Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22 23rd September – 8th October, 2022
Lynn Marie-Kirby (PDT) -7 Jessika Kenny (PDT) -7 Azadeh Emadi (BST) +1 Wolfgang Weileder (BST) +1 Dillwyn Smith (BST) +1 Steve Sutton (BST) +1 Fiona Williams (AEST) +10 Rodney Cross (AEST) +10 Chris Braddock + Guests (NZST) +12 Balamohan Shingade(NZST) +12 Layne Waerea (NZST) +12 Eamon Edmunson-Wells (NZST) +12 Ziggy Lever (NZST) +12 The Observatory Project (NZST) +12
During the Equinox, the plane of Earth's equator passes through the geometric centre of the Sun's disk. In this celestial alignment, the Earth's poles tilt neither toward nor away from the Sun. On the equator, the sun rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. Only on the Equinox is a 12 hour day and a 12 hour night shared everywhere on Earth. Observing the Equinox is a call to (re)turn one's attention to the exactness of the present and offers a duty to observe our present condition. This exhibition continues a series of conversations that were held during the northward and southward Equinoxes of 2021 and 2022. Participants from all over the world met at these times to discuss notions of time and duration.
The 2022 southward (vernal) Equinox is at 1:03pm (NZST) on Friday the 23rd September.
This project falls on the exact 50-year spring equinox anniversary of Phil Dadson's Earthworks(1971-2) which was documented as the video 'Earthworks' Represents a Temporary Instant in the Continuum of Universal Ebb and Flow.
This project was organised by Eamon Edmundson-Wells, Chris Braddock, and Ziggy Lever.
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In Gallery One a group of works was configured including: Shadow Tides: St Paul St Gallery, Gallery One, Tāmaki Makaurau, September 2022 - a chart loosely recording the appearance and play of light and shadows in Gallery One during the gallery day; a 'Photograph Video', that is, a video recording an instant photograph developing at the site where it was taken on a shoreline; and a pencil on paper drawing from a photographic source, from near the same place.
In Gallery Two, during the Equinox, a meeting took place with participants from different locations convening for a moment in Auckland time. And works were made and/or took place. Photograph video: Equinox, around 1:03pm NZST 23-9-22, digital video, sound, 26:36. This work was online for the final day of the exhibition. Full documention can be found here +