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Jessica HoustonOf the return voyage... 2022
2022
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“Of the return voyage there is nothing to tell… In 1912 all the world learned that the brave Norwegian Amundsen had reached the South Pole; and then, much later, came the accounts of how Captain Scott and his men had come there after him, but did not come home again…I add this last note in 1929… We are old women now…with grandchildren who might someday like to read about the Expedition… But they must not let Mr. Amundsen know! He would be terribly embarrassed and disappointed. There is no need for him or anyone outside the family to know.”
Over the Edge of the World locates itself in the entangled legacies of polar expedition narratives. The human history of the polar regions has largely been shown through the lens of a colonial frontier space—a place to conquer, a sublime tabula rasa. Over the Edge of the World uses mixed-media works to challenge the glorification of military, masculinity, and progress. The work upends the colonial fantasies that still cling to these landscapes in order to tell other (hi)stories—those of ice, whales, and people who intentionally left no trace.
- Creator:Jessica Houston (1970, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Montreal, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU47610875802
Jessica Houston
Jessica Houston (MA, Columbia University) has traveled from pole to pole, using color and light to entangle and provoke questions related to our changing natural world, and our nature within it. She has created site-specific works for the NJ MOCA (NJ); the Castello di Corigliano (Puglia, Italy); and The Albany Airport (Albany, NY). Select exhibitions include Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada; The Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY; and The Latimer House Museum, New York, NY. She has been invited to residencies at The Albers Foundation and CAMAC Center for Art, Science and Technology in France. Her works are funded by The Canada Council for the Arts and are in the collections of La collection Prêt d’œuvres d’art, Musée National Des Beaux-Arts du Quebec; Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Montréal, Québec; Bank of Montréal, Toronto; and the Consulate General of Monaco, Montréal. She has lectured at The Art Institute of Florence; Columbia University; Concordia University; and OCAD University.
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