The Captain’s Ghost | 2006

Published 2006 by Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
32 pages
210 x 148mm, softcover, with colour illustrations
With essays by Ian Wedde, and Juliana Enberg.
Design by Buster (Chris Boulden)
ISBN 1-877309-09-5

'The Captain's Ghost, which features works by New Zealand artists Mark Adams and Christine Hellyar, along with Debra Phillips from Australia, offers an alternative view. The three artists set out to re-discover the sites of encounter, and to explore the dynamic complexity of the relationships forged during Cook's voyages in the South Pacific. Drawing on the reciprocal and transformative nature of cross-cultural exchange, they focus on the processes of cross-fertilisation, exposing the seeds that were planted, and the ghosts that were left behind.'

— Introduction, Sophie McIntyre