Rhiannon Adam : Big Fence

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The Pitcairn Islands are Britain’s last Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. Pitcairn Island itself (25°4′0″S, 130°6′0″W) is the only inhabited island in the group, and though it is diminutive in both size (measuring just two miles by one mile), and population (now fewer than 50), it has garnered widespread interest for the last two centuries.

In 1790 it became home to a group of fugitives; those responsible for the most famous mutiny in history aboard HMS Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian. The descendants of these mutineers and their Tahitian captives still populate the island today. For many outside observers, trusting in Hollywood’s romanticised adaptations of the ‚Bounty‘ story, Pitcairn epitomises Utopia. A land of milk and honey under the Pacific skies – always just out of reach, but vivid in the mind’s eye.

In 2004, this façade slipped, when a series of child sexual abuse allegations emerged. The British investigation, Operation Unique, uncovered decades of abuse. Abuse that had been festering in plain sight. The Pitcairn trials led to the convictions of eight Pitcairn men, including several former island officials and the then-mayor Steve Christian, whose home, ‘Big Fence’, forms the title of this project.

Buchkritik von Michael Honegger auf der Webseite von Lenscratch:
https://lenscratch.com/2022/06/rhiannon-adam-big-fencepitcairn-island/

Buchvorstellung auf der Webseite des Verlags Blow Up Press:
https://blowuppress.eu/products/big-fence-pitcairn-island?srsltid=AfmBOorcPZ40ibcviQhILkmo-CiZ-3jsEW5ZKWsT28lI9TqIwxACdrEH&variant=39609116065863

Buchinfo:

Rhiannon Adam:
Big Fence

Warsaw 2021, BLOW UP PRESS
ISBN 978-83-952840-5-2, Zwei Buchblocks im Hardcover, Bauchbinde
312 Seiten, im Einband integrierte Tasche mit zusätzlichem Material,
21,5 cm x 26 cm
Auflage von 800 Exemplaren