Forty of David's images have been selected, with the aim of bringing the hidden world of the Universe to as wide an audience as possible. Images of galaxies, stars and dusty clouds tell the story of the discovery and exploration of our galaxy and the birth and death of the stars that sustain it.
This project is a the collaboration between the AAO and the British Council and forms part of the Council's 1997 new IMAGES program, a celebration of 50 years of the British Council in Australia.
The UK opening was held at Australia House in London on 30 January, to great acclaim. The exhibition opens at the Victorian Arts Centre in Melbourne on 21 March. The catalogue is splendid, and will be on sale at each of the venues and through the AAO.
Touring details:
| Australia | |
| March - May | Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne |
| June | Parliament House, Canberra |
| July - August | The Australian Museum, Sydney |
| UK | |
| January - March | Australia House, London |
| March - April | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh |
| (as part of the Edinburgh Science festival) | |
Other venues throughout Australia and Britain will be announced later in the year.
A similar, but separate, exhibition will tour France throughout 1997 (in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Paris), and a smaller exhibition opens in April at the Dante Centre in Ravenna, Italy.
Sandra Harrison
Sandra Harrison