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The Interior - Sorawit Songsataya (2020)
We worked with Sorawit Songsataya to digitally model, cast and carve the bird sculptures in their work 'The Interior.'
Artist, Sorawit Songsataya, is a multimedia artist currently based in Pōneke Wellington. Their practice explores the many tangents that connect and redefine our understandings of subjectivity and ecology.
"In The Interior, a moa (Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest flightless bird), lies surrounded by a group of native and endemic bird species; some extinct like the moa, others endangered. Their minimal forms are distinctly polished and abstracted by the process of digital modelling, by casting and carving, yet their life-size offers a fantastical experience of lands once richly populated by avian life." - SCAPE Public Art.
Human Dynamo Workshop's work consisted of hard coating the polystyrene sculptures to make the patterns, fiberglassing over the patterns to make the skins, and removing the polystyrene pattern to leave the skins. We're proud to have supported Sorawit bring their vision to life alongside Brett Tutauanui Keno (Keno Sculpture) and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki team.
“I could see the passion, care, dedication, and attention to detail… the willingness to listen… and the respect and integrity everyone has towards the art.” — Sorawit Songsataya
