My "Monument" still in progress, a statement on NZ film and Kiwi politics, fantasy and fiction.

In our new Brief we have to create a monument, it can be anything we wish, but must be three dimensional, and it should communicate our statement behind the work. Hmm. This is quite a cool challenge. Having more than a passing interest in NZ politics, as well as iconic NZ films, I have decided to incorporate these two themes. The photo shows just the incubus of my idea, and I'm still working on it. I quite enjoy reading Ian Wishart's Investigate magazine (as it goes where the main stream media does not), so I might incorporate this somehow. The crux of my monument is really about  our Government not listening to the people, and at times, blatatnly not listening, despite hard evidence. This is still a work in progress, the photo is not very clear, but the DVD cover is attached to a coat hanger. I love the dark political themes which run through many Kiwi films, especially those made in the '70's and '80's.  Geoff Murphy's The Quiet Earth is another cracker, as is Jane Campion's An Angel At my Table and Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures...also Vigil, by Vincent Ward...such inspiration, such deep, dark contexts, such isolation...reflecting NZ and its place in the world, well, in part., that is...