Inspired by Bougainville’s accounts of Tahiti, Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville sought out a mission to explore the south. His first commission was in the Aegean, where he ‘discovered’ the Venus de Milo. In 1822 he was part of an expedition south, when it was still considered possible that France might recover some its recent [...]
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Journey So Far
Idea of South stories- Internet Art in the Global SouthFrom artists in the Global South including works oriented towards its geography and politics […]
- Lingua Franca - 16 January 2010 - Dying wordsYes. If we were conducting this interview in Kayardild and you just told me, 'Move the mic a little closer,' or something, a Kayardild instruction would have translated as something like, 'Move the mic slightly to the south,' even if it was half an inch. And even though we're sitting in a studio that's dark, we can't see th […]
- A Kings Cross Muse: the idea of southThe cruel idea of south […]
- Critchley Parker ABC storyVideo item on the story of Jewish homeland in Tasmania […]
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofÃa - Sur de neuvoA program looking at the meaning of South in Spain […]
- Internet Art in the Global South
