Dr Sam Bowker

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Art Historian (Australian, Egyptian, Islamic art and history of design). Sub Dean Graduate Studies. Lives in Wagga Wagga, Wiradjuri country. He/Him.

Deeply evocative and profoundly moving, poignantly exploring themes of life and death, grief and acceptance, The Wreckers is the haunting second single from @neilhimself & FourPlay String Quartet’s album Signs of Life, featuring a brand new and deeply stirring poem from Neil.

This is one of the pieces from our forthcoming album that I’m most proud of. It’s truly special, if I may say so.

Have a listen here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0nPp1fSEM

And you can pre-order the record here:
https://bio.to/NeilandFourPlay

The Wreckers

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Studio assistant snoozes while I draw new shadow puppets for “The Alchemist’s Jar” (save the date - 17 & 18 March 2023 in Wagga Wagga). #shadowpuppets #thealchemistsjar #greenbeetlecompany #cat
pretty sure the fire pigeons aren’t gonna care about your silly little sign

Don’t look for heroes.

Look for people who build community by making space for people to care for each other and raise one another up.

My annual playlist is nearly complete. For 2022, it is inspired by Attar’s “Conference of the Birds” (1177). The Hoopoe (or Hud-hud in Egypt) plays a leading role in the original story, so I drew this for the cover.
My shadow puppet for regional Australian opera singer Marie Narelle is evolving. This performance will take place in 2023 in Temora, New South Wales.
Today I am developing a new shadow puppet for the Australian opera singer Marie-Narelle, as part of a regional arts project for 2023.

If you study this image, your brain will recognize there are 12 dots. But no matter how long you stare, your eyes won't be able to recognize them all at once.

Depending on your browser, you may need to click on the image for full effect.

This amazing map shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881
#history #dataviz #travel
Good news! I have just been promoted to Associate Professor. (That’s academic Level D in the Australian university system, above Level C, which was Senior Lecturer).