projects by Perdita Phillips

old works of mine

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Encyclopaedia Isotpera

Encyclopaedia Isoptera 1998 Bound digital print book with 196 illustrations. Edition of three
Book 20.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm

Encyclopaedia Isoptera was part of the Termitaria series. It was a 224-page long Encyclopaedia on termites, which combined factual biological information with interesting anecdotes and fascinating facts about termites that had been collected from history, literature and scientific sources.


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Tammar Wallaby (marcropus eugenii)

Macropus eugenii (tammar wallaby) 2006 in Chart, John Curtin Art Gallery, Curtin University of Technology vinyl on floor 10 m x 10 m

In an exhibition whose theme was mapping the radio tracking data of a two tammar wallabies on Garden Island off the coast of Perth are reproduced as a floor map. The blue (female) and aqua (male) marks are technologically mediated signatures at 1:100 scale.

Tammar Wallaby (marcropus eugenii)


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field notes

Some drawings from my PhD.


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The world has no shortage of things

The world has no shortage of things (the world of the Great Bowerbird) was a sound installation shown as part of  The System of Nature, exhibition at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia. This exhibition celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus.


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Caduac (windfall series)

Caduac (windfall) series from 2008 digital print on archival paper. Photograph taken at the Australian Museum in 2006


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The nebula of Andromeda as seen through the big telescope at the Yerkes Observatory in Chicago

Part of a daily collage series from 1997

(The nebula of Andromeda as seen through the big telescope at the Yerkes Observatory in Chicago)


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homesickness (termite drawing)

Termitaria was a large series of work, all to do with termites. This was a panel of a large drawing that I did.


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banded bowerbird being released

A bowerbird being released after banding at the Broome Bird Observatory. This was part of the green, grey or dull silver art and science project.


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mucking about with bowerbird stuff


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geologist series

Geologist Series 2006 Digital print on archival paper