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Maitland Regional Art Gallery
October 2022
Half-Light offers insight into the immersive world of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Hypothesized to be of significant ecological importance these deeper coral reefs are between 50-150m under the surface of the ocean. Existing in the cooler, darker waters that are yet to be affected by environmental stressors such as a changing climate.
In early 2021, artist Ellie Hannon and photographer Conor Ashleigh joined an oceanographic research expedition onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institutes research ship ‘Falkor’ to work alongside scientists. This 3 week residency took place at Ashmore Reef, a Marine park 630km north of Broome.
Half-Light provides the rare opportunity for connection and felt responsibility towards a little-known ecosystem by offering insight into spaces in nature that are unlikely to be experienced firsthand in a lifetime. These environs exist in the twilight zone, between daylight and darkness, the seen and the unseen, the known and imagined.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
October 2022
Half-Light offers insight into the immersive world of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Hypothesized to be of significant ecological importance these deeper coral reefs are between 50-150m under the surface of the ocean. Existing in the cooler, darker waters that are yet to be affected by environmental stressors such as a changing climate.
In early 2021, artist Ellie Hannon and photographer Conor Ashleigh joined an oceanographic research expedition onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institutes research ship ‘Falkor’ to work alongside scientists. This 3 week residency took place at Ashmore Reef, a Marine park 630km north of Broome.
Half-Light provides the rare opportunity for connection and felt responsibility towards a little-known ecosystem by offering insight into spaces in nature that are unlikely to be experienced firsthand in a lifetime. These environs exist in the twilight zone, between daylight and darkness, the seen and the unseen, the known and imagined.