geologist series

geologist series 2006 Digital print on archival paper to map Artwork, image and photography copyright © Perdita Phillips multiples 520 x 780 mm edition 7/7 available $770.00 Project: fieldwork/fieldwalking 2003-2006 the walkingcountry, Perth Exhibition: fieldwork/fieldwalking 2006 Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle Exhibition: Yellow Vest Syndrome 2009 Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle geology, fieldwork, to walk, hand gestures, field tools

Images derived from a collaborative mapping project with a geologist. They capture the geologist’s bodily gestures acting out the process of mapping: how the geology of the Kimberley valley fits together or grasping a delicate flower husk.

The calyx of Calytrix exstipulata — turkey bush or Kimberley heather.

Mapping the geology of the place