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Transitional Line

2016

Corten steel sculpture in 2 sections, approx. 20 metres and 9 metres. Commissioned by Auckland Council and the Kaipatiki Local Board

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​Transitional Line is a site-specific work situated in an urban wetland park adjacent to Croftfield Lane, Auckland. The sculpture embodies movement through a space of constant change, referencing the fuction of this wetland as a transition between man-made, semi-industrial spaces and the ocean; and the pedestrians and cyclists who traverse the space whilst vehicles pass on adjacent roads. The form is based on a topographical map of the path of the Wairau Creek as it flows from Croftfield Lane to the ocean at Milford Marina.

What I see from here
What I see from here (detail)
What I see from here
2019
Mesh, paint, bamboo. Commissioned by Friends of Garnethill Green Spaces with support from Glasgow City Council and The Glasgow School of Art. 

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What I see from here was a temporary, site-specific work situated in the Garnethill Community Garden. The garden is located on the site of a tenement which was demolished because of subsidence caused by a large construction project on an adjacent site. Much of the building lies under the community garden, including large stone blocks, electrical sockets and fragments of decorative close tiles. My three-layered, drawn canopy, imagined views from the windows of the now-demolished homes. 

© 2026 by Elke Finkenauer

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