measuring stick
against the tide |
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MEASURING STICK
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Durras Beach, NSW South Coast |
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Preparation and installation of the equipment for the performance on the beach.
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Settling into the space and waiting for the tide to flow in. |
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The action as high tide approaches |
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Still taken from the video.
Last moments. |
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Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, South Australia, March 1980 |
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Measuring Stick
exploring the littoral zone between low and high tide at Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, South Australia,
1980
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Measuring Stick involved the use of a fibreglass sleeve inserted into the sand just below the high tide level. This sleeve became the resting place for the performer, Arthur Wicks, who was strapped to a wooden "X" structure and lowered into the sand exactly at the low tide point. There he waited for the incoming tide to reach him. This took some six hours, the duration of the performance work.
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an instant audience at the beach at Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia
photos: Nick Day
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Isolated at high tide at Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, South Australia
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Another angle of Measuring Stick;
almost isolated as high tide approaches;
at Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, South Australia
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Noel Sheridan ambushing police interest in the man "suiciding at Glenelg Beach"
Someone was concerned and had alerted the local constables.
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final image at high tide
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AGAINST THE TIDE
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Preparation of the space and initiation of the performance. |
Against the Tide was devised as a performance using an interior space as a foil to the exterior performance of Measuring Stick. After the performer, Arthur Wicks, has identified his space/territory, he positions himself onto a wooden "X" from which point a series of actions are carried out on his body. This parallels what is happening in the tidal zone on the other screen.
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DUAL IMAGES
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Multiple outdoor projection Albury Art Centre September 2011 |
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