survey #4 — Peter Trevelyan This piece hangs in the air by about half a metre and runs about 3 metres along the wall. It's geometry is like a landscape. The piece is insanely delicate being constructed from 0.5mm pencil lead. From the gallery; "Peter Trevelyan’s choice of 0.5mm mechanical pencil leads as a sculptural medium, although unlikely, suggests three-dimensional drawing, thereby connecting his work to drawing’s traditionally defined role. The structure recalls topographical landforms as seen from a distance; the shipboard sketches of late-eighteenth-century European explorers. It also speaks of historical mapping systems; the recording of trigonometric points to describe geology and landforms. (Above ground, 2015)" #art #artwork #artinallthings (at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu)