Sandra Schmid
About SANDRA SCHMID
Te Uru – Work in response to a space
On a visit to Auckland I was fortunate to explore the TeUru gallery space. What would the building tell me? Can I hear the voice or the essence? How does it sit in the environment as well as in the community? The very first impression was a tete a tete of old and...
Time and time we run out of time
Why did I investigate into plastic when the original work by Dorothea Prühl is made from wood and called ‘Tiere’ (animals). What seems to be contradictory is based on me growing up in the controversy time of abundance of plastic toys and my parents’ love and concern...
The ‘Poly’ Petting Zoo
The 'Poly' Petting Zoo While developing work for the exhibitions at CODA, Appledorn and TeUru, Auckland I got drawn into the multitudinousness world of plastics. A topic as complex as the abundance of different plastics in our daily lives and also one of the major...
Melting Moments
While developing the work in response to the artist chosen by CODA Museum I got a little sidetracked... or not? The work will be around the contemporary interpretation/ response therefore current political and environmental issues made their way into the developing...
Indulgence with Question Marks
Dorothea Prühl 'Tiere' 1999 What makes this work so appealing to me? Even looking at Dorothea’s work again and again it doesn’t lose its attractiveness. What causes the appeal and therefore the connection? Those were the questions that kept coming up engaging with...
The Art of Finding
When I was faced with the pleasure to choose 3 artists out of the amazing collection of the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn it brought up many questions? Why are those particular artists and their work bring something to life and inspire? What makes an artwork speak to you?...
introducing handshake 5
The newly-formed HANDSHAKE 5 group came together for JEWELcamp at Te Auaha (Wellington) with the briefing of the two unique exhibition projects that occurs later this year. Roseanne Bartley workshopped in her masterclass creative ways of approaching the...
