the trig point

engraved and pierced sheet copper sculptures, video and sound installation 5 minutes 52 seconds, copper pipe and red clay dyes muslin installation, aquatint etching on copper engraved plate

film and sound composition : Spencer Reid

the trig point is an imagining of local sacred architecture and of embodied space, a work of speculation, participation, and a vision of future making. Celestial and terrestrial spectral forms shimmer in their magnitude, transition in space and time. Skeletal geometry draped in silk orbits Alpha Centauri A; the trig point is a house of seven circles, filled with reverence for environment and perception of place, and a sonic performance of celestial navigation, migration and faith.

This project is supported by Creative Australia’s Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy (VACS) Major Commissioning Projects fund. the trig point is an iterative exhibition presented with pacing seven circles at Gertrude Contemporary (2026) and Dunedin Public art Gallery (2027).

new commission presented at Mosman Art Gallery, the trig point running until 9th August 2026

pacing seven circles

engraved and pierced sheet copper sculptures, two channel video and sound installation 5 minutes 52 seconds, copper pipe and red clay dyes muslin installation, aquatint etching on copper engraved plate

film and sound composition : Spencer Reid

pacing seven circles looks at the mobility of sanctuary, in which relocation, adaptation and repurposing form a process of sacred place making. Existing outside of the representation of past and future, the installation as sacred space sits in a temporal geography of existence and fabulation. In pacing seven circles, assembly of geometry is the architectural infrastructure of a future oriented ritual. Draped in a fabric of blazing red pigment, it is unclear and fragile, although resilient in its radiating magnitude. Sculptural forms settle in the circles of fabric. The pierced copper forms are dislocating temporal markers of time, faith and science. Resonating with abstraction and vibration, the pulse of the installation is of one who finds sanctuary in the unacquainted landscape.

pacing seven circles is an iterative exhibition presented with the trig point at Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney (2026) and Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Aotearoa New Zealand (2027)