No Great Barrier / Sarah McConnell
- Bib ID:
- 8033137
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McConnell, Sarah, artist
- Description:
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- [Northcote, Vic.] : Sarah McConnell, 2018
- 6 unnumbered leaves of panels (concertina folded) : illustrations ; 20 x 89 cm (concertina folded to 20 x 15 cm)
- Summary:
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Aquatint and etching artist book, single-sided throw-out accordion-fold structure (attached to back board), with three plates based on drawings made during a visit to the Great Barrier Reef. The artist notes: "In January 2018, I travelled on a flat-bottomed barge with about 40 other people to a remote island on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Nature was still in control here, and I was in awe. North West Island, at only one square kilometre, is home to 500,000 birds and is the nesting ground for 6 different species of turtle, one of which is endangered. With no regulation, no briefing, and little information, the tourists thoughtlessly crushed coral as they walked over the reef they were exploring, and polluted the water with fishing boats. Tents got in the way of turtles coming up onto the beach to nest and torchlights scared them back into the water as people watched on with excitement. Turtle hatchlings ran into the forest confused by camp lights, and seagulls that had come to the island on fishing boats snatched the ones that headed for the ocean. The most ominous sign of our impact was the reef - bleached and badly damaged by ocean acidification and climate change. Seeing all of this I couldn't help but wonder what we were doing there. 'No Great Barrier' is a reflection on the unintended and often unavoidable impact of our presence through our sense of entitlement to all corners of the globe."
- Biography/History:
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Sarah McConnell is a Melbourne based artist working predominantly in painting and drawing on paper. She is a member of 5 Press, an art collective formed to explore the medium of the artist book and the print, particularly focusing on handmade forms and traditional techniques. As a committed environmentalist, her work addresses issues around humanity's impact on nature and the social and environmental consequences of our actions.
- Notes:
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- Limited edition of 6 copies.
- National Library of Australia's copy is no. 1/6, signed and dated by the artist.
- The 5 Press tally mark symbol of four strokes and a diagonal slash appears in the colophon.
- Binding:
- Boards bound in blue and white bookcloth with the proportions varying over the edition to suggest the rising tide.
- Subject:
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- Coral reefs and islands -- Queensland -- Pictorial works
- Artists' books -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Specimens
- Prints, Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Specimens
- Etching -- 21st century -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Specimens
- Aquatint -- 21st century -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Specimens
- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- Pictorial works
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- 5 Press, issuing body
- Exhibited:
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- Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria, 16-18 March 2018.
- Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, 12-15 September 2018.
- Melbourne Art Book Fair, National Gallery of Victoria, 15-17 March 2019.
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2018
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