{"id":606040,"date":"2026-09-20T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/606040\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:12:09","slug":"cloud-like-sculptures-installed-in-new-oxford-north-public-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/606040\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud-like sculptures installed in new Oxford North public park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A series of cloud-like sculptures have been unveiled at a site that will eventually be home to laboratories, offices, a park and hundreds of homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Length of a Moment artworks sit in the new public park at the Oxford North development &#8211; best known in the local area for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c79vjgnwny1o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the large red-roofed structure at its heart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The trio of bronze sculptures depict the plume of scent a flower releases into the air as a moth searches for its nectar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg said the works &#8211; which are more than two metres (6.5ft) tall &#8211; &#8220;celebrate the part every living creature plays in the world we share&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I wanted to give one of the slightest, most fleeting exchanges a form we can witness, and to invite the curiosity and empathy that come from really looking,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To see the sculptures in the meadow they belong to, surrounded by the wildlife they are really about, is the best place this work could be.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A series of cloud-like sculptures have been unveiled at a site that will eventually be home to laboratories,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-606040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}