Exhibition catalog
Between Art and Poetry New Perspectives on Tablelands Flora
pp.1-46
International Centre for Landscape and Language
Reader's Companion (Armidale, 11/2017 - 11/2017)
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Abstract
Between Art and Poetry is a collaboration between botanical writer John Charles Ryan and botanical artist David Mackay on the diversity and beauty of the natural environments and, in particular, the flora of the New England Tablelands. Held at Reader's Companion in Armidale in November 2017, the main event included a reading of poetry, an art exhibition, brief talks by John and David, a musical performance by Alana Blackburn and the launch of two books, The Language of Plants and Plants in Contemporary Poetry. The goal of Between Art and Poetry is to foster greater dialogue between the arts and sciences. The project aims to improve communication and enhance mutual understanding between the visual and literary arts, on the one hand, and between the arts and environmental science, on the other. The general purpose of the collaboration is to raise public awareness of the diversity and fragile beauty of the natural environments that surround us in the New England region. The art-science collaboration centred on six plant species of the New England Tablelands: Antarctic beech (Nothofagus moore1), southern giant stinging tree (Dendrocnide excelsa), Ingram's wattle (Acacia ingrami1) , rock orchid (Dendrobium speciosum), river sheoak (Casuarina cunninghamiana) and Port Jackson fig (Ficus rubiginosa). While some species, such as Ingram's wattle, are highly localised endemics, others - for instance, river sheoak - are distributed more broadly across the Tablelands, coastal eastern Australia and, indeed, other parts of the globe.
Details
- Title
- Between Art and Poetry New Perspectives on Tablelands Flora
- Creators
- John C Ryan (Author) - Southern Cross University, Faculty of Business, Law and ArtsDavid Mackay (Author)
- Publication Details
- pp.1-46
- Event
- Reader's Companion (Armidale, 11/2017 - 11/2017)
- Publisher
- International Centre for Landscape and Language; Mount Lawley
- Number of pages
- 46
- Identifiers
- 9780648214403; 991013063113402368
- Copyright
- This Publication is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research or review, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission. Enquiries should be made to the Publisher.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Exhibition catalog