In Search of the Inland Sea

 

In 1829-30 the explorer Charles Sturt and his party hauled a whaling boat over the mountains to sail downstream along the Murrumbidgee River to the Murray in search of an inland sea. Beginning in Sydney, the artists made a (miniature - paper) whaling boat to take along Sturt's trail, the boat acting as a transportation/transformation device for their journey into memory and imagination. Making paper boats with found material along the way, and then with videos and soundtracks, they updated Sturt's journey as a performative media event for the 21st century. Three soundtracks, three scenes and a pile of paper boats.

Left Panel: On the Road after Mad Max with Chris Caines (Beardwagon) Never.

Central Panel: Making Paper Boats after Charles Sturt Journal Volume 2 with Solange Kershaw and Damian Castaldi (Sodacake) H2O (for cello and 4 dripping taps).

Right Panel: Searching with Paper Boats after The Host

Google Earth Photos ...........On the road in Search of the Inland Sea .. Flickr .....Out-of-Sync