TO BEERSHEBA 1917 Jill Sonke Simone Weil

Simone Weil

from the lyrical litany of "The Riddle of My Want" ("the stride of your eyes / a summering of skin") to the unusual elegy "Three Photographs Not of My Father" to the mysteries embodied in "Where Are My Swans

triggering questions about employment

relationships to the natural environment

In taking an interdisciplinary approach

TO BEERSHEBA 1917 Jill Sonke Simone Weil100 photographs of the Light Horse taking Beersheba in 1917 from the Haydon family archives, now colourised, with text by Ion Idriess and Guy Haydon, prepared for the numerous annual events Australia wide celebrating the succesful charge of the Light Horse on October 30; when once again ABC Landline will replay the ABC feature on the Haydon family and the drama of the Desert Column.