I am pleased to announce that I was successful in gaining funding from The Wellcome Trust for the project to promote the works of Alfred Russel Wallace, emphasising his significant contributions towards the theories of evolution, and highlighting his outstanding work as a naturalist. 

I wish to thank all those who guided and assisted me in the preparation of the funding application, with special thanks to my collaborator Dr George Beccaloni of the Natural History Museum, who was constant in his support and a willing source of specialist information. 

The project consists of three stages:

i) UK Collections          [ Nov. 2007 to Feb 2008 ]

To research and construct installations based on a photographic survey of specimens collected by Wallace held in UK collections.

ii) The Rio Negro          [ Sept. to Dec. 2008 ]

I will be creating an ‘archive’ by tracing part of Wallace’s journeys in South America – particularly his exploration of the Rio Negro based on his writings, and the wonderful chart he made of this river held at the Royal Geographical Society. 

iii) The Malay Archipelago [March to May 2009 ]

I am very pleased that George Beccaloni is able to accompany me on this visit. Our aim is to research and locate the house where Wallace wrote the 1855 paper On the Law that has Regulated the Introduction of New Species in Sarawak, Borneo.

Additionally, I will make a piece of work based on the geographical division of species about what is now referred to as the Wallace Line.

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