When Night Meets Day

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Humanity's relationship to the sun, moon and the stars and what we term day and night has been of interest to artists since Paleolithic times. At any one time half the earth is in darkness and half in light and the transition from one state to another has long been a fascination. Duxbury has continued this exploration over several decades predominantly through the sky and its phenomena by day. However she has recently turned her focus to include night and sought to augment photography to question what we see with the naked eye. When Night Meets Day continues Duxbury's investigations through both contemporary and traditional printmaking and adding technology such as iPhone apps and internet available images. In this print, digital imaging and screenprint were supplemented by images from Night Sky app and NASA. Research Contribution: The vertical diptych depicts the same section of sky by day and by night by physically and imaginatively reversing one image. The Night Sky app constellation overlay on the day section reminds us that stars, although present by day are not visible and the Southern Cross constellation locates the image geographically. While indigenous artists such as the Yamaji of WA have exhibited their perspectives in exhibitions such as Shared Sky at John Curtin Gallery 2015 other artists also research this theme as collective exhibitions such as Sky Lab demonstrate. When Night Meets Day also contributes to contemporary debates of printmaking and photography by combining the two media and considering the roles of each in creating an authentic image. Research Significance: This print was shortlisted for the inaugural Gippsland Print Award, which included print artists such as Martin King, Heather Shimmen and Andrew Browne. It was acquired for Gippsland Art Gallery collection by a panel of judges including Melissa Keys, Senior Exhibitions Manager of NETS. The GAG curator said, We are very excited to be purchasing this piece for the gallery collection.