Nga Hau e Wha

by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2004
(translation: the Four Winds/Breaths / De Vier Winden)

Molen Park, Urmond, The Netherlands, September, 2004.

Detail.

Location for the sculpture in the centre of a grove of trees in background on the left. The Molenpark (Windmill Park), is in the village of Urmond, in the southern part of the Netherlands.

A section of the Molenpark, Urmond, Limburg, The Netherlands.

Detail, during the opening, 26th September 2004.

Click for a larger (74 kb) view Click for a larger (50 kb) view It is 2 x 2.5 x 2.5 metres and made out of welded and curved iron strips on a sheet of iron.

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September, 2004 .

September, 2004 .

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Above: Just after the unveiling and a second seesion of speeches by various dignitiries. The tv coverage was for the provincial news channel. Right: The East Queen, who was also present during the weekend of festivities during the June exhibition. Click for a larger (50 kb) view

The Urmond village area 2004 East Queen, with the sculpture in the Molen Park..

Paper model, 2004 .

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Detail, looking towards the farmland.

The sculpture in progress - August, 2004.

Outdoor works

• Fruit, six hang cast resin forms, 2006.
• Nga Hau e Wha (The Four Winds/Breaths), metal sculpture, 2004.
• Generating Plant, custom-made birdhouse form, 2004.
• The Wedding, intervention/installation during the 9 Dragonheads festival, 2004.
• Inland Soul at Sea, 19 hanging forms, 2003.
• Colonising Oxford, performances and installations on the streets, 2002.
• Fruits of the Earth, installation/intervention, 2003.
• With fire we test the gold and with gold we test our servants, wooden sculpture at a Sculpture Symposium in a park in Northern Romania, 2003.
• Parking Spaces for Important Visitors, relief painted panels, 2001.
• Inspiration, paintings on shaped canvas laid on the floor, 2001.
• Just pour les oiseaux (Strictly for the birds), installations and performances during a walk through a forest setting led by a guide, 2001.
• Onder vier ogen (Between you and me) , mask-forms hung on trees, with texts and images in the orifices, 2001.
• Dans le jardin des beaux arts, 19 snail forms, (in various locations), 2000-2006.
• The Living Creature, performances in a rose garden in a public park in London, 1999.
• Change is a Law of Nature, 1996, performances on the streets, in Hull and London, U.K. (repeated in other locations in 2001, 2002, and 2004).
• Memorials, ceramic tiles laid into the earth, 1996-2001.
• Te Koru Iwa, fire drawing at the Oerol Arts Festival, The Netherlands, 1996.
• Letters van de Levende :: Letters of the Living, 19 batiked flags, 1996.