the entrepreneur Joseph Dufour who commissioned the wallpaper Les Sauvages de la mer Pacifique, 1804-05

immortalised here in the original wallpaper, reimagined in in Pursuit of Venus [infected]

paradise in the 'back of house' of the National Gallery of Australia

view of Lisa’s pin board at Montalvo Art Centre where the scripts were written

Chief Mourner and actors in black-up against a lurid green space

placing green screen images into the CGI background

getting ready for the test-shoot

Sefa rehearsing the Bride of Mangaia action

Sam rocking After-Effects at Lot23

layers layers layers layers

staring intently at screens

as Sydney Parkinson, botanical artist on Cook's first voyage on the Endeavour

new scenes were written and added in 2017