Heavy Industry series: the BHP steelworks at Port Kembla and Newcastle, 1989 / George Gittoes

SLIDES 214/Boxes 1-2

fonds

1989

Graphic Materials, Photographs

904068

Approx. 1285 slides - 35 mm - ektachrome film, colour

George Gittoes is a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, film maker and performance artist. He was one of the artists involved in Sydney's Yellow House before creating a creative hub at Bundeena, south of Sydney.

These slides of BHP's Newcastle and Port Kembla steelworks were taken by George Gittoes while he was artist-in-residence at Wollongong City and Newcastle Region art galleries in 1989. The series, called 'Heavy Industry', is based on observations of working life at blast furnaces, mines and other heavy industry sites. It exposes the external and internal realities of those who work in harsh conditions in the heavy industry workplace.

Reference:
Design & Art Australia Online and library correspondence file

SLIDES 214/Box 1
'Heavy industry', Newcastle, 1989
Includes blast furnace, treadwells, napthalene plant, portraits of Tom the napthalene (moth balls) plant worker, coke ovens, coke ovens lidsmen, tar plant, industrial exteriors, industrial landscapes.

SLIDES 214/Box 2
'Heavy industry', Port Kembla, 1989
Includes coke ovens, coke oven doors, coke oven workers, BOS steelmaking, mixed labourers, refactory sprayers, repairers, charger operator, maintenance man with drill, gas tester, industrial landscape, garden in industry, mixed selection.

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years

Locations of Wollongong and Port Kembla used interchangeably.

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.7027 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Labels showing photographer's name, place and date are on each box

Good condition