Terra Nova – Raewyn Atkinson

(HOMELIGHT) 8 pieces Porcelain, glaze, ind. 85x155x70mm, 2002
installation Dowse Art Museum, 2002 porcelain, glaze, 61 porcelain boxes, approx. 1400x510x140mm, 2001-2
detail. Installation Dowse Art Museum, 2002
porcelain, glaze, 2002
red clay, slip, glaze, 390x390x170mm, 2001
red clay, slip, stain,2002
red clay, slip, stain, 2001
red clay, slip, stain, 500x190x155 mm, 2001
red clay, slip, stain, 530x220x180mm, 2001
Red clay, slip, stain, 580x300x170mm, 2001
red clay, slip, stain, 430x310x180mm, 2001
red clay, slip, 480x275x180mm, 2001
detail
Red clay, slip, oxide, 510x200x170 mm, 2001

The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, 2002

Terra Nova is an outcome of The Artist to Antarctica Fellowship in 2000. The Deeptime core sample series were inspired by the international drilling project of that name taking place at Cape Roberts, and the prevalent scientific culture on the ice.

In contrast, the ‘relics’ from the ‘heroic’ era of Antarctic history provided inspiration for the Homelight series, in particular, the stacks of boxes and tins in and around the historic huts which had been preserved by the dry environment.