Dancing over dark waters / Gwen Harrison & Sue Anderson, Peter Lyssiotis.
Dancing over dark waters / Gwen Harrison & Sue Anderson, Peter Lyssiotis.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney : Gwen Harrison and Sue Anderson, [2012].
Date
[2012].
Call Numbers
HX 2014/3
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
[14] p. of leaves (folded) : col. ill. ; 55 cm. in 56 x 45 x 3 cm. clamshell box.
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney : Gwen Harrison and Sue Anderson, [2012].
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
[2012].
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
An artists' book. The work reveals the three artists' response to one of Sydney's darkest historical colonial sites, Cockatoo Island, an imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and jail. The text also invokes the present day situation of refugees and refers to "those other islands we use as a noose -- Nauru, Christmas Island, Timor, Malaysi...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Dancing over dark waters / Gwen Harrison & Sue Anderson, Peter Lyssiotis.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Variable limited edition of seven copies.
The artists have also produced a chapbook, in an edition of 30 copies, based on this work.
Fully bound in black kangaroo leather, with inlaid strip of black goatskin over join suggesting quarter binding. Front cover distressed with blind impression. Leaves sewn on four recessed cords with hand-sewn head bands of black and grey silk thread. Grey cloth clamshell box with grey-green textured paper linings made by Wayne Stock....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HX 2014/3
Record Identifier
74VKv0r3Nv3g
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv0r3Nv3g
Other Identifiers
DDC
702.81
MMS ID
991021671819702626
