now that I'm listening, it's deafening – City Art Depot

8th Sep 2026 - 5th Oct 2026

now that I’m listening, it’s deafening

Ōtautahi Christchurch-based artist Saskia Bunce-Rath’s significant new body of artwork explores her visions and experiences of nature. A sacred, spiritual entity glimpsed, discovered, through the modern landscape. Her scenes are rendered in embroidery thread containing a vivid surreality and gravity, alive with colour and movement.

grinning and grinning at the moon as it passes me by

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
168X202mm
2026

grinning and grinning at the moon as it passes me bySaskia Bunce-Rath

in the evening the birds are loud, I lie in bed and listen to them through the walls

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
239X196mm
2026

in the evening the birds are loud, I lie in bed and listen to them through the wallsSaskia Bunce-Rath

the world receding from me like a shadow

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
1168X202mm
2026

the world receding from me like a shadowSaskia Bunce-Rath

a glow radiates over the faraway hills and shadow men wander the pathways

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
261X208mm
2026

a glow radiates over the faraway hills and shadow men wander the pathwaysSaskia Bunce-Rath

I whisper into the wind, and fall away into the growing pool of blue

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
229X191mm
2026

I whisper into the wind, and fall away into the growing pool of blueSaskia Bunce-Rath

we forget, sometimes for years at a time

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
249X211mm
2026

we forget, sometimes for years at a timeSaskia Bunce-Rath

this is where I dream, always of the tall gum trees

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
260X212mm
2026

this is where I dream, always of the tall gum treesSaskia Bunce-Rath

now that I’m listening, it’s deafening

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
240X197mm
2026

now that I’m listening, it’s deafeningSaskia Bunce-Rath

and then you’ll melt so suddenly and quietly into the present

Embroidery thread on calico fabric (framed)
289X229mm
2026

and then you’ll melt so suddenly and quietly into the presentSaskia Bunce-Rath