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Works explorer

The Promise

2011
object

Julie Gough’s The Promise (2011) uses light and shadow to illuminate the mistreatment of First Peoples.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by image:

down among the wild men / colonial imagination

Mirning, 2014
Similarity: 49%

Ache

Australia, 1996
Similarity: 46%

down among the wild men / colonial imagination

Mirning, 2014
Similarity: 42%

Phenakistiscope disc (Figure using pulley system)

France, c. 1850
Similarity: 41%

Shadow Play [interactive]

Australia, 2020
Similarity: 41%

Closer

Australia, 2002
Similarity: 40%

The Life and Death of a Shadow 2015-16

Similarity: 39%

Closer

Australia, 2002
Similarity: 39%

[Eyes, lies and illusions : media kit]

Australia, 31 OCT 2006
Similarity: 37%

Circus

Australia, 1977
Similarity: 37%

[Stelarc: Stretched Skin No.4 Munich 1977]

Munich, Germany, 1977
Similarity: 37%

Phenakistiscope disc (Blue and black ball through hoop / Blacksmith)

France, c. 1850
Similarity: 37%

Infected

United Kingdom, 2001
Similarity: 37%

[Unidentified 16mm Film]

Australia, c. 1945
Similarity: 37%

Magic lantern slide (Orbit of the moon)

c. 1920
Similarity: 36%

Phenakistiscope disc (Man in blue and red working at table)

France, c. 1850
Similarity: 36%

Phenakistiscope disc (Man with red shirt and blue trousers)

France, c. 1850
Similarity: 36%

Salomé

United States, 1922
Similarity: 36%
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