This solo project was a hand-made 12meter long periscope that rotated it's view with the wind conditions. It was fastened to the exterior of the Aotearoa Artspace building from 2014 - 2015. A huge thanks to Caterina Riva and Anna Gardner for helping to make this ambitious project a reality.  *** Materials from bottom to top: caster wheels, brass plated screws, pine, zinc bolts, zinc washers, zinc screws, concrete plugs, aluminium, hand cut door stop slivers, pine (dowel), grip tape, brush-on silicone, black silicone pigment, clear perspex, silicone roof sealant, galvanised screws, pine, GVP B/BB plywood, "teak" exterior wood stain/ varnish, stainless steel bolts, stainless steel wing-nuts, hand cut plastic washers, Vaseline, mirror perspex, galvanised bolts, PVC pipe, PVC pipe cement (to chemically glue the hand cut PVC pipe collars onto the main pipe), galvanised angle brackets, stainless steel bolts, stainless steel lock nuts, Vaseline, heavy duty tarpaulin, zip, velcro, waxed thread, galvanised pipe clamp, rubber, zinc plated wall plate, M8 75mm galvanised Ramset Ankascrews, 12" steel ball bearings ("lazy susan"), lithium grease, 16" white bike tyre, exterior dome washers, galvanised hex head roofing screws, galvanised angle brackets, stainless steel bolts, Vaseline, silicone roof sealant, multi-purpose tarpaulin, pine, "teak" exterior wood stain/varnish, brass screws, galvanised angle brackets, galvanised hex head roofing screws, plastic toy glue, GVP B/BB plywood, mirror perspex, galvanised bolts, clear perspex, silicone roof sealant, galvanised screws, aluminium rivets, aluminium.

Daphne Simons

Roof Access - Public Sculpture 101