Three Hīnaki
2019
The Three Hīnaki sculptures Tahi, Rua and Toru are interactive and an onward exploration of universal fish-trap forms. While the installation represents the gathering of food and survival, it also refers to entrapment and loss. My aspiration is that by the development and abstraction of the forms to allow physical entry and entrapment, the viewer may consider the outcome of current global unsustainable fishing practices and their environmental impact. The works are conceived as an assemblage of three tall Hinaki forms with portals, alluding to captivity, containment and release.
Each work in the Hīnaki installation can be experienced in a different way:
The first artwork has a crawl hole into the space, with an internal space just large enough to sit in.
The second Hīnaki has two apertures and may be walked through, entered and exited with care.
The third artwork has two keyhole slots of different intensities of constraint for visitors to edge or slide through.
Dimensions:
Tahi and Rua: Height 3.5m x Base diameter 1500mm x 1500mm, tapering to 550mm
Toru: Height 3.5m x base 700mm x diameter at top 1500mm
Materials: Hīnaki are entirely Marine Grade 316 stainless steel and are electropolished.
