Rachael Mead. The Art of Breaking Ice

Affirm Press: Melbourne, 2023. 320 pages. AUS$34.99 ISBN 9781922848529 Paperback

Authors

  • Adele Jackson Canterbury Museum/University of Tasmania

Abstract

Adele Jackson reviews The Art of Breaking Ice by Rachel Mead.

Author Biography

  • Adele Jackson, Canterbury Museum/University of Tasmania

    Adele Jackson is a curator, researcher, and artist interested in the interrelationships between culture and nature, people and places. The Curator Human History at the Canterbury Museum, Aotearoa. Her current research interests focus on Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic region, the Southern Ocean and the interconnected earth system. Her work examines the role of art and material culture in interpreting and engaging with the far south, often in the context of recognising the interconnected and interdependent nature of the local and global ecologies of our living planet. She holds an adjunct position with the University of Tasmania where she is a part of a team examining the legacy of Australian artists’ and writers’ engagement with Antarctica. She is a member of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the SCAR Action Group on Public Engagement with Antarctic Research. Adele’s artwork has been exhibited internationally. Her most recent project Antarctic Sun Lines (2015–2022) was a pan-Antarctic solargraph photography collaboration with Antarctic researchers, base personnel, heritage institutions and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP).

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Published

2024-12-20

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2024): JASAL 24.1

Section

Reviews

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How to Cite

Rachael Mead. The Art of Breaking Ice: Affirm Press: Melbourne, 2023. 320 pages. AUS$34.99 ISBN 9781922848529 Paperback. (2024). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 24(1). https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/20448