CHAT-CHAIN-MAIL – a participatory mail art project
I recently contributed to festival CHAT 2020’s CHAT-CHAIN-MAIL project curated by Katy Whitaker and Lara Band. This is a Mail Art project that aims to build ‘a chain of thoughts, …
Releasing the Amphora – a participatory art/archaeology project
In May 2019 I attended a presentation by Doug Bailey (SFSU) at the Theoretical Archaeology Group USA conference in Syracuse entitled ‘Beyond Interpretation and Explanation in the Archaeology of Art’. …
Atlas Everyday X – a curated online participatory photographic project
In an effort to creatively engage with colleagues in the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology Theory group I developed a project for the 2020 virtual conference Festival CHAT. The project I …
Landscapes of In/Justice – an interdisciplinary workshop
In late 2017, I was invited to participate in a small workshop entitled Landscapes of In/Justice, that was designed to celebrate the Landscape Research Group’s 50th anniversary by inviting discussion …
Flights of Fancy – reflecting on Lawrence Hargrave’s Lope deVega lantern lecture
My extended reflection on Lawrence Hargrave’s magic lantern lecture Lope deVega was recently published in an edited volume on magic lantern slides edited by Elisa deCourcy and Martyn Jolly. After …
Colourful constructions – revisiting the Lawrence Hargrave collection of slides
I have previously mentioned my research visits to the National Library of Australia to view a collection of magic lantern slides and glass plate negatives made by aviation pioneer Lawrence Hargrave. …
Pinholes & Paper Negs
While I was in Tasmania, as part of my fieldwork at Triabunna I made use of a Harman pinhole camera. Prior to leaving Canberra I prepared six darkslides with Ilford …
Neanderthal Encounters at the Musée de l’Homme
I recently visited the Musée de l’Homme during my research trip to Europe and had the opportunity to see the Néandertal l’Expo currently on show there. It was fascinating to …
Representing World Heritage – Ryoanji Gardens
Last year I gave a presentation called ‘Multiple Exposures: Encountering heritage meanings through art making and viewing’ at a symposium called irreplaceable, convened by Tracy Ireland and Steve Brown, held …
In the Archives – viewing Lawrence Hargrave’s magic lantern slides
My colleagues Dr Elisa deCourcy and Dr Martyn Jolly at the ANU recently alerted me to the existence of a collection of magic lantern slides showing rock art in the …