Thaw

Thaw presents a selection of photographs from the collection of Ernest Edward Mills Joyce, held by Canterbury Museum and assembled by Joyce in response to his participation in three early-twentieth-century expeditions to Antarctica.

It combines original photographic objects, in the form of century-old glass lantern slides and negatives with large-scale digital projections, and highlights the ways we encounter historical objects and disembodied images.

It is believed that Joyce became increasingly embittered about his lack of recognition, historical and financial, in subsequent constructions of this period of Antarctic exploration. His photographs enable and require us to reconsider his role in these now-renowned events, as well as on our own terms of encountering and engaging with the past.

Organised by Canterbury Museum.