Wayne Barrar: Mai i te Pūranga Kōata | From the Glass Archive
He rauropi tino iti rawa atu te meroiti tipu e noho ana ki ngā wai o te moana, o te awa, me ngā roto. I te rautau 19 he mahi pārekareka ki ētahi te whakatakoto i ngā mātātoka o ngā anga takawai o ēnei moroiti ki runga i ngā papa kōata hei tirotiro mā te karu whakarahi.
Kua ruku atu te kaiwhakaahua, a Wayne Barrar, ki tēnei ‘pūranga kōata’ ki te tūhura i ngā mōkitokito whakamīharo nei.
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Diatoms are tiny organisms that live in oceans, rivers, and lakes. The 19th century saw a craze for arranging the silica skeleton fossils of diatoms and other micro-organisms on glass slides for viewing through microscopes.
Photographer Wayne Barrar has delved into this ‘glass archive’ to explore its microscopic wonders.
23 Sep 2023 – mid 2024
Toi Art, Level 5
Free entry
Wheelchair accessible
Some seating
Audio guide with transcripts
About Wayne Barrar
Wayne Barrar is a Wellington based photographer and Honorary Research Fellow at Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University. His practice has a particular interest in visualising the human construction of landscape and critiquing the ‘re-definition’ of nature. His work has been regularly exhibited nationally and internationally since 1984 and his books include Shifting Nature (Otago University Press, 2001), An Expanding Subterra (Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2010), Torbay ti kouka (University of Plymouth Press, 2011), and The Glass Archive (Forrester Gallery, 2015). His work is held in museum collections in New Zealand, USA, and Australia.
See more of Wayne Barrar’s work on Collections Online and the artist’s website.
Header image
Detail of: Wayne Barrar, Strew from north German coast (brackish) #2. NBS slide c. 1960, 2015, platinum print. © Wayne Barrar. Te Papa (O.049373)
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