Rubbish Blooms Ōtaki Forks

by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2014
a site specific floating sculpture at
In the Land Sculpture | Kei te tārai o te Whenua, Ōtaki Forks, Aotearoa | New Zealand

Sculpture by Sonja van Kerkhoff

Sculpture by Sonja van Kerkhoff
The Penny
Sculpture by Sonja van Kerkhoff
The Sarita

Sculpture by Sonja van Kerkhoff
The Carol


Each flower is made out of plastic rubbish donated by the person or family it is named after. The names of these flowers refer not only to the idea of a new creation made out of old ingredients, but also memorialize the few days of plastic trash from that person.

Sculpture by Sonja van Kerkhoff
Left to Right: The Carol, Joy, Toroa and Steve blooms.
To a 7 minute video made using footage of the Steve and the Joy

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works by all artists in Kei te tārai o te Whenua | In the land sculpture, 2014
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