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The Waterfall

The Waterfall
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Title
The Waterfall
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NZ On Screen
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Four contemporary New Zealand artists —Nigel Brown, Melvin Day, Gerda Leenards, and John Walsh — embark on a journey through Fiordland. Their five-day expedition takes them in the footsteps of William Hodges, the artist on board during Captain Cook's 1773 voyage. Individually they craft their own artistic response to the region's landscapes and legacies. Made for TVNZ’s Artsville slot, Peta Carey's documentary follows the artistic process from plein air sketches to the final artworks, as they...

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Video
Date created
2010
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-waterfall-2010
Related subjects
captain cook / dusky sound / william hodges / artsvillle / artists / art / john walsh / skipper / nigel brown / melvin day / gerda leenards / fiordland / fiordland national park / painting / fiords / doubtful sound / landscape / landscapes / landscape painting / deep cove / derek brown / greg hay / boats / drawing / art photography / art practice / ocean / sailing / sketching / plein air / plein air painting / pickersgill harbour / transit of venus / indian island / history / storage pits / southern māori / māori history / colonisation / ngāi tahu / māmoe / kāti māmoe / ngāti māmoe / first contact / nine fathoms passage / coleridge / the ancient mariner / the rime of the ancient mariner / colin mccahon / waterfall / forest / en plein air / en plain air / the waterfall / fjord / ship artist / james cook / lake manapōuri / astronomer point / hydrographic survey

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