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LUMO Digital Billboards - Kate van der Drift (Sanderson Gallery) - Water Marks
in collabration with Aimee Ralfini, Art Ache with LUMO - January 2024
"Nestled within the Hauraki Plains, runs the Piako Awa - a large tidal river
rich with bird life, saltwater, sediment, farm run-off, bacteria and algae.
Water Marks is a digital activation from the project Listening to a Wet Land
by artist Kate van der Drift.
The photographic works from this project are the result of river exposures
- a process created by the artist that involves submerging large format
negatives into the river for a 2-4 week period. Each work captures a
unique interaction between the film emulsion and the environment
of the Piako. The result is a mesmerising nebula of colourful pools that
undulate upon the artwork's surface."
- reproduced from Art Ache notes.
