Author name: perdita

fast | slow | complex exhibition opening

You are invited to fast|slow|complex at Spectrum project space 19 February to 1 March 2013 fast|slow|complex> by Perdita Phillips presents an rigorous body of work from this distinctive Western Australian artist. The exhibition combines investigations into themes of waste and wastelands, with explorations of disaster and transformation born from post-disaster environments. The works showcase the […]

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Pie Town, USA

Fascinating colour photos from the 1940s are rephotographed sometimes with the decendants of the people in the originals. Picturing Pie Town, USA, In 1940 And Again Today by CLAIRE O’NEILL December 06, 2012 Originally photographed in940 by Russell Lee and rephotographed by Arthur Drooker in 2011+ http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/12/06/165915892/picturing-pie-town-usa-in-1940-and-again-today

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paper presented at Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in Word and Image

My paper Constructing a resilience aesthetic in the face of zombie environmentalism was presented at Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in Word and Image on the weekend: A recent trend in twenty-first century relations with the natural world has been a ‘darkening’ in the tone of debate. The popularity of the zombie as a cultural

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