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We are excited to announce that a selection of our Cyaanotype artists books was presented at the Hill End Analogue event.

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HERE’S THE BACK STORY

Hill End Analogue ( HEA ) is an analogue photographic arts festival presented by Hill End Arts Council Inc. ( HEAC ) in the Central West township of Hill End, N.S.W. HEA

showcased and connected contemporary analogue photographic artists world-wide. The event comprised exhibitions and workshops, the festival engaged with the general community, while promoting contemporary analogue arts and technology.

Hill End is an historic site, managed by N.S.W. National Parks Wildlife Service, and is significant in the history of Australian Photography. The documentation of Hill End and surrounds during the gold boom of the 1870’s by Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss, forms a large part of the Holtermann Collection in the N.S.W. State Library. Hill End has a thriving arts community, supported by the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and is closely associated with the National Art School.

(Text modified from the HEA website)

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OUR CYANOTYPES

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MORE INFORMATION ON THESE CYANOTYPE WORKS

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FLOOD An artists book by Victoria Cooper

MEDIA: Concertina format with 26 pages, cyanotype on Arches watercolour paper with hand-set type in black ink
Binding by Doug Spowart

SIZE: 10 x 15 x 3cm cm

EDITION: Two unique states

 Download a didactic about this book: COOPER – Flood installation at Bundanon

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ON THE WIRE … A book by Doug Spowart

A performance based on open-air cyanotype bookmaking directly off subjects in the field.

CREATED: 2007 at Bundanon during an artist in residence

MEDIA:  16 sided concertina format book of double-sided cyanotype images on Arche Aquarelle watercolour paper

SIZE: 11 x 14 x .4 cm – extends to 116 cm

EDITION:  Unique state 2 variants

 Download a didactic about this book: SPOWART – On the wire – extended recto+verso

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STARFISH SWARM WITH WALLABY BONES An artists book by Victoria Cooper

A double-sided cyanotype made from objects gathered in Tasmania. The work was made to celebrate the 2019 World Cyanotype Day.

CREATED: 2019 in Cygnet, Tasmania

MEDIA: Cyanotype on recycled linen pillowcase

SIZE: 30 x 30 cm

EDITION: Unique state

 Download a didactic about this book: COOPER-Starfish swarm an wallaby bones

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ROLAND BARTHES An artists book by Doug Spowart

Roland Barthes the French writer and theorist, has contributed significantly to the discourse and critique of photography. This book is a visual comment on two of his texts.

CREATED: 2017 at Bundanon during an artist in residence

MEDIA: Concertina format with 16 pages, cyanotype on Arches watercolour paper

Binding by Doug Spowart

SIZE: 11 x 14 x .4 cm

EDITION: Two unique states

 Download a didactic about this book: Doug SPOWART -Barthes

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AUSTRALIAN BANQUET: January 26 / 26, 1788  by Cooper+Spowart

This work reflects on the ‘turning of the page’ in history that Australia Day represents.

CREATED: 2010 on Australia Day in Toowoomba

MEDIA: A unique state double-sided cyanotype on rice paper broadsheet of 7 variants.

SIZE: 37.6 x 77cm

 Download a didactic about this book: COOPER+SPOWART – Australian banquet

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARTHUR’S GARDEN  A book by Doug Spowart

A cyanotype concertina book made on the veranda of Arthur Boyd’s studio during an artist in residence

CREATED: 2007 at Bundanon

MEDIA:  24-sided concertina book. Cyanotype on Arche watercolour paper

SIZE: 11 x 14 x .4 cm – extends to 168 cm

EDITION: Unique state

 Download a didactic about this book: SPOWART – Photographs of Arthur’s Garden – extended

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THANKS TO:  Lisa Sharkey and the Team for the opportunity to present these works at Hill End Analogue.

The photograph of the HEA installation courtesy of Lisa Sharkey

Text and cyanotype works and photographs © Doug Spowart+Victoria Cooper

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