Martin Hill and Philippa Jones @ Te Atamira

Internationally acclaimed environmental artists Martin Hill and Philippa Jones have focused their work on the ecological/climate crisis for three decades. Burning Issues is drawn from their body of work made in the mountains of the Southern Lakes where they live.

Martin Hill and Philippa Jones, Burning Issues, 2013. Albert Burn Saddle, Mt Aspiring National Park. Grasses, wire. © Martin Hill and Philippa Jones.

They are inspired by the natural wilderness from which they create ephemeral sculptures from natural materials that return to nature after being photographed by Hill. This circular regenerative material flow in natural systems is the formula for redesigning human systems that eliminate waste, carbon emissions and pollution that is causing the ecological climate emergency. By making, exhibiting and publishing their work they hope to help inspire the change to an ecological model of progress that does not destroy the living world on which all life relies.

MARTIN HILL, PHILIPPA JONES
Burning Issues
31 October – 30 November 2026

TE ATAMIRA
Tāhuna Queenstown
Aotearoa New Zealand

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