The Skullbone Experiment

This exhibition is the result of a wilderness residency at Skullbone Plains, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Participating artists immersed themselves in the ancient and remote landscape and were given scientific interpretation by Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) staff to deepen their experience of the reserve.

Initiated by the TLC, a not-for-profit organisation protecting private land for conservation in Tasmania, the exhibition aims to raise awareness of the need for long-term protection of biodiversity. The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Purves Environmental Fund and the Purryburry Trust.

Artists
Tim Burns
Joel Crosswell
Julie Gough
Philip Hunter
Janet Laurence
Vera Möller
Imants Tillers
Megan Walch
Richard Wastell
Philip Wolfhagen
John Wolseley

Curators
Catherine and Philip Wolfhagen

 

Installation view, 'The Skullbone Experiment', UNSW Galleries, 2014. Pictured: Vera Möller, blacktipped goldinger, vermillion spotted looper, green bristletop, grey eyed lacelet, redcap verdants, and hairy tripod 2013; and Imants Tillers, The Emergency of Being 2014. Photo: Britta Campion
 

 

Richard Wastell, Bone and Flower Fields Skullbone Plains 2014. Installation view, 'The Skullbone Experiment', UNSW Galleries, 2014. Photo: Britta Campion

 

Installation view, 'The Skullbone Experiment', UNSW Galleries, 2014. Pictured: Julie Gough, Ode 2014; and Richard Wastell, Green Cushion, and Lagoon & Lichen Covered rocks 2014. Photo: Britta Campion
 

 

Julie Gough, Ode 2014. Installation view, 'The Skullbone Experiment', UNSW Galleries, 2014. Photo: Britta Campion
 

 

Installation view, 'The Skullbone Experiment', UNSW Galleries, 2014. Pictured: Philip Wolfhagen, Skullbone Inventions 2013; and John Wolseley, Natural History of a Sphagnum Bog - Lake Ina, Tasmania 2013. Photo: Britta Campion