Contents
Prelude: Sensing place in Antarctic space
I Introducing the research
II Reviewing the literature
Metaphors
Early marks and gestures
Circles, spirals and spheres
Metaphors of body and mind
Metaphors of art and science
Languages
Multiple, opposing and shifting views
Maps of mind and body
Harmonic signs, sounds, gestures, voices
Metaphors from past times and places
Landscapes
Sublime paradoxes
Unconscious desires
Gothic imaginings
Beyond landscapes
Layering time and meaning
Dances
Arctic
Antarctic
Animations
Scientific
Artistic
Arctic
Antarctic
III Contributing to the field
Combining drawing and dance to engage with Antarctica through visual-kinesthetic senses
Combining insights of artists and scientists to suggest a collective voice reflecting the reality of our connection with the natural world
IV Reporting from the field and the studio
Encountering
Antarctica
Expeditioners
Artists
Moving, making, animating
Air
Fire
Rock
Ice
Water
Making sense of the data
Analysing animations
Classifying and arranging
Presenting
Conferences, exhibitions
On-line interfaces
Evaluating
Challenges
What did and did not work
What I have learned
What I can show you that is new
What has changed since I began this research
V Concluding
What this research means
What more needs to be done in this area