DREW PETTIFER
Mapping the interior: In search of an
inland sea
In collaboration with MARCIN WOJCIK and MATTHIAS SCHACK-ARNOTT
Produced by ANTUONG NGUYEN
VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery
40 Dodds Street Southbank VIC
Opening celebration: Thursday 17 October,
6-8pm
Exhibition dates: 18 October to 16
November, 2013
Mapping the interior: In search of an
inland sea is an immersive 3-channel video installation inspired by colonial
explorer Charles Sturt's championing of the idea of an inland sea in Central
Australia. Sturt was so convinced of his theory that he led a major expedition
into the interior, taking not one but two whaleboats with him. The incongruous
image of men carrying these boats through the harsh Australian landscape forms
the central motif of this project. The work revolves around themes of desire,
masculinity, vulnerability, futility, and endurance as it contemplates Sturt’s
rampant desire to penetrate the interior of the country and reflects the
uncanny relationship between the figure and landscape in a postcolonial
Australian context.
Showing alongside The Solo Projects - David
Cross, Tactual
Proudly supported by the Margaret Lawrence
Bequest and Arts Victoria
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