Drawing on personal experiences as a field ranger in nature reserves, Bouquet presents new sculptures and photographs that recollect first-hand encounters, traces of human interaction and ecological findings.
Past Exhibition
Paraire 6 Māehe -
Hātarei 13 Hune
Friday 6 March -
Saturday 13 June
2020
Image courtesy of the artist.
Cooper’s work often articulates aspects of landscape neglected by Western traditions of the scenic and picturesque. In doing so, it seeks to recreate landscape as a rich terrain of sensory experience, narrative and belonging.
Delving into various pockets of land managed by the Department of Conservation––including the “earthly paradise” of Sir George Grey on Kawau Island and the marine mammal breeding grounds in the Subantarctic Islands––this project illuminates some of the beliefs and cultural imperatives that have both produced and upheld the conservation estate in Aotearoa[1].
Bouquet is presented as part of the 2020 Dunedin Fringe Festival programme.
All artworks courtesy the artist and Mokopōpaki, Auckland.
View the exhibition roomsheet, designed and printed by POINT.
1 Yarwood, Vaughan. “The Governor’s Island.” New Zealand Geographic. 39 (Jul–Sept 1998), http://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-governors-island/
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Flyknit (basketball), polyester twine, basketball, jandal, laces, based on Nike Flyknit technology and Flyweave (white rice), rice sack, jandals (South Pacific flotsam), laces, based on Nike Flyweave technology.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Flyknit (basketball), polyester twine, basketball, jandal, laces, based on Nike Flyknit technology and Flyweave (white rice), rice sack, jandals (South Pacific flotsam), laces, based on Nike Flyweave technology.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Koekoeā (Long-tailed Cuckoos), 3D printed whistles, cork bark, seeds (pūriri, nīkau, mānuka), marine rope.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Koekoeā (Long-tailed Cuckoos), 3D printed whistles, cork bark, seeds (pūriri, nīkau, mānuka), marine rope.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Koekoeā (Long-tailed Cuckoos), 3D printed whistles, cork bark, seeds (pūriri, nīkau, mānuka), marine rope.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Bō (fighting staff for working among rāpoka sea lion colonies), hand-planed and carved hardwood, charcoal, gesso, epoxy resin, made to the dimensions of an Okinawan karate bō staff, ornamented with subantarctic bladder kelp).
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Bō (fighting staff for working among rāpoka sea lion colonies), hand-planed and carved hardwood, charcoal, gesso, epoxy resin, made to the dimensions of an Okinawan karate bō staff, ornamented with subantarctic bladder kelp).
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Bō (fighting staff for working among rāpoka sea lion colonies), hand-planed and carved hardwood, charcoal, gesso, epoxy resin, made to the dimensions of an Okinawan karate bō staff, ornamented with subantarctic bladder kelp).
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Needles, silver gelatin, photogram of Pinus radiata needles collected on Kawau Island from descendant trees of the first Pinus radiata in New Zealand, in the garden of Sir George Grey; aluminium frame.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Needles, silver gelatin, photogram of Pinus radiata needles collected on Kawau Island from descendant trees of the first Pinus radiata in New Zealand, in the garden of Sir George Grey; aluminium frame.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Needles, silver gelatin, photogram of Pinus radiata needles collected on Kawau Island from descendant trees of the first Pinus radiata in New Zealand, in the garden of Sir George Grey; aluminium frame.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Flyknit (basketball), polyester twine, basketball, jandal, laces, based on Nike Flyknit technology and Flyweave (white rice), rice sack, jandals (South Pacific flotsam), laces, based on Nike Flyweave technology.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Flyknit (basketball), polyester twine, basketball, jandal, laces, based on Nike Flyknit technology and Flyweave (white rice), rice sack, jandals (South Pacific flotsam), laces, based on Nike Flyweave technology.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Koekoeā (Long-tailed Cuckoos), 3D printed whistles, cork bark, seeds (pūriri, nīkau, mānuka), marine rope.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Koekoeā (Long-tailed Cuckoos), 3D printed whistles, cork bark, seeds (pūriri, nīkau, mānuka), marine rope.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Koekoeā (Long-tailed Cuckoos), 3D printed whistles, cork bark, seeds (pūriri, nīkau, mānuka), marine rope.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Bō (fighting staff for working among rāpoka sea lion colonies), hand-planed and carved hardwood, charcoal, gesso, epoxy resin, made to the dimensions of an Okinawan karate bō staff, ornamented with subantarctic bladder kelp).
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Bō (fighting staff for working among rāpoka sea lion colonies), hand-planed and carved hardwood, charcoal, gesso, epoxy resin, made to the dimensions of an Okinawan karate bō staff, ornamented with subantarctic bladder kelp).
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Bō (fighting staff for working among rāpoka sea lion colonies), hand-planed and carved hardwood, charcoal, gesso, epoxy resin, made to the dimensions of an Okinawan karate bō staff, ornamented with subantarctic bladder kelp).
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Needles, silver gelatin, photogram of Pinus radiata needles collected on Kawau Island from descendant trees of the first Pinus radiata in New Zealand, in the garden of Sir George Grey; aluminium frame.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Needles, silver gelatin, photogram of Pinus radiata needles collected on Kawau Island from descendant trees of the first Pinus radiata in New Zealand, in the garden of Sir George Grey; aluminium frame.
Image: Eleanor Cooper, Bouquet, Installation View, 2020.
Needles, silver gelatin, photogram of Pinus radiata needles collected on Kawau Island from descendant trees of the first Pinus radiata in New Zealand, in the garden of Sir George Grey; aluminium frame.
Eleanor Cooper
Eleanor Cooper is an artist, writer and field ranger for the Department of Conservation. In 2019 she completed the MFA programme at the University of Auckland, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) in 2012. She has exhibited widely within Aotearoa including at City Gallery Wellington, Hastings City Art Gallery, Mokopōpaki, Artspace, Split/Fountain, RM Gallery, The Physics Room and Objectspace, as well as providing written contributions to a number of publications including Argos Aotearoa and the recently published Pipi Press publication In Common.
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