University of Tasmania
Browse
85682 - Stepping-stones to the Edge. Artistic Expressions of Islandness in an Ocean of Islands.pdf (217.22 kB)

Stepping-stones to the edge: artistic expressions of islandness in an ocean of islands

Download (217.22 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 18:51 authored by Brinklow, L
Since the earliest of times, islands have captured the artistic imagination—and, often, for the artist who finds his or her muse in being ‘islanded’, the smaller the island the better. Archipelagos offer an ideal setting for artists who take their inspiration from place: on small islands off islands they can experience an intensity of island living they might not otherwise have on a main island: boundedness and connection, isolation and community. This paper examines expressions of islandness by artists who live on islands off islands that are poles apart — ‘archipelagos’ of the Canadian North Atlantic and the Great Southern Ocean. It draws upon interviews with those artists and writers to consider the nature of humans’ attachment and attraction to islands, exploring through the lens of phenomenology what Stratford et al. call the “entanglement between and among islands”.

History

Publication title

Island Studies Journal

Volume

8

Pagination

39-54

ISSN

1715-2593

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

Place of publication

University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

Rights statement

Copyright 2013 Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC