Danaë Unbound

head of an Edwardian woman on a pinky read background. The head is a negative image

 

Danaë unbound2024digitally printed bannermultiples
  Artwork, image and photography © Perdita Phillipsenvironment
187 x 140 cm Edition of 3 (unique state)$1950
Digital print (negative from Dwyer and Mackay collection) on organic cotton canvas  
Project: Terrane Project2023Kalgoorlie/Boulder/Karlkurla 
Exhibition: Rock Love2024Artgold, Boulder 
Exhibition: Collected Habitats2025Ellenbrook Arts, Ellenbrook 
 

Danaë unbound was a banner created as part of the Terrane Project, an Art on the Move residency at the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie-Boulder/Karlkurla, using archival imagery from the Dwyer and Mackay Collection. The project brought together the archive, the woodlines, and the underlying mineral realm.

Danaë, who was pursued by Zeus in the form of a golden stream of ?? (or Miss E. D. photographed by J J Dwyer 6 June 1909)