CODES OF SURVIVAL:
Accounts from the Auckland Islands
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In 1984 Lloyd Godman conceived the idea of take an expedition of artists to the remote Auckland Island 465 kilometres south of New Zealand, experience the wild environment, create a series of works that would tour New Zealand as a series of exhibitions. While these remote protected islands are most often the domain of scientists, Godman argued that artists are scientists, their research is on an aesthetic and conceptual level. Beset with many problems and political brick walls, the project took years to materialize but with perseverance in 1989, eleven artists visited the Islands in a ground-breaking and highly successful project titled Arts to the Subantarctic. (Including, Bill Hammond and Laurence Aberhart's). Works created by the 11 selected artists were curated into an exhibition that toured art galleries and museums throughout New Zealand for over 2 years. The project was also the first-time woman sailed on a New Zealand Naval vessel.
Codes of Survival is Godman’s personal response and contribution to the project, and his first series of work with Photograms. He incorporated sophisticated combination black and white photograph photograms to create unique photographic works. The project cumulated with an accompanying installation with a sound scape by Peter Adams and a series of short stories that related to events on the Subantarctic Islands.
It was a watershed event where Godman moved to camera-less photography with projects like Adze to Coda, Evidence from the Religion of Technology, Aporian Emulsions and acted as a catalyst for his interest in photosensitivity that led to his current living art works with plants.
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