from the island

chess-detail — Chess shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, (detail), 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

2008

The images occupy another place, and another scale. Approximately 300mm high in reality, the photographed sheilds’ are enlarged to a body-sized AO. At this scale they could be fallen into, hidden behind, they could carry a prone body. Shelton’s re-presentation immediately takes a twist away from the ‘truth’ of what is depicted, and toward that ‘Third Place’ where myth is generated…

From a previously unpublished text by Abby Cunnane

eight-ball — 8 Ball shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

snooker — Billiards shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

bowls — Bowls shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

darts — Challenge shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

chess — Chess shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

euchre — Euchre shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

gumboot-throw — Gumboot Throw shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

petanque — Petanque shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

pitch-n-putt — Pitch ‘n’ Putt shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

ball-r — R Ball shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

rota-island — Rota Island shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

rotoroa-island-snooker — Rotoroa Island snooker shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

touch-rugby — Rugby shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

table-tennis-singles — Table-tennis shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa Island*, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

tug-war — Tug of War shield, maker unknown, Rotoroa island, 2008. Digital C-type photograph, 905 × 1140 mm.

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