This is a drawing that I did a couple of years ago whilst I was studying. It is Antarctica as a lump of coal. For a very long time, it has been my dream to live there as part of the British Antarctic Survey’s artist residency program. Unfortunately the residency program closed last year through lack of funds, and although I was not eligible – you must be out of education for over two years, and be quite established at your profession – I was saddened by the decision.
Then this year, by a grand mixture of luck and fluke, I was awarded a participant place onboard an arts and science expedition called "The Arctic Circle." The organisation is based out of New York and the expedition is to the High Arctic. So this October, I will be travelling onboard an icebreaker around the Arctic Ocean, skirting about the North Pole.
I will be making a vast amount of drawings, photographs, and filming a short documentary film. I will also be uncontrollably excitable for the entire trip.
Temujin Doran
