The exhibition will be held at
Who Art Thou
Ground Floor
Town Centre
Gosford
from Saturday 31st May
commencing with
an opening
at 6.30 pm and followed
by refreshments and gathering
WHOARTTHOU GOSFORD
The exhibition will show a collection of shell drawings
from Central Coast residents and visitors plus
a projected virtual shell collection constructed from
the drawings.
Shell Collection Brief
As a Central Coast resident, or occasional/
frequent visitor, you are invited to
participate in the Shell Collection Project,
sponsored by eO incorporated and
Gosford City Council.
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As coastal dwellers and visitors, the beach
is our haven, our recreation, our leisure, our solace, our nature.
We are drawn to our beautiful coast time and again.
We have all, overtime, been compelled to gather
and collect shells from our beaches.
We use them in our crafts and arts as reminders of
our happy times. Whether removal of these shells
contribute to erosion of our fragile coast is not certain.
But the pleasure gained from the action of the gathering
as well as the use of the shells is universal.
Shell Collection Locally
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Throughout history, Australian coastal dwellers have
used this available resource for nourishment, production and pleasure.
Locally, early white settlers recovered shells from Aboriginal Middens
to crush and mix with lime for construction and reinforcement
Of Sydney’s street walls.
How to be involved
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You are invited to be a part of Shell Collection Collective and Exhibition.
All you need to do is:
Draw an East-West line on a map from your place of residence, mentally or literally, to the coast. Note the beach closest to your residence. You may wish to use the map from http://www.whereis.com/whereis/home.do
Visit the beach and note the shell types which gather there. If you like, take photographs and research the types of creatures which previously resided in the shells.
Draw a shell on a half A4 piece of paper using basic drawing tools such as pencil, texta etc. if you choose to use charcoal or pastel, please "fix" the drawing.
Digitally photograph or scan the drawing and send the jpeg to eo_inc@hotmail.com or artnarara@bigpond.com
Jpeg format should be 72 dpi and 400 x 600 pixels (for assistance, contact Sandra or David at eo_inc@hotmail.com ).
Send your original shell drawing to eO inc. c/- (address to be provided upon request). Please print your first name and suburb at the front of your drawing, and if you like, your age.
On a separate piece of paper, please provide your full name, address and email address if you have one. This information will be kept for administrative purposes only.
Please send jpeg and original by 10 May 2008.
Shell Collection is a contemporary, community project.
It highlights and draws upon our involvement with environment, history, community, creativity and most of all, our sense of place.
Enjoy!
