A Sculpture Plinth
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Wednesday 21 September 2011
Amy Cooper
In the week before our opening we wanted to get people excited about the Gallery and the concept of seeing art in everything. So we placed an intriguing piece of furniture near the Viaduct Events Centre in the new Wynyard Quarter development by the waterfront - A SCULPTURE PLINTH.
With a photographer on hand and some guides to get the plinth party started, we turned passers-by into living works of art.
Here's just a small selection from the hundreds of shots we took - we had little people...
...bikes...
..safety-conscious people...
...(of all sizes)...
...crowds...
...dogs...
...superheroes...
...fashionistas...
...sporty types...
... and our photographer even crept out from behind the camera to strike a pose.
The plinth was the perfect place for leaping...
...balancing...
...even fancier balancing...
...an inevitable bout of planking...
...snoozing...
or just a cosy kiss.
And you know what? All of this was ART. (Do you see it?)
Makes you ponder, doesn't it?
You can see all the images on the Gallery's Flickr page. The plinth is currently stationed on the Gallery forecourt where you're welcome to take your own photos - if you'd like to share them with us, you can email them to media@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz and we'll upload them.