BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20180401T020000 RDATE:20181007T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190407T020000 RDATE:20191006T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200405T020000 RDATE:20201004T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210404T020000 RDATE:20211003T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20220403T020000 RDATE:20221002T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20230402T020000 RDATE:20231001T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240407T020000 RDATE:20241006T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250406T020000 RDATE:20251005T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 RDATE:20261004T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20270404T020000 RDATE:20271003T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20280402T020000 RDATE:20281001T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20171121T193000 RDATE:20180401T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20181007T030000 RDATE:20190407T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20191006T030000 RDATE:20200405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20201004T030000 RDATE:20210404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20211003T030000 RDATE:20220403T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20221002T030000 RDATE:20230402T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20231001T030000 RDATE:20240407T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20241006T030000 RDATE:20250406T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20251005T030000 RDATE:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20261004T030000 RDATE:20270404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20271003T030000 RDATE:20280402T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20281001T030000 RDATE:20290401T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:975fbdf21f62656fa9af8ed37932b9db CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night CREATED:20181113T064857 SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Dr Christine Finn DESCRIPTION:Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: the artistic legacy of Sophus Tromho ltSophus Tromholt (1851 - 1896) a Danish-born, self-taught scientist, and s chool-teacher, left a unique legacy from his role in the First Internationa l Polar Year. He had set up an open-air studio to photograph the Auroras in the remote High Arctic settlement of Kautokeino, on the Norwegian/Finnish border, and there won the admiration of the Sami who posed for portraits. B ut his scientific hopes were dashed: "Every attempt I made to photograph th e Aurora Borealis failed...in spite of using the most sensitive dry plates, and exposing them from four to seven minutes, I did not succeed in obtaini ng even the very faintest trace of a negative" . He admitted in his newspap er columns and subsequent book "Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis" that the accompanying illustrations were..."the photographic reproductions of m y own drawings", made in his hut. These drawings were long overlooked after his early death, although his archive of Sami photographs achieved interna tional and UNESCO acclaim. On her way to the Faroes eclipse in 2015, Christ ine Finn came across the albumen prints of the Aurora illustrations, protec ted together with the glass plates at the University of Bergen. Astonished by these drawings as works of fine art, she was given permission to work wi th them, and was commissioned by the Scottish gallery, Timespan, to have th em remade as large-format photographs. They were exhibited for the first ti me there. This talk tells the story of Tromholt, drawing on the work of his biographers in Denmark, Dr Peter Stauning and Kira Moss, and Finn's projec t, which is travelling the course of the Aurora cycle. It acknowledges Trom holt's archive at the University of Bergen, Timespan/Creative Scotland. The evening will include an extract from Tromholt's written descriptions of th e Auroras he witnessed, in a recording made for the Timespan show by the Br itish actor, Michael Maloney.\n \nDr Christine Finn(b Jersey, 1959) is an a rtist and creative archaeologist, who is also a freelance print and broadca st journalist (BBC radio, Sunday Times UK). She works across three investig ative practices - reporting, excavation, and art in various media. She was a Reuter Journalist Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, where she also studied Archaeology and Anthropology, and wrote her doctorate on Y eats, Heaney and archaeology (Past Poetic, Duckworth). She is a Fellow of t he Society of Antiquaries of London, with a left-field interest in retro te chnology (Artifacts: an archaeologist's year in Silicon Valley, MIT Press; essays at Edge.org), She has spoken about poetry to astronomers, and travel led to total eclipses in Sumatra, UK and the Faroe Islands. One of her artw orks was installed during last year's eclipse in Oregon. Finn is also a Sen ior Research Associate at Flinders University, but is making her first visi t to Australasia as an artist supported by the British Council & Arts C ouncil England, and the Henry Moore Foundation.\n \n \nPhoto credit: Claire Chapman\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: the artistic legacy of Sophus Tr omholt

Sophus Tromholt (1851 - 1896) a Danish-born, self-taught scie ntist, and school-teacher, left a unique legacy from his role in the First International Polar Year. He had set up an open-air studio to photograph th e Auroras in the remote High Arctic settlement of Kautokeino, on the Norweg ian/Finnish border, and there won the admiration of the Sami who posed for portraits. But his scientific hopes were dashed: "Every attempt I made to p hotograph the Aurora Borealis failed...in spite of using the most sensitive dry plates, and exposing them from four to seven minutes, I did not succee d in obtaining even the very faintest trace of a negative" . He admitted in his newspaper columns and subsequent book "Under the Rays of the Aurora Bo realis" that the accompanying illustrations were..."the photographic reprod uctions of my own drawings", made in his hut. These drawings were long over looked after his early death, although his archive of Sami photographs achi eved international and UNESCO acclaim. On her way to the Faroes eclipse in 2015, Christine Finn came across the albumen prints of the Aurora illustrat ions, protected together with the glass plates at the University of Bergen. Astonished by these drawings as works of fine art, she was given permissio n to work with them, and was commissioned by the Scottish gallery, Timespan , to have them remade as large-format photographs. They were exhibited for the first time there. This talk tells the story of Tromholt, drawing on the work of his biographers in Denmark, Dr Peter Stauning and Kira Moss, and F inn's project, which is travelling the course of the Aurora cycle. It ackno wledges Tromholt's archive at the University of Bergen, Timespan/Creative S cotland. The evening will include an extract from Tromholt's written descri ptions of the Auroras he witnessed, in a recording made for the Timespan sh ow by the British actor, Michael Maloney.

 

Christine Finn by Claire Chapman photo smallDr Christine Finn

(b Jersey, 1959) is an artist and creative archaeologist, who is also a freelance print and br oadcast journalist (BBC radio, Sunday Times UK). She works across three inv estigative practices - reporting, excavation, and art in various media. She was a Reuter Journalist Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, w here she also studied Archaeology and Anthropology, and wrote her doctorate on Yeats, Heaney and archaeology (Past Poetic, Duckworth). She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, with a left-field interest in ret ro technology (Artifacts: an archaeologist's year in Silicon Valley, MIT Pr ess; essays at Edge.org), She has spoken about poetry to astronomers, and t ravelled to total eclipses in Sumatra, UK and the Faroe Islands. One of her artworks was installed during last year's eclipse in Oregon. Finn is also a Senior Research Associate at Flinders University, but is making her first visit to Australasia as an artist supported by the British Council & A rts Council England, and the Henry Moore Foundation.

 

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Photo credit: Claire Chapman

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