Project - Planetarity

An Experimental, Conceptual, Cross-Continental Collaboration in Slowness and Response, Marked by Time, Thought, and Touch

About the project

Artists

This collaborative project unfolded slowly between four artists across Japan, New Zealand, and the UK.

Process

A single painting was physically passed from one artist to another—with two guiding rules:

first, each artist must spend time with the work every day for several weeks before making any marks;

second, they could then respond freely to what they saw.

Outcomes

Surprisingly, none imposed their signature style. An artist known for bold sumi ink gestures responded instead with quiet geometry. Another, whose large abstract works usually burst with deep primary colours, added delicate traces instead. The painting became a site of restraint and reverence.In a world of haste, this work asked us to inhabit time differently—to listen, wait, and respond with care.

Though the project paused due to illness and logistical challenges, its essence remains: a meditation on slowness, relation, and the planetary scale of creative time.

Later, this project was experimented by three different community groups and an exhibition was held.

planetarity painting: A Visual Story

1. Bold black silkscreen lines were laid onto a traditionally prepared gesso board

2. Responding to its geometric and organic rhythms, coloured paper tapes were carefully layered

3. A cosmic journey was imagined, leading to the emergence of a unique central form

4. Finally, the edges were bound with brown organic rope, grounding the painting like a relic or offerin

1. As in the previous work, lines were silkscreened—this time interwoven with colour

2. Responding to the sense of speed, the artist introduced a sack-like form

3. In dialogue with this gesture, fragments of dry herbal medicine—part of the artist’s daily ritual—were delicately embedded

4. Finally, in quiet contrast, soft coloured geometric cut-outs were layered deepening the emotional resonance

1. Fine silkscreened lines in soft pink and grey stretch across the surface, leaving nearly a third untouched

2. Responding to this gentleness, the next artist collaged handmade patterned paper

3. In turn, rocks gathered from a mountain were added

4. The work was later damaged in transit: one stone lost, the paper slightly torn. Unfinished, it remains a tender trace of process, fragility

Project - Mending

An experimental work that began as a conceptual hypothesis rooted in corpus linguistics. It evolved into a physical, caring act—mending rusted seaside bicycles and more. This marked the beginning of my constellation approach to art-making—where fragments, gestures, and stories are held in relation.

Two videos are shown here

Mended and standing once more, this bicycle commemorates an English cyclist who tragically lost her life when a car door opened unexpectedly into her path.

Weathered and worn, the bike remains—its frame rusted, its saddles long gone.

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Wyne

I became curious about seeing him every morning on my way to the Art School, long after a major strike had ended over the harbour workers’ working conditions.

He stood on Tamaki Drive, the most stunning road that runs along the beautiful Auckland Harbour. He held a placard—but I I could never make sense of it.

So one day, I decided to park the car and walk over to talk to him.

Wyne is a silent vide

silent video, a quiet and Slow unfolding

Project - Campbell Soup

Help Each Other Project

takes a quiet turn from Warhol’s iconic soup cans. Where his were sealed and stacked—a mirror to consumerism—ours are opened, offering warmth, not product. The painting became a gesture: buy a print with six cans of soup, or simply add your own to the planter outside. The wrapped soup cans were opened on Christmas Day, and through the winter of 2021, over six hundred cans appeared like quiet gifts—small acts of care that nourished a community.

Our Response to the Cost of Living Crisis

Project - Knitted Christmas Tree

Help Each Other Project
In collaboration with knitting groups from Durham and Redcar, we created over 40 woollen scarves to keep people warm. Together, the scarves formed a Christmas tree—later unwrapped and gifted to those in need, spreading warmth beyond the season.