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The Hydro+Graphy Project Celebrated in Streaky Bay
Feature Image: The art audience was enthralled at the opening of the Hydro+Graphy exhibition in Streaky Bay
Photo Credit: Kayla Petty
The Hydro+Graphy Project: where open-minds, open-water and photography harmonised.
The Hydro+Graphy Project had an opening celebration in Streaky Bay on Friday 16 May at 6pm.
Seventy people attended the much anticipated exhibition opening and were overwhelmingly impressed with the display of innovative underwater photography that culminated from the project.
Photo Credit: Lauren Karp
In March 2014 photographer and film maker, Mark Tipple, dove into the cool waters off Streaky Bay for two days with his underwater cameras and 11 eager participants. The twenty two works on display are just some of the incredible images that were produced after a sustained period of skills development throughout the project.
Project Coordinator Lauren Karp says, “Jacque Cousteau is certainly correct in saying ‘The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.’ The collection of works in The Hydro+Graphy Exhibition is hoped to encourage viewers to again wonder of the sea and the preciousness of our local marine environment.”
The Hydro+Graphy Project had four purposes:
- to educate people on the skills of underwater photography so that they can feel confident about working as artists to produce their own photographs;
- to influence people on the cultural value of arts within the community;
- to expose people to matters of sea-water clarity and its links with the health of our marine ecology and;
- to serve as a time-capsule, documenting the underwater marine heritage of Streaky Bay at this point in time.
The exhibition tours in Streaky Bay during May and June and all works are for sale either framed or as a print.
Exhibition dates:
- Visitor Information Centre Gallery
- 21 Bay Rd, Streaky Bay, SA
- Friday 16 – Friday 30 May 2014
- Open Monday – Friday 9am-12:30pm & 1:30-5pm
- Elliott’s Bakery and Cafe
- Alfred Terrace, Streaky Bay, SA
- Saturday 31 May – Saturday 27 June 2014
- Open from 7:30am Monday to Saturday
Works for sale can be viewed via a facebook link click here
To purchase a print please contact:
- Community Information Officer
- Streaky Bay Visitor Information Centre
- 21 Bay Road, STREAKY BAY
- Ph: (08) 8626 7033
- Open: Monday – Friday, 9am- 12:30pm & 1:30 -5pm
The Young Artists Collective acknowledge funding from Country Arts SA through a Regional Arts Australia Step Up Grant and 13-14 grants funding from the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources (EPNRM) for the innovative project which was auspiced by Streaky Bay Area School.