Comfort stops

A comfy chair, a view of the sea and a good book - what more could I need?

The book is the catalogue to headland Sculpture on the Gulf 2011 and worth reading from start to finish as well as using as a guide around the exhibition. An excellent collection this year. Recycling and sustainability were common themes; seen in the plastic flags along the walkway and the data cables in the bush and emphasised by the group of nesting boxes around a pond that listed New Zealand endangered bird species.

The selectors have chosen thoughtful, humourous and questioning installations that fit perfectly with the environment: the figures in Barebottomland cascading down the hillside, the Comfort Stops at viewpoints, French knitting in the pohutakawa tree, Throwaway Fix by the water's edge.

Take the ferry to Waiheke soon, the scultpures are only there for 2 more weeks.