Field Study 1: 665 nanometer infrared, Queenstown, Tasmania 2023
Field Study 1: 665 nanometer infrared, Queenstown, Tasmania 2023
The Wollemi Kirlians 2014
The following is a text written for the Kuandu Biennale extracted from a longer essay written by curator Jasmin Stephens David Haines is presenting an installation comprising a suite of images using the technique of Kirlian photography and a fragrance he composed in his Aroma Studio. In his sculptural assembly, Wollemi Kirlians (2014) and Slow Fast Mountains (earth aroma laboratory)(2014), Haines has configured the visual and olfactory elements to set up a recognition system intended to bring Biennale visitors into closer proximity to ‘unseen forces’ that lie within and around us. Haines’ installation exemplifies the tension between ‘the fictive and …
A disassembled flower 2012
A disassembled flower 2013. Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University.
Noumenon Range
This pure pigment image is the first in a number of works that form part of a series on imaginary cartography. “Looking towards the Noumenon Ranges, 2013 ” was first exhibited in the Konica Minolta Redlands Prize. The landscape depicted is often mistaken for a real place. The landscape is algorithmically generated using fractal-based 3d rendering software.
The Phantom Leaves 1-5
The Phantom Leaves 1-5 2010: Five aroma compositions with Kirlian Photographs. Aroma Compositions: Mint Glass, Wormwood of the Sea, Violets on Fire, Grass Valley, A Thousand Leaves. All of these were fantasy fragrances based on ideas suggested by the photographs and my firsthand experience of the subject matter. First exhibited in GREEN: Colin Langridge (TAS) David Haines (NSW) Richard Giblett (VIC) Lucy Bleach (TAS) Roman Signer (SWITZ) Bec Stevens (TAS) Richard Wastell (TAS) Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt (UK). Curated by Geoff Parr, Lucy Bleach and Bec Stevens.
The Door
The Door premiered in New Zealand at Te Tui Center for the Arts in the exhibition, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” Curated by Emma Bugden and Pita Turei. Artists: Cao Fei, Gabríela Fridriksdóttir, Peter Gossage, Star Gossage,Veli Granö, David Haines, Shigeyuki Kihara, Polixeni Papapetrou ,Teresa Peters and John Walsh. Sound Mix, location and Studio Assistance. Claire Herbert. from the gallery website An artist can sometimes restore severed paths to our unconscious. Veli GranöPeople have always told tall tales. From early folklore to classic children’s fairytales such as the Grimm’s brothers, fantastical stories provide explanation for the strangeness of …
Ultra Violet Particle Shield
Exhibited: Tokyo Floating Worlds, Plimsol Gallery, Hobart.2006 Curated by Jonathon Holmes. Part of an ongoing series of 3d rendered virtual objects realised as large-scale photographic prints.
Ghost Flower Guidance System
Exhibited: Tokyo Floating Worlds ( group exhibition) Plimsol Gallery Hobart 2006 curated by Jonathon Holmes Part of an ongoing series of virtual objects rendered as large scale photographic images.
Day & Night
Day & Night 2-channel video projection. Stereo Sound. Performance re-recorded in High Definition 2015 Camera: Joyce Hinterding, 2004, 2015. Safety belay, Michael Myers. 2004. Premiered at Contemporary Art Center of South Australia CASCA 2005. Resonaces Magnetique 2016 Panacee, Montpellier, France.
The Irrational
Solo Exhibition at Scott Donovan Gallery – Sydney Digital Prints, 2 hand made boxed editions with pigment prints, 3 cd-r audio works.
Born to be Wild:Silver Hill
Premiered in the Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art 2004. Curated by Julie Robinson , Art Gallery of South Australia. Single Channel Video Installation. In which a forest falls down of its own volition – collapsing in on itself in an act of unexplainable violence. Catalogue Essay: Anne Finegan There’s an implicit absence of human fate in this mysterious falling down of the trees. Catastrophe doesn’t always strike at midnight, and is all the more spooky for taking place in the clear skies of a noonday glare. The forest is majestic, rising from the cloud bank with an Ansell Adams black-and-white …
The Fifteenth Century
The Fifteenth Century is a 2 Channel video projection DVD with Stereo sound. 16 X 9 aspect ratio. On the right hand screen we see a digitally generated fractal landscape that derives its geometry from the Artists date of birth that is used as the generator for the algorithm. On the left screen we see the ocean in the night sky over LA USA like a scene from a seventies horror movie. The Artist got the idea for this scene from his dream diary. In the soundtrack we hear the crackle of various electro magnetic emissions and the sound from …
Atomic
Extract from an Essay by Ann Finegan For ArtLink 2009 As artificial pulse rates have accelerated, timekeeping mechanisms have continued to shrink. Today, the gigahertz, crystal oscillator hearts of tiny computer chips are embedded everywhere. Electronic vibrations subdivide seconds into billions of parts… measure and commodify both human and machine work, and precisely construct the accelerating tempos and rhythms of the digital era – coordinated, where necessary, by a central atomic clock. (William J. Mitchell. Me++ The Cyborg Self and the Networked City, 11) To our everyday senses we might still inhabit what Deleuze and Guattari called a …
Otira Cemetery
Made on site at Otira, Aurthur’s Pass, New Zealand for Obscura Arts Festival 1999, curated by Juliane Sephenson in association with the Physics Room, Christchurch.