supported by
Australian Government - Regional Arts Fund
TASMANIA Parks and Wildlife Service
Tasmanian Government
Huon Valley Council
Arts Tasmania
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Irregular Pearl
from inside women's spaces
A contemporary lyrical reimagining of Hadley's Public Drawing-Room for Ladies (1896).
The interior ornamentation of Hadley's Orient Hotel echoed through the decorative excess of baroque music played live by Duo Antiqua accompanied by my drawing of their music as it flows through deeper spaces.



* The term baroque comes from the Portuguese word barroco meaning misshapen pearl - irregular pearl


Photography by Gerrard Dixon
many thanks
Duo Antiqua- Llewellyn Negrin (recorder) & Chrissie Berryman (viola de gamba)
Amy Jackett - Curator, Hadley's Orient Hotel
Hadley's Orient Hotel

The PUBLIC DRAWING-ROOM FOR LADIES advertised in the
ORIENT LINE GUIDE: Chapters for Travellers by Sea and by Land.
Fifth and Cheaper Edition, 1896,
Irregular Pearl was conceived for the Unravelling Ornament exhibition
@ Hadley's Orient Hotel curated by Dr Llewellyn Negrin
