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"Martha's Shadow" 2010
Found object sculpture, light projection
51" high x 100" x 71"

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Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010         Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010         Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010         Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010        

Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010         Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010         Ian Burns sculpture. Martha's Shadow. 2010        

 

I found that no artist had ever rendered the "Martha", the ship that discovered Lake Macquarie, in Australia. This discovery was a mistake - the Captain of the Martha, William Reid, thought he was somewhere else at the time, so Lake Macquairie was called "Reid's Mistake" for a while.

The "Martha" was wrecked on the return leg of this ill fated journey and given the lack of imagery of the vessel I felt entitled to make a fanciful rendering after my own fashion.

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