Equinox_1:03PM NZST

2022

Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22
23rd September - 8th October
ST PAUL St Gallery
Equinox event 1:03pm (NZST) 23rd September
Opened 5pm 23rd September

During the Equinox, the plane of Earth's equator passes through the geometric centre of the Sun's disk. In this celestial alignment, the Earth's poles tilt neither toward nor away from the Sun. On the equator, the sun rises exactly due east and sets exactly due west. Only on the Equinox is a 12 hour day and a 12 hour night shared everywhere on Earth. Observing the Equinox is a call to (re)turn one's attention to the exactness of the present and offers a duty to observe our present condition. This exhibition continues a series of conversations that were held during the northward and southward Equinoxes of 2021 and 2022. Participants from all over the world met at these times to discuss notions of time and duration.

The 2022 southward (vernal) Equinox is at 1:03pm (NZST) on Friday the 23rd September.

This project falls on the exact 50-year spring equinox anniversary of Phil Dadson's Earthworks (1971-2) which was documented as the video 'Earthworks' Represents a Temporary Instant in the Continuum of Universal Ebb and Flow.

This project was organised by Eamon Edmundson-Wells, Chris Braddock, and Ziggy Lever. Photos by Mon Redmond, Chris Braddock, Ziggy Lever, and Fiona Williams (Polaroids).

Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22, ST PAUL St Gallery. Installation view.

Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22, ST PAUL St Gallery. Poster/mail-out.

© Copyright Ziggy Lever

LYNN MARIE-KIRBY ^{(PDT) -7}
JESSIKA KENNY ^{(PDT) -7}
AZADEH EMADI ^{(BST) +1}
WOLFGANG WEILEDER ^{(BST) +1}
DILLWYN SMITH ^{(BST) +1}
STEVE DUTTON ^{(BST) +1}
FIONA WILLIAMS ^{(AEST) +10}
RODNEY CROSS ^{(AEST) +10}
CHRIS BRADDOCK + Guests ^{(NZST) +12}
BALAMOHAN SHINGADE ^{(NZST) +12}
LAYNE WAEREA ^{(NZST) +12}
EAMON EDMUNDSON-WELLS ^{(NZST) +12}
ZIGGY LEVER ^{(NZST) +12}
THE OBSERVATORY PROJECT ^{(NZST) +12}

Equinox event 1:03pm (NZST) 23rd September
The final Equinox zoom meeting for the project. This took place on Friday 23 September at 1.03PM (NZST) marking the 2022 southward (vernal) Equinox. Participants met in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland and assembled on the large orange quilt/mat titled "Conversation Mat" in ST Paul St Gallery. Those overseas joined on zoom, marking the opening of the exhibition.

Fiona Williams, ‘Photograph Video: Equinox, around 1:03pm 23-9-22’, 2022

Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22, ST PAUL St Gallery. Observing the Equinox at 1:03pm NZST, 23rd September 2022.

Fiona Williams, ‘Photograph Video: Equinox, around 1:30pm 23-9-22’, 2022

Ziggy Lever
Time Announcements, 2022, recordings submitted by Equinox participants, intermittent announcements.

For Time Announcements, participants in the Equinox project recorded themselves announcing the time in the days surrounding the vernal equinox in September 2022. These announcements were then broadcast intermittently over speakers hidden in the cieling throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Time announcements will play on this page if left open. Click here to enable audio on this page.

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Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever
Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022, three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts.

Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever, Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022. three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts. Installation view in Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22, ST PAUL St Gallery.

Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever, Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022. three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts. Friday, September 23rd, 2pm. Round 1: (After) Vertical Column of Accelerated Air, Michael Asher, 1966-7.

Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever, Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022. three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts. Tuesday, September 27th, 2pm. Round 2: (Floating) Packing Peanuts

Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever, Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022. three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts. Friday, October 7th, 2pm. Round 3: (Score) Zophobas morio

Lynn Marie Kirby and Ziggy Lever, Rounds After Accelerated Air, 2022. three atrium activations, orange fan, orange extension cord, A4 paper, packing peanuts. Activations notice in Equinox_1:03PM NZST_23-9-22, ST PAUL St Gallery.

Eamon Edmundson-Wells
Windchill-sunlight-feelslike, 2022, front yard, double bass, three channel sound. 24 hours (over 24 days).

Eamon Edmundson-Wells, Windchill-sunlight-feelslike, 2022, front yard, double bass, three channel sound. 24 hours (over 24 days). ST PAUL St Gallery. Installation view.

Azadeh Emadi, Wolfgang Weileder, and Jessika Kenny
NotSomething, 2022, digital video, sound. 7:21mins.

Azadeh Emadi, Wolfgang Weileder, and Jessika Kenny, NotSomething, 2022, digital video, sound. 7:21mins. ST PAUL St Gallery. Installation view.

Steve Dutton
A Spell on the Equinox, 2022, wall drawing, graphite pencil on white emulsion, 3m (approx).

Steve Dutton, A Spell on the Equinox, 2022, wall drawing, graphite pencil on white emulsion, 3m (approx). Installation detail.

Steve Dutton, A Spell on the Equinox, 2022, wall drawing, graphite pencil on white emulsion, 3m (approx). Installation view.

Dillwyn Smith
Equinox 22, 2022, mulberry paper, dyes made from petal, leaf and root of the Verbascum thalpus (Great Mullein) plant, pins, wooden ladders.

Dillwyn Smith, Equinox 22, 2022, mulberry paper, dyes made from petal, leaf and root of the Verbascum thalpus (Great Mullein) plant, pins, wooden ladders. Installation detail

Dillwyn Smith, Equinox 22, 2022, mulberry paper, dyes made from petal, leaf and root of the Verbascum thalpus (Great Mullein) plant, pins, wooden ladders. Installation view

Fiona Williams
Untitled, 2021, mechanical pencil on paper, 148 x 210 mm
Photograph Video: Around 18:05pm 19-9-22, 2022, digital video, 3:37 loop with sound
Shadow Tides: St Paul St Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, September 2022, ink on paper, 420 x 594 mm

Fiona Williams, Installation view.

Fiona Williams, Untitled, 2021, mechanical pencil on paper, 148 x 210 mm.

Fiona Williams, Photograph Video: Around 18:05pm 19-9-22, 2022, digital video, 3:37 loop with sound.

Fiona Williams, Shadow Tides: St Paul St Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, September 2022, ink on paper, 420 x 594 mm.

Fiona Williams, Installation view.

Rodney Cross
Lifespan Timeline, 2022, poetry, 170 A3 risograph prints.

Rodney Cross, Lifespan Timeline, 2022, poetry, 170 A3 risograph prints. Rodney reading.

Rodney Cross, Lifespan Timeline, 2022, poetry, 170 A3 risograph prints. Installation view.

Rodney Cross, Lifespan Timeline, 2022, poetry, 170 A3 risograph prints. Installation detail.

Ziggy Lever
EGGUINOX, 2022, mono-monostatic eggs, egg tray.

16 eggs made in reference to the popular myth that it is easier to balence an egg on the equinox.

Ziggy Lever, EGGUIONOX, 2022. mono-monostatic eggs, egg tray. Installation view.

Ziggy Lever, EGGUIONOX, 2022. mono-monostatic eggs, egg tray. Eamon balences an egg on the Equinox.

The Observatory Project
A Measurement of Both Eyes Together (AMBIT), 2022, perimetry experiments, lister perimeter, table, chairs, coloured pencils, risograph charts.

Members of The Observatory project measure each other's peripheral vision and colour perception over a 40 minute duration.

The Observatory Project, A Measurement of Both Eyes Together (AMBIT), 2022, perimetry experiments, lister perimeter, table, chairs, coloured pencils, risograph charts.

Chris Braddock with Balamohan Shingade, Layne Waerea and Guests
Conversation Mat, 2022, cotton, wadding, scheduled activations, 3.08 x 9.8m.

Chris Braddock with Balamohan Shingade, Layne Waerea and Guests, Conversation Mat, 2022, cotton, wadding, scheduled activations, 3.08 x 9.8m. Installation view.