"Obscure, ambiguous and vaguely malignant, Paul Cullen’s sculpture was developed within the context of the past and present scientific uses of his chosen site. His enigmatically technical trolley and enclosures are placed on the location of the old Magnetic Observatory, which wasdemolished in 1930 after being rendered useless by increasing electrical interference from urban devlopment. After the buildings were replaced by the New Zealand national Gravity Base Station, and the site has been occupied by the Climatology Station since 1981."

Incident notes: Felicity Milburn, Curator, McDougall Art Gallery, 1999.