Thierry Godet (France/Germany)—Pahihi (Passage) – 2019
Bamboo, sisal

Thierry Godet, an international art in nature artist came to Wharepuke from his home in Berlin for an artist residency in October 2019.

Thierry Godet says of his work:
Passages.
Most of my works are passages.
Passages connect. Things, people, places…
Passage also connect past with present, legends and beliefs.
Passage can be physically passed through, or only to passed with the spirit,the mind, the imagination.

My works are born from the location and made in situ with hand tools. Space, the elements and the materials present dictate my work, its dimensions and its form. Most of my works are large. You must enter them, sit down, feel, look, play…

They are ephemeral and go progressively back to nature.