supported by
Australian Government - Regional Arts Fund
TASMANIA Parks and Wildlife Service
Tasmanian Government
Huon Valley Council
Arts Tasmania
SalonWriting
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The Shape of Space
Wth the artist in residence, the schoolroom in the Schoolhouse Gallery is returned to a space for study.
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Investigations into Hastings Caves continue...
97 x 163 cm Haptic / memory drawing of the inside space that is Newdegate Cave
In-situ drawings that map the inside space of Newdegate cave
In-situ drawings that map the inside space of Newdegate cave
97 x 163 cm Haptic / memory drawing of the inside space that is Newdegate Cave
How do you take pictures of space?
It's the edges of space that draw my attention
97 x 158 cm topographical map (haptic memory drawing)
Photography by Ilona Schneider
The Story of the Rock
Mapping the story of the approx. 700 million year old dolomite rock on an 8 metre timeline. I metre = 100 million years.
In the belly of the beast – in the womb of the mother. The cave takes on immortal proportions but I know it isn’t immortal – even if it acts like it – even if it’s old beyond my comprehension. I’ve explored the arc of its existence. Its story begins with the rock – a miracle creation made of little crystals and algae laid down and compressed in shallow warm seas – the rock traveled this planet from north to south and is now heading north again – in constant transformation – cavities continually emptying and filling – and now the rock’s belly is growing crystal that is made from the stuff of its eaten-away and broken body.
Photography by Ilona Schneider