Uninvited Visitor is a subtle response to recent global conversations around public monuments. The artist drops kūmara down Wellington steps which act as pathfinders for the planting of new seedlings. If we were to envisage other 'memorials' what might they be?
Uninvited Visitor (2020)
Ngā ataata nā Layne WaereaOther works by Layne Waerea
Layne Waerea
Clouds for sale: Buy one, get one free (De-install) Aug 22,... (2013)
From a vantage point several stories high, air-filled plastic bags are released into the interior void of an institutional building.
Layne Waerea
Maori Lane: Oct 08, 2012 (2012)
A work that considers the ownership of fresh water rights in Aotearoa.
Layne Waerea
An unsuccessful attempt at chasing fog (2012)
A person attempts to chase fog, the glow of a rising sun in the background.
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Imagine a Waterfall: Three Commissions for Masons Screen
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Exhibition reviewArotakenga·Masons Screen
Walking from pre-European city pā sites to Masons Screen, Mark Amery considers three new public art commissions by Layne Waerea, Annie Bradley and Theo MacDonald, addressing uninvited visitors, bodily architecture and digital confessions.