Brydee Rood Black Gold - Memorial Tree Temple (dedicated to Astrolabe Reef)
Astrolabe Reef is near Motiti Island, off the Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand. The reef, which breaks the water surface at low tide, is a renowned scuba diving spot that
drops off to 37 metres (121 ft) in different parts. The reef was named by Jules Dumont d'Urville after his ship Astrolabe, when it nearly ran aground there on 16 February 1827.
Source: Wikipedia.
Brydee Rood
Elam Alumni and MFA graduate, Takapuna-born Brydee has recently returned from artist in residence programmes in Germany and The Netherlands. Brydee was awarded the 2011 Wallace Fulbright Scholarship involving a 3 month residency in San Francisco's Headlands Centre for the Arts commencing in March 2012.
Image: Black Gold - Memorial Tree Temple (dedicated to Astrolabe Reef) - Installation 11 & 12 November 2011, Art in the Dark, Auckland.
Photo by Mandy Chan.