Donald Buglass – Dreams of Flight

Mixed media – permanent collection

Donald Buglass came to Wharepuke as the 2019 Dalton Trust artist in residence.

Dreams of Flight is a playful, interactive installation. In my wee boat, eclectically and eccentrically decorated and activated by exercise, are deeper meanings and various metaphors of mankind’s’ desire for exploration and collection of knowledge.

Based loosely on extinction through human contact, Dreams of Flight has also been a developing process influenced by site responsive forces and resources which included personal response to the concept and situations.

The figurehead can be seen as a mania but for me represents the Pouākai or Haast Eagle (Hieraaetus moorei).

Wharepuke Dalton Trust Artist in Residence 2019