Hard Light of Day, The

Moss, Rod
Hard Light of Day, The

Hard Light of Day, The

Moss, Rod

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A story of whitefella-blackfella friendship that offers hope for the future.

Two years after artist Rod Moss arrived in Alice Springs to teach painting, he met an Indigenous couple who had set up camp in the gully beside his flat. Over the next twenty-five years, his friendship with Xavier and Petrina Neil and the friendships that grew from it with the families of Whitegate, an Arrernte camp on the outskirts of town, would nourish and challenge Moss beyond his imagining.

The Hard Light of Day offers a rare insight into the reality of life in the Centre, from the contours of the MacDonnell Ranges and the textures and sounds of Arrernte culture, to the endemic violence, alcoholism and ill-health that continue to devastate Aboriginal lives. In recalling the relationships and experiences that have shaped his life and work in Alice Springs. Moss reveals the human face behind the statistics and celebrates the enriching, transformative power of friendship.

Illustrated with Moss’s evocative paintings and photographs, The Hard Light of Day is an incredible journey into a world never shown in the mainstream media, and an artist’s chronicle of the moments that have inspired him.

Author:   Moss, Rod
Publisher:   University of Queensland
ISBN:  

9780702237744


Publication Date:   01 May 2010
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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A story of whitefella-blackfella friendship that offers hope for the future.

Two years after artist Rod Moss arrived in Alice Springs to teach painting, he met an Indigenous couple who had set up camp in the gully beside his flat. Over the next twenty-five years, his friendship with Xavier and Petrina Neil and the friendships that grew from it with the families of Whitegate, an Arrernte camp on the outskirts of town, would nourish and challenge Moss beyond his imagining.

The Hard Light of Day offers a rare insight into the reality of life in the Centre, from the contours of the MacDonnell Ranges and the textures and sounds of Arrernte culture, to the endemic violence, alcoholism and ill-health that continue to devastate Aboriginal lives. In recalling the relationships and experiences that have shaped his life and work in Alice Springs. Moss reveals the human face behind the statistics and celebrates the enriching, transformative power of friendship.

Illustrated with Moss’s evocative paintings and photographs, The Hard Light of Day is an incredible journey into a world never shown in the mainstream media, and an artist’s chronicle of the moments that have inspired him.

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Author:   Moss, Rod
Publisher:   University of Queensland
ISBN:  

9780702237744


Publication Date:   01 May 2010
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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