This week my sound work Magnetic spell is available to listen via the M16 Artspace online exhibition. Have a listen with headphones to the story of Sidney Jeffryes, a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson, in his own words.
Magnetic spell - M16 Artspace online exhibition
Sidney Jeffryes, ‘Miss Eckford – Letter received July 1914(?) from Sidney N Jeffryes, in a mental institution at Ararat, Victoria, containing an account of his time as radio operator during 1913 on the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 – 1914, unpublished, held in the collection of the State Library of NSW (MLMSS 7064)