| Shy (dissolution + exchange) |
2010–2014 |
conceptual mail art project |
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Artwork, image and photography © Perdita Phillips |
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| 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 |
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$3300 |
| photocopies, animated GIF, envelopes, table, 62 participants |
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| Project: Propositions |
2010–2014 |
Southern Hemisphere |
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| Exhibition: Melbourne 2010: How Can a Network…? |
2010 |
West Space, Melbourne |
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| Exhibition: Yonder |
2012 |
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts |
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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.
