Therese Ritchie

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    • Home
    • about
    • Exhibitions
      • The murdered show 1998
      • Not from here 2000
      • Wish you were here 2003
      • Ship of fools 2004
      • People 2005
      • Beautiful 2005
      • Peace 2006
      • Los Angeles 2007
      • Art in the home 2010
      • Contemporary Australia
      • Groggy 2013
      • Get well soon 2014
      • Blacks in the back 2016
      • Open Cut 2017
      • Love 2017
      • Fallen 2019
      • Burning hearts 2019
      • Lead
      • YOU ARE HERE
      • We the people 2022
    • Portraiture
    • LittlePrick
      • LittlePrick Editions 2012
      • BigPricks Grow 2013
      • Big Book of LittlePricks
      • Fracking 2017
      • Beyond Possible 2019
    • black dog graphics
    • Contact & Sales

Therese Ritchie

Therese RitchieTherese RitchieTherese Ritchie
  • Home
  • about
  • Exhibitions
    • The murdered show 1998
    • Not from here 2000
    • Wish you were here 2003
    • Ship of fools 2004
    • People 2005
    • Beautiful 2005
    • Peace 2006
    • Los Angeles 2007
    • Art in the home 2010
    • Contemporary Australia
    • Groggy 2013
    • Get well soon 2014
    • Blacks in the back 2016
    • Open Cut 2017
    • Love 2017
    • Fallen 2019
    • Burning hearts 2019
    • Lead
    • YOU ARE HERE
    • We the people 2022
  • Portraiture
  • LittlePrick
    • LittlePrick Editions 2012
    • BigPricks Grow 2013
    • Big Book of LittlePricks
    • Fracking 2017
    • Beyond Possible 2019
  • black dog graphics
  • Contact & Sales

Ship of Fools (2004) is the culmination of a 2-year documentation process involving people who use and share public space—in this case—the Nightcliff shoreline between Nightcliff Jetty and Bullocky Point in Darwin, Northern Territory. This particular coastline consists of manicured lawns, picnic and barbecue areas, an olympic swimming pool, walking and cycling tracks and incredible beaches—divided into leashed dog and dog-free zones—as well as a ‘free’ or nudist beach. Facing the coastline is an inevitable wall of real estate development and high-rise mania. It is without doubt one of the most beautiful places in Australia and possibly the most controversial, as it is the site where the world-views of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people publicly ‘collide’.

artist • photographer • designer