Original image by Russell James Smith
2. Protoplasm
Artist | Phil Price |
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Year | |
Location | On the Lambton end of the Old Banks Arcade block |
Tour directions | From John Plimmer and Fritz cross the road and head toward the traffic lights. |
Who's Flip?
Protoplasm was replaced by Flip until 2007, as similar work with squarish blue discs, when it was damaged by a crane in 2004.
Sculpture background
"I am looking at the study of matter, Protoplasm is the name given to the inside active part of any living cell. The pebbles and movement simulate the random active cells."
"Protoplasm is so simple and yet it was so complex to make. It has taken around six years since I first had the idea to realising this work. I tested a plywood replica for many months in the face of the Canterbury Norwesters."
"In this final Protoplasm, every structural member, being shafts and beams, is calculated to withstand the force that can be applied to the entire surface area. The bearings are over-engineered to a huge degree, to probably about ten times what is needed."
Phil Price
The sculpture consists of carbon fibre and steel. In wind, the lowest disc of either sculpture rotates on the support, while the discs above each rotate on the next disc down, so that the structure takes on an infinite number of configurations.
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- Protoplasm Phil Price 2002 -41.28543599 174.7758294 /__data/assets/image/0018/1782/thumb-protoplasm.jpg Protoplasm /tours/lambton/protoplasm
- Invisible City Anton Parsons 2003 -41.28445079 174.7755541 /__data/assets/image/0020/1784/thumb-invisible-city.jpg Invisible City /tours/lambton/invisible-city
- Nga Korerorero – Ongoing Talk Silvia Salgado 1996 -41.282292 174.776469 /__data/assets/image/0013/1732/lambton-ongoingtalk-thumb.jpg Ongoing talk thumb /tours/lambton/nga-korerorero-ongoing-talk
- Shells Jeff Thomson 2002 -41.28186866 174.7762362 /__data/assets/image/0012/1731/lambton-shells-thumb.jpg Shells thumb /tours/lambton/shells
- Spinning Top Robert Jahnke 2002 -41.28199794 174.7751702 /__data/assets/image/0019/1783/thumb-spinning-top.jpg Spinning Top /tours/lambton/spinning-top
- Ruaumoko Ralph Hotere and Mary McFarlane 1998 -41.281366 174.776307 /__data/assets/image/0019/1729/lambton-raumoko-thumb.jpg Raumoko thumb /tours/lambton/ruaumoko
- Mahatma Gandhi Gautam Pal 2007 -41.27977 174.7790 /__data/assets/image/0011/1730/lambton-ghandi-thumb.jpg Ghandi thumb /tours/lambton/mahatma-gandhi
- Seismic Shock Louise Purvis 2006 -41.278964 174.778668 /__data/assets/image/0005/1859/lambton-seismic-thumb.jpg Seismic thumb /tours/lambton/seismic-shock
- Buzzy Bee Hugh Nicholson, Bob Sharpe 2006 -41.27882442 174.778545 /__data/assets/image/0016/1780/thumb-buzzy-bee.jpg Buzzy Bee /tours/lambton/buzzy-bee
- Two pouwhenua, Wai-titi Landing Ra Vincent 2005 -41.27868419 174.7779969 /__data/assets/image/0015/1860/thumb-two-pou-whenua.jpg Pou Whenua /tours/lambton/two-pouwhenua,-wai-titi-landing
- The Cenotaph Richard Oliver Gross 1931 -41.27915901 174.7771529 /__data/assets/image/0016/1861/thumb-cenotaph.jpg Cenotaph /tours/lambton/the-cenotaph
- Kaiwhakatere: The Navigator Brett Graham 2000 -41.27842227 174.7754327 /__data/assets/image/0017/1862/lambton-navigator-thumb.jpg Navigator thumb /tours/lambton/kaiwhakatere-the-navigator
- Taiaha Guy Ngan 1972 -41.279273 174.775419 /__data/assets/image/0018/1863/lambton-taiaha-thumb.jpg Taiaha thumb /tours/lambton/taiaha