The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ad hoc repairs on a solar panel wiring discovered by soldiers of 23 Charlie on a visiting patrol to the village clinic in Bemuta near the Forward Operating Base. The unidentified soldier on right is incorporated into eX de Medici's artwork 'Downstream/Gold Ridge gold mine' [ART94143]. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with troops from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga formed the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). The RAMSI peacekeeping mission has been present in the Solomon Islands since 2003. eX de Medici was sent to the Solomon Islands in March 2009 as an Australian War Memorial official artists during one of the wettest weeks of the year. Continual downpour restricted her ability to paint or sketch on site. De Medici relied on journal records and hundreds of photographs of her observations and experiences to produce her artwork. Stitching together elements from numerous photographs, de Medici created a series of artworks that does not reflect a particular location, instead merges historical and contemporary motifs revealing the uncertain future of the Solomon Islands.
This is a portrait of an Australian peacekeeper while on a community liaison visit to a Solomon Islands village. The artist accompanied the ADF on this patrol. This was a well-kept village next to a
A house in the Bemuta village near the Forward Operating Base incorporated into the background of eX de Medici's artwork 'Downstream/Gold Ridge gold mine' [ART94143]. The Australian Defence Force (ADF
Inside eX de Medici's home studio. eX de Medici was sent to the Solomon Islands in March 2009 during one of the wettest weeks of the year. Continual downpour restricted her ability to paint and sketch
An informal portrait of ADF member Hansford is incorporated into eX de Medici's artwork 'Plantation Patrol (Tetere)' [ART94150]. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with troops from New Zealand,
Lieutenant Josh Caddy (left) is incorporated into eX de Medici's artwork 'Plantation Patrol (Tetere)' [ART94150]. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with troops from New Zealand, Papua New Guine
An outdoor chapel located at Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) the main base for the military and police forces of Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). The chapel is incorporated i
eX de Medici's makeshift studio set up to escape the torrential rain. Located at the Guadalcanal Beach Resort accommodation blocks, which was the main base for the Regional Assistance Mission to the S
