Black Phoenix II

3D Model

This model was created as a training exercise by students of Dive Otago as an introduction to photogrammetry. This training was provided to introduce students to the GIRT project - Gathering Information via Recreational and Technical (GIRT) Scientific Divers is a conservation focused no-impact citizen-science project. It aims to train members to systematically document observable physical and natural features of historic shipwrecks , submerged aircraft and other underwater cultural heritage. For this project we looked at Black Phoenix II

Created by Ralph Hotere - Black Phoenix II, created from the stern of the burned-out fishing boat Poitrel, sat outside his Port Chalmers studio for years until the building was demolished in 1993 to make way for port developments.Now the sculpture and three other works have been returned as close to home as it is possible to get.They have been installed in a newly created public garden at 4 Auroa Tce, Observation Pt at Port Chalmers, a site loaded with significance. - ODT