by Juliet Batten | 2, Apr, 2024 | Art in nature
HECATE’S PLACE, TE HENGA, APRIL 1983 It is April 1983. I am drawn to making a large pit in the sand, big enough to lie in. I dig a deeper hole within it; add shells, seaweed, sticks and a feather. It feels like a shrine, something secret. I add... by Juliet Batten | 29, Nov, 2023 | Art in nature
TAKING THE SAND WORK TO SAN FRANCISCO 1982 In 1982 I received a grant from the NZ Arts Council for a two-month trip to the west coast of America. For most of that time, I was in Berkeley, studying Feminist Art at Berkeley University. I also made many networking... 
by Juliet Batten | 27, Nov, 2023 | Art in nature
OPENINGS TO THE SEA: Summer Solstice 6/1/1983 Once again, I was returning to sand rituals at summer solstice, a pattern that would continue. When my son travelled to stay with his father for the first part of each summer, I took up residence in... 
by Juliet Batten | 13, Nov, 2023 | Art in nature
INNER CHANNELS – 1 21/12/81 Feminism had opened up an inquiry into the inner channels of my reproductive system. I painted ovaries and fallopian tubes and charted my menstrual cycle through daily temperature readings, to determine the moment of... by Juliet Batten | 6, Nov, 2023 | Art in nature
BEGINNINGS In May 1978 artist Allie Eagle came to live in the studio behind my bach, and on the weekends when I came to visit from the city, we shared the bach living space. I was intrigued by Allie’s trips to the sea, where she dug into the... 
by Juliet Batten | 2, Oct, 2023 | Art in nature
INTRODUCTION TO THE ART IN NATURE BLOG Working with nature: elemental artworks by Juliet Batten I am creating this thread in order to document and honour the artworks I created in nature from the late 1970s onward. At the time, much of this work...