Phillipa Durkin: Shore Party

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Where: Objectspace, 8 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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Admission: Free

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Philippa Durkin's ceramic installation Shore Party pays homage to the early Antarctic explorers. She writes, "there is an ever growing interest and canonization of anything and anybody connected to Antarctica. The continent looms large in the New Zealand psyche. After spending seven months conserving the heroic huts of Shackleton and Scott, I have an intimate connection with the objects."

Inspired by the Nimrod hut of Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09), Shore Party focuses on the transplated domesticity she observed: "What is on display is the explorers' domestic personae and among other things vital for basic social interactions, the dining room. The explorers took with them items useful and decorative to make a familiar domestic space within the harsh environment; for example, a vase, framed pictures, personal photos and diaries accompanied the equipment required for the tough job of survival."