Chorus cabinet art
As part of the Chorus' telecommunications cabinets competition, we invited submissions from artists in our rohe (district) to showcase their work on phone cabinets (those big green or grey boxes you see sitting around next to our footpaths and roads).
Chorus runs this programme of cabinet art to support local artists and deter graffiti. Artists are paid for the materials and contribution for their time, and Council helps Chorus select a design for the cabinets.
This year's winners have been announced.
This year, our Community Boards chose designs to fit in with our theme 'Our Stories, Our Place', looking for busy vibrant designs that related to the surrounding suburb and captured the life and stories of the Kāpiti Coast. The artists and designs selected were:
Selected Artists (and what they’ve said about their designs)
25 Riverbank Road, Ōtaki (Cabinet OT/P)
Christina Nicol (Ngai Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe), Footprint:
“The footsteps of our past which can't be seen, no trace of adventure or time is shown.... Invisible footsteps which walked through stoned tracks that now have become part of the river. The people who struggled to the unknown places by foot, leaving behind memories and stories which have become our heritage and pride.”
151 Mazengarb Road, Paraparaumu (Cabinet PRM/BA)
Paraparaumu Kindergarten, Our People:
“ Kindergarten tamariki sharing pictures of themselves and what they want to be when they grow up on the Kapiti Coast.”
1 Glen Road, Raumati (Cabinet RAM/H)
Ruth Mitchener, Milk Delivery:
“In the 1930s or so, there used to be milk deliveries by horse drawn cart in Raumati South. I wanted to bring back a bit of that past vibe of the area with this cabinet design.”
2 Victor Road, Raumati (Cabinet RAM/Y)
Bodhi Vincent, Share the Love:
“A wahine embodying inclusivity and the feeling heart.”
76 Ngārara Road, Waikanae (Cabinet WAE/J)
Ruth Mitchener, Swimming Dogs :
“Being situated between Waikanae pool, which is famous for its dog swimming day at the end of each summer season, and Waikanae Park which is frequented by perhaps more dog walkers than football players daily, this seemed a prime spot for a bit of doggy art.”
You can see Chorus and other utility cabinets painted in Kāpiti last year at Art cabinets.