2022
Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22
23rd September - 8th October
ST PAUL St Gallery
Equinox event 1:03pm (NZST) 23rd September
Opened 5pm 23rd September
During the Equinox, the plane of Earth's equator passes through the geometric centre of the Sun's disk. In this celestial alignment, the Earth's poles tilt neither toward nor away from the Sun. On the equator, the sun rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. Only on the Equinox is a 12 hour day and a 12 hour night shared everywhere on Earth. Observing the Equinox is a call to (re)turn one's attention to the exactness of the present and offers a duty to observe our present condition. This exhibition continues a series of conversations that were held during the northward and southward Equinoxes of 2021 and 2022. Participants from all over the world met at these times to discuss notions of time and duration.
The 2022 southward (vernal) Equinox is at 1:03pm (NZST) on Friday the 23rd September.
This project falls on the exact 50-year spring equinox anniversary of Phil Dadson's Earthworks (1971-2) which was documented as the video 'Earthworks' Represents a Temporary Instant in the Continuum of Universal Ebb and Flow.
This project was organised by Eamon Edmundson-Wells, Chris Braddock, and Ziggy Lever. Photos by Mon Redmond, Chris Braddock, Ziggy Lever, and Fiona Williams (Polaroids).
© Copyright Ziggy Lever
LYNN MARIE-KIRBY (PDT) -7
JESSIKA KENNY (PDT) -7
AZADEH EMADI (BST) +1
WOLFGANG WEILEDER (BST) +1
DILLWYN SMITH (BST) +1
STEVE DUTTON (BST) +1
FIONA WILLIAMS (AEST) +10
RODNEY CROSS (AEST) +10
CHRIS BRADDOCK + Guests (NZST) +12
BALAMOHAN SHINGADE (NZST) +12
LAYNE WAEREA (NZST) +12
EAMON EDMUNDSON-WELLS (NZST) +12
ZIGGY LEVER (NZST) +12
THE OBSERVATORY PROJECT (NZST) +12
Equinox event 1:03pm (NZST) 23rd September
The final Equinox zoom meeting for the project. This took place on Friday 23 September at 1.03PM (NZST) marking the 2022 southward (vernal) Equinox. Participants met in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and assembled on the large orange quilt/mat titled "Conversation Mat" in ST Paul St Gallery. Those overseas joined on zoom, marking the opening of the exhibition.
Ziggy Lever
Time Announcements, 2022, recordings submitted by Equinox participants, intermittent announcements.
For Time Announcements, participants in the Equinox project recorded themselves announcing the time in the days surrounding the vernal equinox in September 2022. These announcements were then broadcast intermittently over speakers hidden in the cieling throughout the duration of the exhibition.
somewhere above the date line, neither Melbourne nore Auckland time
Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever
Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022, three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts.
Eamon Edmundson-Wells
Windchill-sunlight-feelslike, 2022, front yard, double bass, three channel sound. 24 hours (over 24 days).
Azadeh Emadi, Wolfgang Weileder, and Jessika Kenny
NotSomething, 2022, digital video, sound. 7:21mins.
Steve Dutton
A Spell on the Equinox, 2022, wall drawing, graphite pencil on white emulsion, 3m (approx).
Dillwyn Smith
Equinox 22, 2022, mulberry paper, dyes made from petal, leaf and root of the Verbascum thalpus (Great Mullein) plant, pins, wooden ladders.
Fiona Williams
Untitled, 2021, mechanical pencil on paper, 148 x 210 mm
Photograph Video: Around 18:05pm 19-9-22, 2022, digital video, 3:37 loop with sound
Shadow Tides: St Paul St Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, September 2022, ink on paper, 420 x 594 mm
Rodney Cross
Lifespan Timeline, 2022, poetry, 170 A3 risograph prints.
Ziggy Lever
EGGUINOX, 2022, mono-monostatic eggs, egg tray.
The Observatory Project
A Measurement of Both Eyes Together (AMBIT), 2022, perimetry experiments, lister perimeter, table, chairs, coloured pencils, risograph charts.
Chris Braddock with Balamohan Shingade, Layne Waerea and Guests
Conversation Mat, 2022, cotton, wadding, scheduled activations, 3.08 x 9.8m.
