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Mini Interventions

By Nichola Rodgers 2024

Site-specific installation, intertidal zone Bay of Fundy coast, New Brunswick low tide window , About the work Three cairns, built by hand from stones found on this beach. Each is placed on the exposed rock shelf during low tide a surface normally submerged beneath several metres of water. The Bay of Fundy holds the highest tidal range on Earth, with water rising up to 16 metres twice daily. The cairns will be submerged and scattered by the returning tide within hours. Duration Approx. 4–6 hours (one tidal cycle) Materials Local granite, basalt, quartzite, seaweed Location High-tide mark, intertidal flat, NB coast. No materials were brought to or removed from the site. Leave nothing but arrangement.

The studio as Habitat - sight-specific temporal sculptures create in collaboration with nature and my surrounding. This is an ongoing series of works that happen when i feel nature is calling me to collaborate 

A series of performance research works exploring the relationship between the body, environment, and perception through sensory experience and embodied practice. This body of work investigates presence as an active state — a practice of slowing down, noticing, listening, and responding to the world around us. Through encounters with natural landscapes, organic materials, and found textures, the performances explore how the body connects with its surroundings beyond the visual, engaging with touch, smell, sound, movement, and intuition. The work reflects on vulnerability, awareness, and the shifting relationship between human and non-human worlds.

During the heart of midsummer, under the golden sun, we gather to create a totem, a tribute to the goddess of this abundant season and Mother Nature herself. A sunflower head stands tall at its pinnacle, its past radiance worshiping the light, collecting the warmth of the day, now stands as a memory. In its place are the seeds of its future to feed and flourish. Around it, we intertwine branches and blossoms, each element a symbol of the earth's grace and fertility.

Drift On the edge of the sea, where the waves caress the shore, she finds solace among the driftwood, weathered and wise. The ocean, with its rhythmic whispers, draws us closer, as each wave releases its stories within, we gather these fragments that are sculpted by the embrace of the tide. Walking along the beach, contemplating the vastness of existence, The ebb and flow, a mirror to her thoughts, a reflection of womanhood. ...

Nesting Nesting is an instinct, a quiet choreography of care, rooted in the need to belong, to protect, to create. It is the gathering of twigs, fabrics, memories. Whatever holds shape and warmth, to build a space that cradles both body and spirit. In nature, it shelters life; in art, it becomes metaphor. Nesting is the labour of the bird before the egg, the impulse of the mother preparing for new life, the artist shaping a world within a world. ...

Gifting Imagine wandering through your village, and suddenly, you spot a sunflower. Bright, cheerful, and unexpected, it stands there, as if waiting just for you. This is no ordinary sunflower—it’s a gift from a stranger, a piece of sunshine left for you to find, enjoy, and perhaps, pass on. This is part of a unique art intervention that seeks to connect people with nature in a surprising and delightful way...

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For the love of Pines - research work - in progress

Habitat- under our feet — Miniature Installation / Solo Exhibition

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