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SUMMARY:Her X mark
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Culpitt\n\n\n\nExhibition Dates : Saturday 28 Febru
 ary - Saturday 7 March 2026Monday - Friday 9am - 5:30pmSaturday 9am - 4p
 mSunday CLOSED\n\n\n\nHer X mark is about the traces left by women and t
 he places we haunt\, both historically and today. An exhibition of works
  made using sustainable photographic processes that date back to the 184
 0s.\n\n\n\nIn the 19th century women who were incarcerated during the tr
 ansportation period left their mark as a signature\, a tattoo\, an engra
 ving and a story. To use a pencil\, write a letter or make a mark on a c
 ell wall meant severe punishment\, as recorded in the Punishment Book\, 
 digitised and transcribed by volunteers at the Cascades Female Factory. 
 In the same period\, men often applied to marry their convicted servants
 \, and the record of her agreement was often signed with a cross: Her X 
 mark.\n\n\n\nPhoto media works in the exhibition are hand made by experi
 menting with the photosensitivity of plants. Culpitt harvests weeds and 
 introduced species to mix light sensitive emulsion to make ephemeral and
  fugitive photographic prints exposed in the sun over hours or days.\n\n
 \n\nAnthotypes (flower prints) allow her to capture the essence of a sit
 e through local plants\, sun and weather conditions in a sustainable and
  mindful way. The study of the process has bought her into contact with 
 women scientists across the centuries\, from Anna Atkins who made the fi
 rst book of photography in 1843\, Mary Somerville who was one of the inv
 entors of the Anthotype process in Scotland in the 1840s\, to Australian
  scientist Heather Adamson and her research on the photosensitivity of p
 lants\, research that significantly contributed to the understanding of 
 Antarctic plant physiology in mosses and lichens through her field work 
 in Antarctica in the late 1980s.- - -\n\n\n\nHer X mark - An exhibition 
 of photo-media works and works in progress dedicated to women making mar
 ks and leaving their mark.\n\n\n\n28 February – 8 March 2026 at the Si
 despace Gallery - Salamanca Arts Centre\, nipuluna / Hobart.- - - \n\n\n
 \nAnthotype process demonstration (free) in the Lightbox on Saturday 28 
 February at 11am and a hands on workshop of sustainable\, plant based an
 thotypes on International Women’s Day Sunday 8 March at 9:00am.\n\n\n\
 nEmail art@michelleculpitt.com or leave a message on 0439 616 013 for bo
 okings and information\n\n\n\nOriginal one off photographic works are av
 ailable for sale a price list will be available at www.michelleculpitt.c
 om\n\n\n\n- -  - \n\n\n\n\n\n50% of sales will be donated to the Hobart 
 Women’s Shelter and their essential work to provide safety\, dignity a
 nd a path forward for women and children escaping domestic violence and 
 housing stress\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nAccessible To
 ilets (Level 1 + Ground Floor : The Courtyard)Registered Assistance Anim
 als welcomeWheelchair Accessible (via Lift in The Courtyard)\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\nMichelle Culpitt 2025 Anthotype (flower emulsion) photo print 
 on watercolour paper\n\n\n\n\nMichelle Culpitt a work in progress\, a ka
 llitype print of stone walls at the Cascades Female Factory developing i
 n the darkroom 2026
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DTSTAMP:20260501T105658Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260307
LOCATION:Salamanca Arts Centre
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