Shy (dissolution + exchange)
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| Shy (dissolution + exchange) | 2010–2014 | conceptual mail art project | inimitables |
| Artwork, image and photography © Perdita Phillips | network | ||
| In collaboration with 61 other participants throughout the southern hemisphere | |||
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| Conceptual mail art project. Size variable: wall work 147 x 267 cm | $3300 | ||
| photocopies, animated GIF, envelopes, table, 62 participants | |||
| Project: Propositions | 2010–2014 | Southern Hemisphere | |
| Exhibition: Melbourne 2010: How Can a Network…? | 2010 | West Space, Melbourne | |
| Exhibition: Yonder | 2012 | Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts | |
A network of mail artists, contemporary artists and non-artists in Australia, South Africa, Botswana, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and New Zealand receive a photocopy, make two copies, send one to Fremantle Western Australia and one to the next person on a list ordered by longitude. In this way the image of the Shy Albatross will dissolve as it is repeatedly copied around the world. As the image decays a network is made and the imprint of a bird that migrates around the earth reminding us of the borderless nature of the Southern Ocean.
