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Jake Giles 'Pilgrimage' exhibition at Photospace Gallery, 12 May to 3 June 2023

5/5/2023

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Jake Giles 'Pilgrimage' exhibition poster, Photospace Gallery 12 May-3 June 2023, Wellington NZ , photo of A-frame trampers hut South Island Aotearoa New Zealand, walking and cycling journey around Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand South Island photographs during tramping, New Zealand contemporary fine art photography
Jake Giles 'Pilgrimage' exhibition poster, Photospace Gallery 12 May-3 June 2023, Wellington NZ

'Pilgrimage'
- artist statement

 
I was born and raised in Christchurch, and it was during high school that I discovered my love for photography. I excelled in this subject and decided to pursue it further by moving to Wellington to study photography at Massey University. After completing my studies I tried my hand at working in the commercial photography industry but soon realised that it wasn't a good fit for me.
 
Feeling unfulfilled and in need of a fresh perspective, I decided to take some time off and embarked on a personal journey by walking the South Island Section of Te Araroa, a trail that spans from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Starting from the Queen Charlotte Track, I eventually finished on Stewart Island.
 
Through this experience, I came to appreciate the power of walking as a means of reconnecting with nature and recognising our place within the environment. We should see ourselves as a part of nature, not an external force upon it. While living in the city can have many benefits, I found that it was important for me to step back and gain a new perspective by immersing myself in the natural world.
 
“I went in the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. And see if I could not learn what it has to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived.”
- Henry David Thoreau

This is Jake Giles' first solo exhibition at Photospace Gallery. He was in the 2020 group exhibition
A Moment of Quiet the year he graduated from Massey University's photography degree programme.
Pilgrimage is a tight selection from many images taken during Jake's recent and extensive walking trip - the length of Te Wai Pounamu and beyond. His exhibition opens on Friday 12th May, 5pm-7pm, and shows in gallery room 3 until 2pm on Saturday 3rd June.
There will be an exhibition of paintings by Hana Carpenter - 'Borderland' - in gallery room 1. This is  a Gilberd Marriott Gallery exhibition, opening the same evening and running the same dates.
Jake Giles 'Pilgrimage' exhibition poster, Photospace Gallery 12 May-3 June 2023, Wellington NZ , photo of trail marker of stacked stones, tramping the South Island Aotearoa New Zealand, walking and cycling journey around Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand South Island photographs during while walking and cyling, New Zealand contemporary fine art photographyTrail Marker, photograph from 'Pilgrimage' by Jake Giles, Photospace Gallery 12 May-3 June 2023

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