Phil Dadson

Terra Incognita (2005)

17 min 12 sec3 channel installation / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"An ironic take on the magnetic attraction of the 'ice' for adventurers, explorers, artists, scientists alike. Filmed in Antarctica 2003. The central screen is haunted by a looming shadow, the two flanking screens depict imagery shot in the interior of Scott's hut on the edge of McMurdo Sound. National anthems (of nations represented on the ice) waft through ice-crunching sounds of trudging through a brittle ice-scape."

Artist's statement

Selected exhibitions

  • Art from Antarctica, Brazil, Germany (2009)

  • Southland Art Gallery (2006)

  • 45o Below, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru (2005/06)

  • Breaking Ice: Revisioning Antarctica, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington (2005)

  • Sur Polar, Buenos Aires (2006)

  • Various showings throughout NZ as part of Polar Projects

Scroll below to see more video works from the series Polar Projects

Credits & notes

To be exhibited as a stand-alone video or with selection/complete works from the series Polar Projects (8 works), filmed in Antarctica (2003).

Produced with the support of Antarctica NZ and Creative NZ Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.

Polar Projects was nominated for The Walters Prize (2006).

Collection of the Adam Art Gallery, Wellington.

Installation details

Three x LCD Screens or Projections. Central large screen flanking two smaller screens.

Looped. Non-Synchronous.

2 channel stereo audio direct from monitors or via external speakers/mixer in consultation with the artist.

Ratio: 4:3.

    Other works in this series

    ECHO LOGO
    Phil Dadson

    ECHO LOGO (2003)

    A sound-echo performance under the thirty metre high ice-face of the Canada glacier, in Taylor Valley, Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

    ECHO LOGO
    Flutter
    Phil Dadson

    Flutter (2003)

    Sonic kinetics of a solo red-flag on a bamboo pole in a 60k wind on Arrival Heights, near Scott Base.

    Flutter
    StoneMap
    Phil Dadson

    StoneMap (2004)

    A continuous, slow, and fast motion exploration of the Garwood and Taylor Dry Valleys in Antarctica.

    StoneMap
    Chthonian Pulse
    Phil Dadson

    Chthonian Pulse (2004)

    Triadic synergy: a world upside down in motion. A canoe prow navigates Antarctic Dry Valley landscapes

    Chthonian Pulse
    Aerial Farm
    Phil Dadson

    Aerial Farm (2004)

    Mast and wires appear as a shifting, illusory graphic outline against a background of ice & intermittent snow-drift.

    Aerial Farm

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