'The Vision Splendid': 31st Annual National Conference, Launceston, 5-8 November 2010

摘要

Recording and memory are such subjective matters. Entering the wonderfully rich Victorian atmosphere of Launceston's Albert Hall on the first morning of the conference, I was immediately drawn to the striking mirror by craftsman Peter Colenette on display. John Hawkins reminded us of that mirror in his talk, referring to its use of treasured Tasmanian timbers, the design incorporating Tasmanian birds on the brink of extinction, and—against the odds of plantation monocultures and ecological change outpacing that of adaptation—the mirror's iconographic tree of life. The mirror has watched over this conference.