepeople and All Goods, Whau Arts Space for helping make this installation happen. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #contemporaryart #sculpture #jjprojects #johnjohnston #leavenotrace #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork

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Enough Rope, Splore Close-Ups

Enough Rope, Night Splorers

Enough Rope, Splore Festival

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If you’ve seen my insta story feed recently you’ll know that I spent the past week working and celebrating at the 20th anniversary of @Splorefestival, with my ongoing Enough Rope project. As part of Splore’s art trail, the now 400 metre rope was installed on a fallen pohutukawa tree on the foreshore at the stunning Tāpapakanga site. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At Splore, Enough Rope is a visually festive celebration of reuse (of plastics), but it also reminds visitors of the seemingly endless production of single-use plastic. The project highlights the need to continue phasing it out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Over the years, Splore has developed an ethos of ecological sustainability and social responsibility, including aiming to leave no trace on the land. As guests of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Paoa, while celebrating Splorers are asked to be kaitiaki (caregivers) of this sacred whenua, Tāpapakanga, and take pride in being there as part of the Splore community. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #splore #splorefestival #splore2019 #contemporaryart #sculpture #jjprojects #johnjohnston #leavenotrace #artgram #artstagram #art #artwork

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Enough Rope, Tāmaki Estuary Art & Ecology Prize, 2018

Enough Rope, Tāmaki Estuary Art & Ecology Prize, 2018

Whau River

Whau River

Whau Arts Festival, 2018