Paved with Gold
Occupation: Artist, Golden Section, 2016, gold leaf applied to parking space, 6m x 3m.
Photo: Kelly McDonald |
Map reference number: 44
Crossley Street
Crossley Street, Melbourne 26 August – 3 September
Viewable 24/7 Opening: Sat 26 August, 6–8pm
Artist/s: Kelly McDonald, Sarah Read, Becky Bliss, Vivien Atkinson, Jhana Millers & Caroline Thomas
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At Radiant Pavilion 2015 we occupied Crossley Street through a gentle invasion of the shop fronts and street-scape. In 2017 we' ll return to Crossley Street with a more direct focus on the lane itself.
The work is a development of Golden Section, a project we performed in Wellington Sculpture Trust's Parking Day in 2016, where we gold-leafed an entire parking space throughout the day. See our website: https://occupationartist.wordpress.com/golden-section-parking-day-wellington-0316/ and https://occupationartist.com/portfolio/2015-parking-day/
Our use of gold leaf has multiple references beyond ‘jewelleryness’, including economic (the value of CBD land), artistic (its traditional use in architecture) and historical (the Ballarat goldrush).
See more at https://occupationartist.com/
The work is a development of Golden Section, a project we performed in Wellington Sculpture Trust's Parking Day in 2016, where we gold-leafed an entire parking space throughout the day. See our website: https://occupationartist.wordpress.com/golden-section-parking-day-wellington-0316/ and https://occupationartist.com/portfolio/2015-parking-day/
Our use of gold leaf has multiple references beyond ‘jewelleryness’, including economic (the value of CBD land), artistic (its traditional use in architecture) and historical (the Ballarat goldrush).
See more at https://occupationartist.com/
a. Vivien Atkinson, Paved with gold, 2017, gold leaf, work boots, 270mm x 110mm each. Photo: Sarah Read
b. Becky Bliss, Paved with gold, 2017, gold leaf, found badges, 60mm x 60mm x 10mm each. Photo: Becky Bliss
c. Occupation: Artist, Golden Section, 2016, gold leaf applied to parking space, 6m x 3m. Photo: Kelly McDonald
d. Sarah Read, Lighten Up, 2016, Light therapy lamp, vinyl signage, dimensions various. Photo: Sandy Connon Photography
e. Caroline Thomson, Brooch, untitled, 2013, brass, glue, crystals, 150mm x 150mm x 8mm. Photo: Kate Whitley
f. Vivien Atkinson, Digging up the Past, 2017, Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory, gold size, imitation gold leaf, 42.5 x 28 cm. Photo: Vivien Atkinson
b. Becky Bliss, Paved with gold, 2017, gold leaf, found badges, 60mm x 60mm x 10mm each. Photo: Becky Bliss
c. Occupation: Artist, Golden Section, 2016, gold leaf applied to parking space, 6m x 3m. Photo: Kelly McDonald
d. Sarah Read, Lighten Up, 2016, Light therapy lamp, vinyl signage, dimensions various. Photo: Sandy Connon Photography
e. Caroline Thomson, Brooch, untitled, 2013, brass, glue, crystals, 150mm x 150mm x 8mm. Photo: Kate Whitley
f. Vivien Atkinson, Digging up the Past, 2017, Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory, gold size, imitation gold leaf, 42.5 x 28 cm. Photo: Vivien Atkinson
About the Artist
Kelly McDonald lives in Wellington after moving from Australia several years ago. Her jewellery explores utility in relation to economics and the life cycle of objects, particularly their relationship with humans. It also plays with questions; How do function and aesthetics balance within an object? Can these ideas translate into wearable objects? And how do humans read these ideas? Career highlights include selection for both Talente and Schmuck, and inclusion in the travelling jewellery extravaganza Wunderruma. She is a jewellery tutor at Whitireia New Zealand and a participant in the Handshake project - an internationally recognised mentor and exhibition programme.
Sarah Read was born in England and moved to NZ in 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, but spent 20 years in IT before kick-starting her life with a Bachelor of Applied Arts in contemporary jewellery at Whitireia New Zealand. She participated in the Handshake mentoring project from 2011-13 and again from 2016-17. She is a member of The See Here gallery and in 2013 co-founded Occupation: Artist, a group of like-minded jewellers She exhibits nationally and overseas. Her work often features collaboration and an element of social practice, and manifests variously as performance, participatory projects and jewellery/object.
Becky Bliss graduated from Whitireia New Zealand in 2010. Her work looks at traces of the past using subtle layering, evoking memories of what has been before, with her Palimpsest and Pentimento series. More recently the Penumbra and Out of the shadows series looked at spaces created around the shadows of simple shapes. She was a participant in Handshake 1 and is currently in Handshake 3. Recent exhibitions include: New Zealand/German Wunderrüma exhibition, Schmuck 2015 in Munich and Prague, Platina in Stockholm. 2017 exhibitions include Handshake at Handwerkmesser (Schmuck) 2017, a collaborative show with the Dialogue Collective, and the Dowse in New Zealand.
Vivien Atkinson was born in Melbourne but left Australia in 1979 for a series of overseas postings through her husband’s employment. Wellington has now become home and the permanence has allowed her to finally tackle a tertiary education. Starting in 2000 a BFA (Massey), MFA (RMIT), and a BAppA (Whitireia) were accomplished. She has continued to work alongside Peter Deckers at Whitireia teaching contextual studies and joined ex-Whitireia students in two groups, TheSeeHere and Occupation: Artist which give her opportunities to show her eclectic practice. Selection for the HandShake 4 project has paired her with Benjamin Lignel as mentor and offers many new opportunities and challenges.
Jhana Millers (born 1984) holds a Master of Fine Arts from Massey University College of Creative Arts, Wellington, and a Bachelor of Applied Arts in contemporary Jewellery from Whitireia New Zealand. Jhana is the administrator at the Wellington Sculpture Trust, works at Massey University, manages The See Here window gallery and managed 30upstairs Gallery until it closed in August 2016. Jhana was also a participant in the first Handshake: Prentice and Prodigy project from 2011-2013 and was selected for Talente, Handwerksmesse in 2014. She has exhibited widely in New Zealand, as well as Australia, Munich and New York. Jhana’s art practice is project based, conceptually driven, crosses many forms of media, and is often interactive and collaborative in nature. Through her art, Jhana investigates the concepts of value, communication and connection.
Born in London to Kiwi parents, Caroline spent many years working as an image researcher for clients in the UK and NZ before studying jewellery design at Whitireia NZ. Since graduating in 2013, Caroline has continued to exhibit both at home and abroad and is an active member of two Wellington-based artists’ groups, Occupation: Artist and The See Here. Caroline is currently part of Handshake 4, the latest iteration of the successful mentorship programme created by Peter Deckers and she can be contacted via www.carolinethomas.co.nz
Kelly McDonald lives in Wellington after moving from Australia several years ago. Her jewellery explores utility in relation to economics and the life cycle of objects, particularly their relationship with humans. It also plays with questions; How do function and aesthetics balance within an object? Can these ideas translate into wearable objects? And how do humans read these ideas? Career highlights include selection for both Talente and Schmuck, and inclusion in the travelling jewellery extravaganza Wunderruma. She is a jewellery tutor at Whitireia New Zealand and a participant in the Handshake project - an internationally recognised mentor and exhibition programme.
Sarah Read was born in England and moved to NZ in 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, but spent 20 years in IT before kick-starting her life with a Bachelor of Applied Arts in contemporary jewellery at Whitireia New Zealand. She participated in the Handshake mentoring project from 2011-13 and again from 2016-17. She is a member of The See Here gallery and in 2013 co-founded Occupation: Artist, a group of like-minded jewellers She exhibits nationally and overseas. Her work often features collaboration and an element of social practice, and manifests variously as performance, participatory projects and jewellery/object.
Becky Bliss graduated from Whitireia New Zealand in 2010. Her work looks at traces of the past using subtle layering, evoking memories of what has been before, with her Palimpsest and Pentimento series. More recently the Penumbra and Out of the shadows series looked at spaces created around the shadows of simple shapes. She was a participant in Handshake 1 and is currently in Handshake 3. Recent exhibitions include: New Zealand/German Wunderrüma exhibition, Schmuck 2015 in Munich and Prague, Platina in Stockholm. 2017 exhibitions include Handshake at Handwerkmesser (Schmuck) 2017, a collaborative show with the Dialogue Collective, and the Dowse in New Zealand.
Vivien Atkinson was born in Melbourne but left Australia in 1979 for a series of overseas postings through her husband’s employment. Wellington has now become home and the permanence has allowed her to finally tackle a tertiary education. Starting in 2000 a BFA (Massey), MFA (RMIT), and a BAppA (Whitireia) were accomplished. She has continued to work alongside Peter Deckers at Whitireia teaching contextual studies and joined ex-Whitireia students in two groups, TheSeeHere and Occupation: Artist which give her opportunities to show her eclectic practice. Selection for the HandShake 4 project has paired her with Benjamin Lignel as mentor and offers many new opportunities and challenges.
Jhana Millers (born 1984) holds a Master of Fine Arts from Massey University College of Creative Arts, Wellington, and a Bachelor of Applied Arts in contemporary Jewellery from Whitireia New Zealand. Jhana is the administrator at the Wellington Sculpture Trust, works at Massey University, manages The See Here window gallery and managed 30upstairs Gallery until it closed in August 2016. Jhana was also a participant in the first Handshake: Prentice and Prodigy project from 2011-2013 and was selected for Talente, Handwerksmesse in 2014. She has exhibited widely in New Zealand, as well as Australia, Munich and New York. Jhana’s art practice is project based, conceptually driven, crosses many forms of media, and is often interactive and collaborative in nature. Through her art, Jhana investigates the concepts of value, communication and connection.
Born in London to Kiwi parents, Caroline spent many years working as an image researcher for clients in the UK and NZ before studying jewellery design at Whitireia NZ. Since graduating in 2013, Caroline has continued to exhibit both at home and abroad and is an active member of two Wellington-based artists’ groups, Occupation: Artist and The See Here. Caroline is currently part of Handshake 4, the latest iteration of the successful mentorship programme created by Peter Deckers and she can be contacted via www.carolinethomas.co.nz
