Through Branches / Scattered Across the Lake

Maisie Chilton, Negin Dastgheib, Rebecca Hawkes, Jake Fairweather, Alice Fennessy,
Yasmina Gillies, Anna Higgins, Briana Jamieson, Saskia Bunce-Rath, Marielle de Geest

Curated by Briana Jamieson
Welcome to Nowhere Festival, Whanganui
11/01/20 - 12/01/20

Marielle de Geest, Organza on chiffon

Moscow is undergoing a lot of restoration and building work, and while it has no shortage of beautiful, grand buildings, a lot of them are covered in scaffolding while they are repaired. The fabric shrouds around the scaffolding are often printed with digital renders of the original facade, and often you don’t notice until you’re up close that the facade is a facade.

This image was taken at 9 Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow. Someone had adorned each of the barred windows of this building with big, red organza sashes. They caugh the sunlight in the dreamiest way, like plastic or glass.

Fabric is printed on fabric, like buildings printed on their scaffolds, an untruth in materials.




Saskia Bunce-Rath, The Morning Star, acrylic on canvas



Briana Jamieson, On our last day together it was sunny, oil on canvas




Anna Higgins, January House, Where the Light Sits, photographic print on fabric weighed by shells and stones




Negin Dastgheib, Only Love I, acrylic on paper




Alice Fennessy, Still / Moving, acrylic on perspex




Anna Higgins, At Freyberg and Wha, Where the Light Sits series, photographic print on fabric, weighted with shells and stones




Anna Higgins, South of the Coast, Where the Light Sits series, photographic prints on fabric, weighted with shells and stones




Anna Higgins, Beneath the Surface, Where the Light Sits series, photographic prints on fabric, weighted with stones and shells




Rebecca Hawkes, The Ecstasy of Ceridwen, acrylic on board

Ceridwen is the Celtic goddess of rebirth, transformation and inspiration.




Negin Dastgheib, Only Love II, acrylic on paper




Maisie Chilton, Singularity, acrylic and oil on tile

Excerpts from a science book about space, reappropriated as a metaphor for human relationships. We are all stardust in the end after all.




Maisie Chilton, Singularity, acrylic and oil on tile




Maisie Chilton, Singularity, acrylic and oil on tile




Maisie Chilton, Singularity, acrylic and oil on tile




Yasmina Gillies, Stand with your head held high, the sun is shining on your back, cotton dyed with nasturtium leaves and wild cherry tree leaves

The banner is about being empowered by the strength of the natural world, specifically the sun, which nourishes us physically, spiritually and emotionally. It is intended as a sigil, imbued with this message.

The yellow fabric is dyed with nasturtium leaves and the brownish orange fabric is dyed with wild cherry tree leaves. The brownish fabric was almost the same yellow as the yellow one and only changed colour when hanging out to dry in the sun.




Jake Fairweather, Sun, nylon and wood




Jake Fairweather, Sun Set




Jake Fairweather, Sun Set