New public artwork installation this weekend

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A new temporary artwork is to be installed along Highbrook Drive, East Tamaki, Manukau THIS WEEKEND

The work will be installed This Saturday and Sunday with Aaron and his father striving to get it all finished on Saturday. With the weather looking dubious it could be a very long wet weekend for the two of them. Work should commence but 9am Saturday morning after Vector mark out one very large power cable bisecting the site.

This is Aaron's latest work since winning the Fieldays No8 Wire National Art Awards in May this year.

Title: The continuous work of (a) giant(s)

Consisting of 135 half painted Chep pallets the work will contain 9 constructions of 'house of cards' fanning along the south side of Highbrook drive. eAch construction is 3.2m wide x 3.8m high x 1m deep.

The work references both the industrial conditions the work was conceived and created in (Aaron's studio is just down the road) while creating an curious play between the childlike innocence of the house of cards construction and the imposing scale that the oversized playing cards creates. The ability of the work to materialise from a commodity system that Chep employs and then return to that system as the end of its life as an artwork is also of great importance to the artwork.

This work is part of the Manukau Festival of Art 2009.

This is Aaron's largest installation to date.

There will also be construction blogs posted at aaronmcconchie.com of the build and installation process.

The work will be displayed from 18 October 2009 to January 09 2010.

Aaron would like to thank the enthusiastic support from Goodmans, Highbrook, Chep (for the loan of the pallets) ReoFab (securing steel spikes),APCO (for all the highquality paint supplied for the project), 0800 Mr Hire.

ENDS

Webpages to visit:

Construction blog of artwork = http://aaronmcconchie.com/news/tcwg/

Aarons biography = http://aaronmcconchie.com/biography/