‘Finding Space’ Exhibition – The Carlton Hotel Studios
Curated by Jason Lingard
Open for viewing Wednesday to Saturday, 4pm to 7pm (20 January to 6 February)

Presented by the Midsumma Visual Arts Program, ‘Finding Space’ showcases fourteen artists’ work in photography, video and installation, exploring a symbiotic dialogue between their identity, their art and the constructed world in which they reside. ‘Finding Space’ touches on the precarious intimacy between imagination and physical space. Kill Your Darlings Editor Rebecca Starford attended the opening on Tuesday 19 January at The Carlton Hotel Studios, in Melbourne. She chatted with Marc Trabsky , whose installation Dianus, co-created with Maya Gnyp, is displayed at the exhibition.
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Day Eleven: Thursday 24 September

It was slow getting away in the morning, with a few dawdling over breakfast. I got very frustrated, probably more than I should, but I hated wasting daylight hours when we faced uncertain conditions. It was the coldest morning of the trip: –26°C at 0715 with winds at 20–30 knots.

We were away with high confidence at 0940, but bogged by 0950! By then we were the extraction A team, and so thirty minutes later we moving again. We had only two other boggings that day, and both times the Haggs were able to self extract. We’ve all got much better at this.
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Day Five: Friday 18 September

I slept badly, my mind racing with all that happened. The wind didn’t help, tents flapping madly but very secure. By mid-morning the blizz was right on us with winds gusting to more than 100kph. Advised at 0900 sked that forecast was for strong winds until Sunday, so we would be there for at least the next two nights. Everyone spent a reasonably comfortable day in their tents, with periodic skeds using the hand-held VHS to swap recipes for ration packs and suggestions on how to pee without going outside and without your tent partner knowing!
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In 2009, Peter Hackworth was the Station Leader at Mawson Station in Antarctica. From March to November each year, the station is completely isolated from the outside world. It is subject to extreme cold, high winds, frequent blizzards and, for several months, minimal sunlight. Peter led a team of scientists, technicians and trades people working on a variety of research, construction and maintenance projects. Here is the first of three edited extracts of his diary entries that we will be publishing on the Kill Your Darlings blog over the next week. It records Peter Hackworth’s thirteen-day field trip with six of his colleagues. They were attempting to reach the Kloa Peninsula, 400 kilometres west of Mawson Base.
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