Upstream Midstream Downstream

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In these turbulent times mineral exploration develops against a backdrop of growing environmental concerns. In Upstream Midstream Downstream curator Lisa Reihana brings together two dramatically different bodies of work, both seen for the first time in New Zealand, to provide an arresting view of the world's largest industry: the production, distribution, refining, and retailing of petroleum.

On during White Night, 12 March, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tumultuous seas and heavy-duty industrial architecture provide a striking setting for the black and white photographic series Inside Offshore.  While working on North Sea oil rigs during the 1980s John Malcolm covertly recorded workers' daily activities and the business of oil extraction, using a concealed camera.  His photographs provide a rare and unvarnished glimpse of the dangerous lifestyle onboard offshore oil rigs.

Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) is a research organisation investigating the nature and extent of human interaction with the earth's surface.  Completed in 1977 at a cost of US$8 billion the Trans-Alaska Pipeline takes an 800-mile long journey from the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay to the port at Valdez.  Where Malcolm shows the oil industry at its source, CLUI's Trans-Alaska Pipeline uses data and photographic evidence to build a picture of the extreme lengths it takes to convey 'black gold' to market.

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IMAGE: The Centre for Land Use Interpretation: "The Trans Alaska Pipeline" 2008. Photo courtesy of Matthew Collidge

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