SICK - A site-specific installation created in response to the 1852 Ticonderoga disaster: a reflection on the pandemic.

The installation was created for Strata Exhibition, part of DriFT Arts Festival 2023. SICK is an interpretation of the history of the Ticonderoga passage to Australia in 1852, and the illness and fatalities that took place during the voyage. While the passenger and crew experience of the Ticonderoga voyage has obvious distinctions to the pandemic, they are unified by the terror of infection and the obfuscation of the future.

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ARTISTS: Penelope Bartlau & Jason Lehane

Photos: Jason Lehane Video: Filmed & edited by Penelope Bartlau

A Barking Spider Creative production.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Bunurong people, on whose lands we created SICK. The Bunurong people are the Traditional Custodians of these unceded lands and waters.