Phil Dadson

The fate of things to come – a conversation with stones (2013)

9 min 47 sec3 channel installation / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

A percussive audio/visual work made in support of a proposed eco-sanctuary around the Kermadec islands.

"An installation devised originally for Lines in the Ocean, a group exhibition in support of the establishment of a protected sanctuary around a region of mostly underwater volcanoes—the Kermadecs—a unique eco' area under threat of commercial exploitation, located in the Pacific, north of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

This is a 1-screen preview of a three screen, synchronized digital-video / audio installation."

Artist's statement

Credits & notes

A song/stones project by Phil Dadson

Camera: Bruce Foster

Sound: John Kim

This version has three screens combined into one.

    Installation view of The fate of things to come (2013) Trish Clark Gallery (2014)

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