“Somewhere Between Abundance”
Taarn Scott
16 June → 5 July 2025
Window
Somewhere Between Abundance is a new project by Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland based artist Taarn Scott for the West Space Window.
Somewhere Between Abundance explores the ever-increasing impact of urbanisation and the climate crisis on our environment, specifically, the threat placed on native bees across Aotearoa and Australia.
A delicate installation of ceramic and porcelain forms suggest hives and tunnels, both real and imagined. Scott brings together interests in object making, adornment and natural insect formations to speculate new, hybrid-form habitats that might emerge from the shells of what is lost.
Somewhere Between Abundance is supported by Creative New Zealand. West Space Window is supported by the City of Yarra through their Annual Grants program.
Program
Opening Celebration, Fri 30 May, 5 → 7pm
An opportunity to meet Taarn Scott during their visit to Naarm/Melbourne.
Taarn Scott is an artist from Ōtepoti, based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. Their practice is multidisciplinary and often collaborative, creating tactile objects informed by ornamentation and jewellery, with forms that speak to ideas around habitat, environmental concerns and geographical histories. Scott is currently researching insect habitats and working with wax and clay.
