Twelve Years

This is a pier at Orakei Basin. I walked down there as I saw lots of little sails. There was a group of people operating little remote controlled sailboats. I went say hi and see what they were up too. It all seemed pretty serious, like a mini America’s cup and the water looked beautiful in the later afternoon sun.

Twelve Years is a continuation of my 'What I Sea' series, but here, I want to show more of our relationship with water. How we live alongside it, what we built above and below and how we continue our lives like it's always going to be there.

Back in 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel report on climate change concluded that we had 12 years left to make significant changes. “The next few years are probably the most important in our history” I wanted to document the countdown to save this wonderful resource.

Contemporary NZ artist

Twelve Years