John Bowskill · Margaret River
Interactive installations for museums and galleries
Life-sized characters visitors can question, rooms of projected imagery, and displays that change with where someone stands.
At the exhibition
Captain Godfrey
Visitors asked a life-sized Captain John Godfrey their own questions about the wreck of the SS Georgette. The installation was presented at the Georgette 150th, 12–27 September 2026.
- 990
- visitor questions
- 9.7 min
- average merged encounter
- 207
- spoken-visit records
Recorded during 15 gallery days within 12–27 September 2026. Visits and estimated conversations are not counts of unique people. Encounter duration uses a merging method; see the case study for definitions and limitations.
Installations
Other ways to experience a story
Who could your visitors meet?
A person connected to a collection can give visitors a way into its stories. A commission brings together the historical subject, the research, the performance, and the software.
Calgardup Bay · Redgate Beach · Isaac Rock
Photographs of this coast
These pictures were made over years on one stretch of the Western Australian coast. The wreck is visible in almost none of them. The prints are made to order, signed, and numbered.
About
John Bowskill
John develops interactive installations for museums, galleries, and cultural institutions from the Margaret River region of Western Australia. The coastal photographs are part of that practice, and the Georgette 150th grew out of years of returning to the same shore.
12–27 September 2026
The exhibition has closed
The Georgette 150th was open daily at 20 Morris Rd, Forest Grove, during Margaret River Region Open Studios. The photographs, the research, and the installations remain here.
Questions
- Who is John Bowskill?
- John Bowskill develops original interactive installations for museums, galleries, and cultural institutions, from the Margaret River region of Western Australia. This site presents that work, including Captain Godfrey, Cuborama, and Drift, and the coastal photographs from the same practice.
- Can I buy a print?
- Yes. Limited edition archival prints are made to order from the photograph pages. Each print is signed and numbered.
- Is the exhibition still open?
- No. The Georgette 150th ran daily from 10am to 5pm, 12–27 September 2026, at 20 Morris Rd, Forest Grove, during Margaret River Region Open Studios. Admission was free. The photographs and installations remain on this site.
- What is the SS Georgette?
- The SS Georgette was a steamship that sank at Calgardup Bay, Redgate Beach, Western Australia, on 1 December 1876. The photographs look across the coast that holds the wreck.
Studio news
New prints and occasional news. No talk reminders — the exhibition has closed.