When Night Meets Day

Humanity's relationship to the sun, moon and the stars and what we term day and night has been of interest to artists since Paleolithic times. At any one time half the earth is in darkness and half in light and the transition from one state to another has long been a fascination. Duxbury has continued this exploration over several decades predominantly through the sky and its phenomena by day. However she has recently turned her focus to include night and sought to augment photography to question what we see with the naked eye. When Night Meets Day continues Duxbury's investigations through both contemporary and traditional printmaking and adding technology such as iPhone apps and internet available images. In this print, digital imaging and screenprint were supplemented by images from Night Sky app and NASA. Research Contribution: The vertical diptych depicts the same section of sky by day and by night by physically and imaginatively reversing one image. The Night Sky app constellation overlay on the day section reminds us that stars, although present by day are not visible and the Southern Cross constellation locates the image geographically. While indigenous artists such as the Yamaji of WA have exhibited their perspectives in exhibitions such as Shared Sky at John Curtin Gallery 2015 other artists also research this theme as collective exhibitions such as Sky Lab demonstrate. When Night Meets Day also contributes to contemporary debates of printmaking and photography by combining the two media and considering the roles of each in creating an authentic image. Research Significance: This print was shortlisted for the inaugural Gippsland Print Award, which included print artists such as Martin King, Heather Shimmen and Andrew Browne. It was acquired for Gippsland Art Gallery collection by a panel of judges including Melissa Keys, Senior Exhibitions Manager of NETS. The GAG curator said, We are very excited to be purchasing this piece for the gallery collection.

自旧石器时代以来，人类与日月星辰的联结，以及我们所定义的昼夜概念，便一直是艺术家们倾心探索的主题。地球始终有一半处于白昼，一半陷入暗夜，二者的交替更迭长久以来都令创作者着迷不已。达克斯伯里(Duxbury)数十年来主要以白日天空及其各类天象为载体延续这一探索，而近期她将创作视野拓展至暗夜，并尝试通过丰富摄影创作的手法，审视我们裸眼所见的真实图景。

《当黑夜邂逅白昼》(When Night Meets Day)延续了达克斯伯里的创作脉络，融合当代与传统版画技法，并引入iPhone应用程序、互联网开源图像等技术手段。本作品中，数字成像与丝网版画技法辅以《星空》(Night Sky)应用及美国国家航空航天局(NASA)提供的图像素材。

研究贡献：该垂直双联版画通过实体与创意层面的图像反转，呈现了同一空域的昼夜景致。《星空》应用叠加的星图覆盖在白昼空域之上，令观者意识到：星辰虽白日亦存，却无法被裸眼观测；而南十字座则为该作品确定了地理坐标。尽管西澳大利亚州(WA)的亚马吉(Yamaji)原住民艺术家曾于2015年在约翰·柯廷美术馆举办的《共享苍穹》(Shared Sky)展览中展示其创作视角，但诸如《天空实验室》(Sky Lab)这类群展也彰显了其他艺术家对该主题的探索。《当黑夜邂逅白昼》通过融合版画与摄影两种媒介，并探讨二者在构建真实影像中的不同作用，也为当代版画与摄影的学术讨论贡献了新的视角。

研究意义：该版画作品入围首届吉普斯兰版画奖，该奖项的参评艺术家包括马丁·金(Martin King)、希瑟·希门(Heather Shimmen)与安德鲁·布朗(Andrew Browne)等知名创作者。该作品最终被纳入吉普斯兰美术馆(GAG)馆藏，评审团成员包括NETS高级展览经理梅利莎·基斯(Melissa Keys)。该馆馆长表示："我们非常荣幸能将这件作品纳入美术馆馆藏。"