Akiko Diegel's installation is visually insightful, elucidating many aspects about New Zealand's history and contemporary ideas about recycling and consumerism.
7x10 consists of a grid of stacked up blankets that have been reconfigured into what appears to be shopping bags. The labels on the blankets, such as Tasman, Chateau, Coronet and Princess from well-known woollen mills, are a reminder of New Zealand's golden days of wool manufacturing. The exhibition title, 7 x 10, makes reference not only to the floor arrangement, but also to the mathematical precision of weaving.