echo

Riccarton House & Bush, Putaringamotu
1st September - 30th November
Hours: Tues-Sun 10am-4pm

A reflection of sound … an effect that continues after the original cause has disappeared … what resounds or reverberates … a suggestion or trace, an evocation of memory … repetition, imitation, reproduction, recollection, reiteration … retelling stories.

ECHO was sited at Riccarton House & Bush Putaringamotu, installed in the House and magnificent surrounding garden. The title ECHO derives from the local Maori name for the area Putaringamotu, ‘the place of an Echo’, and acknowledges the site’s significance within Ngai Tahu history as one of the first Maori settlements in the South Island.


The work in ECHO was specific to this heritage site, leased from Ngai Tahu in 1840 by Scottish settlers William and John Deans who created there one of the most significant gardens in Canterbury. The artists responded to its contemporary usage, natural and historical significance, both Maori and European, through wide-ranging and varied practices.

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Curators

Julie King Lectures at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, writes and curates.

Tessa Giblin (Work it./ECHO) is Assistant Curator at ARTSPACE and a graduate of the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. Founding Director of Gridlocked, and dealer gallery for emerging artists Fresh, she has previously curated 'Salon des Refuse' (2003) and 'Showstoppers' (2004), both at the Jonathan Smart Gallery. Tessa curated the Reuben Paterson project for ECHO.

FIONA PARDINGTON
(Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Kati Waewae)

Putaringamotu 2004 Fiona Pardington. Digital Photography. Courtesy of the artist

REUBEN PATERSON
(Ngati Rangitihi)


Whakatata mai: Do you see what I see? 2004 Reuben Paterson. Digital image. Courtesy of the artist

PHIL PRICE
(New Zealand)

Zephyrometer 2003 Phil Price. Courtesy of Wellington City Council and the Wellington City Sculpture Trust

GRAHAM FAGEN
(Scotland)


Still Life 2004 Graham Fagen. Bronze and ceramic. Courtesy of the artist.

TRACINGS
(New Zealand)


Jane Deans (Interpretation) 2004 Year 9 Students. Intaglio print. Courtesy of Rangi Ruru Girl’s School, Christchurch

TRACINGS
(New Zealand)


tracings 2004 Riccarton High Junior School Students. Digital Photography. Courtesy of Riccarton High, Christchurch