Kitset (2014). Interactive installation: wooden implements, paint, brass, zinc nuts and bolt, moving image, trestle table and stool. Photo: Sam Hartnett.
Sarah Walker-Holt and Helen Britton, Build It Up/Tear It Down (2016). Helen Britton (right): aluminium, steel, copper, Samsung tablet, moving image, headphones. Sarah Walker-Holt (left): hardboard, presscraft ply, Samsung tablet, moving image, headphones. Photo: Sonja Gardien.
Earthly Ship (2019).
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Handshake 5 was a year long project where previous selected HS artists from HS 1,2 and 4 focused primarily on 2 exhibitions. The first, In Dialogue, CODA museum (Apeldoorn, the Netherlands) consisted of creating a dialogue with selected artworks from CODA’s jewellery collection. The Second exhibition, In Site at Te Uru (Titirangi, NZ) entailed responding to the selected spaces at Te Uru.
The Artist were supported by a coaching team; Roseanne Bartley, Sian van Dyk, Vernon Bowden and James Anderson.
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Handshake 3 brought together 12 New Zealand jewellers from Handshake 1 and Handshake 2 to develop ideas collaboratively for a further round of challenges, and national and international exhibitions. Sarah Walker-Holt continued to refine her enquiry from Handshake 2, focusing on individual pieces, collaboration and presentation strategies. -
Handshake 2 was a project involving New Zealand contemporary jewellers who were matched with mentors from across the globe, culminating in a series of national and international exhibitions. Mentored by Helen Britton, Sarah Walker-Holt explored technical conundrums and developments across the project. -
Objectspace + Handshake 3 (2016)The result of a collaboration between Objectspace and Handshake 3, Build It Up / Tear It Down by Sarah Walker-Holt and Helen Britton features objects and films that engage in a visual dialogue. Referencing the deliberate similarities and subtle differences that emerge from collaborating over a vast distance, Build It Up / Tear It Down speaks to the malleability of interpretation, and the challenges of working within a set of parameters.
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Te Uru / Toi Pōneke (2015) | Handshake 2 (2014)Kitset invites the viewer to engage with the construction of a necklace. Linked by multiple nut and bolt mechanisms, specifically adapted for dissected pieces of wooden kitchen utensils, Kitset’s final configuration becomes subject to the participants’ actions. Accompanying the necklace components is an instructional film intended as a participatory prompt for the viewer. Through Kitset, Sarah Walker-Holt examines the inherent tactile nature of contemporary jewellery and the possibilities for interaction.