Thaw
21 March - 15 June 2008
Tait Electronics Antarctica Gallery
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 - 17, the Endurance trapped in ice, Weddell Sea.
H. G. Ponting photograph, E. E. M. Joyce collection, 1981.110.97, Canterbury Museum.
Thaw presents a selection of photographs from the collection of Ernest Edward Mills Joyce, held by Canterbury Museum and assembled by Joyce in response to his participation in three early-twentieth century expeditions to Antarctica. It combines original photographic objects, in the form of century-old glass lantern slides and negatives with large-scale digital projections, and highlights the ways we encounter historical objects and disembodied images.
It is believed that Joyce became increasingly embittered about his lack of recognition, historical and financial, in subsequent constructions of this period of Antarctic exploration. His photographs enable and require us to reconsider his role in these now-renowned events, as well as on our own terms of encountering and engaging with the past.
Organised by Canterbury Museum.
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