Cathy Carter New Zealand Photographer and Multimedia Artist
  • Art Awards (dropdown)
    • Wallace Art Awards 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014
    • Devonian Reefs, Molly Morpeth 3D Award, 2020
    • Parkins Prize 2019
    • Headon International Portrait Competition Finalist 2015, 2016, 2018
    • Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Awards Finalist 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Series of Works
    • Almost Paradise, 2021
    • Wai Wai Wai 2019
    • Weird Fishes, 2018
    • Poolside, Immersion and Emergence Malolo , 2017
    • Poolside Immersion and Emergence 2017
    • Waimarama, Residency: Waimarama, Reflecting on Water, 2018
    • Portals of Bare Attention 2016 / 2017
    • Waimarama, Reflecting on Water, Motu-O-Kura, 2018
    • Seaside Series 2016
    • Between Worlds
    • Oceanids: Rising
    • Oceanids # 1, 2, 3, 4
    • Drifting #1, 2, 3
    • Immersive Emergence
    • We Float
    • Viridescent -becoming green
    • Waitemata, 'Obsidian Waters' ( A public project)
    • Ophelia # 1, 2
    • Imminence
    • Immersion and Emergence
    • Adrift
    • Subtle Space
    • Mist
    • Zone of Immanence
    • Fluid Fields
    • Convergence
    • Sea Lion Rotation (light projection of stills)
    • Arpeggio ( Light projection of stills)
    • Arpeggio
  • Photos of Exhibited Work
    • Wai Wai Wai exhibition Nkb Gallery
    • Weird Fishes, 2018 Allpress Studio
    • Photoforum Exhibition 2018
    • Waitemata, Auckland Art Gallery
    • Arthaus Gallery 2017 Auckland Festival of Photography 2017, Theme: Identity. 2017 'Open Waters', (curated by Cathy Carter)
    • State of Play 2016
    • Oceanids , Paris Apartment.
    • Oceanids Rising 2016 Moaroom, Paris.
    • We Float 2014
    • Immersive Emergence 2013 (installation)
    • Imminence 2013
    • Zone Of Immanence 2012
    • Convergence 2012
    • Transitions 2012
    • Land vs Sea 2011 (Immersion and Emergence)
    • Mist 2010
    • Waterways 2012
    • Between Worlds
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Portals of Bare Attention

Portals of Bare Attention is a series that further explore bodies of water as physical, cultural and social ‘landscapes’.
The work was made from images captured in the Hawaiian islands, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
 The circle which encloses this work is used to represent the infinite nature of the energy of the ocean. Hawaiians believe the circle is a symbol of a life with no beginning or end, and with the environmental challenges facing our oceans the circle also acts as an emblem of protection.
The first 3 works were titled Ariel. This is a play on the word ‘aerial’ and a reference to Ariel from Shakespeares play The Tempest. Ariel is a sprite who is responsible for carrying out a command from Prospero to shipwreck the King of Naples and his crew in a violent tempest
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This series looks at  different perspectives to create new ways of experiencing the ocean. They seek to be both otherworldly and completely of this world. As Susan Sontag has said “the painter constructs the photographer discloses”. 

Dimensions: 1000mm x 1000mm round. 
Materials: Archival print on Hahnemuhle Photorag 308 gsm
Editions of 3
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Portal 9, Molokini, 2017
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Portal 1, Ariel, 2016 ​
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Portal 7, Puka ana 2017
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Portal 8, Molokini, 2017
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Portal 2, Ariel, 2016
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Portal 4, Moana 2016
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Portal 5, Molokini 2016
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Portal 3, Ariel, 2016
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Portal 6, Puka ana (sunset) 2017
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