Professor Diana Wood Conroy, Artist in Residence on the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project for 25 years, making work on the site in 2002. As Artist in Residence she studies Roman wall paintings as well as ancient textiles. Her exhibition work explores relationships between classical, Aboriginal and personal worlds in tapestry and drawing. Photo: Bob Miller.

Australian contemporary artists in the Paphos Theatre, Cyprus, 2010. From left: Nikki Heywood, Professor Diana Wood Conroy, Brogan Bunt, Deborah Pollard, Dereck Krekler, Jacky Redgate, Penny Harris, Jacqueline Gothe. Front: Lawrence Wallen.

Photographer Bob Miller making work on the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project site in the early days of the project. Miller’s work investigates the contemporary relationship between artefact, site and image. Photo courtesy of Bob Miller.

Artist Amanda Dusting on site with video camera in the early days of the project. Dusting has documented both the archaeological and anthropological processes of the excavation through the media of digital videoing over many years of her participation in the project. Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Dusting.

Professor Diana Wood Conroy making a watercolour on the site, 2016. Photo: Rowan Conroy.

Video artist and filmmaker Amanda Dusting making archaeological illustrations in the drawing room, 2006. Dusting has also worked as an archaeological illustrator for the project for many years. Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Dusting.

Film maker and video artist Amanda Dusting and Director Producer Darrell Rigby working to interview Emeritus Director J. Richard Green on-site for the short film The Dig : Unearthing the Ancient Paphos Theatre (2005), directed and produced by Rigby. Photo courtesy of Amanda Dusting.

Fimmaker and video artist Amanda Dusting using a 16mm cine camera to make work in the trench, 1996. Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Dusting.

Visual artist Rowan Conroy flying a drone over the site in 2019 to make video work. Conroy’s practice focuses on photography, rephotography, and archaeology. Photo: Bob Miller.

Visual artist Rowan Conroy flying a drone over the site in 2019 to make video work. Conroy’s practice focuses on photography, rephotography, and archaeology. Photo: Bob Miller.

Project Architect Geoff Stennett on-site in 2019. Stennett has been the Project Architect since 1996, where he has see an ever increasing uptake in the use of digital technologies at the excavation, from capturing and documenting archaeological evidence, to the presentation of results in CAD and VR to a wider audience. Photo: Bob Miller.

Visual artist Diana Wood Conroy measuring the traces of pigment to scale on the parodos wall. Fresco at this entrance to the theatre would have formed a brilliant background for people processing into the theatre. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Team Surveyor Guy Hazell on site in 2015, working to create the orthophoto of the ancient theatre. Using a combination of surveying techniques and pole photography, Hazell is able to produce geo-referenced photogrammetry or orthophotos of a site or feature that reproduce an accurate image in plan or section.

Visual artist Hannah Gee taking installation shots of work in the curated exhibition Travellers From Australia, held in Paphos, Cyprus, 2017. Gee’s experimental practice encompasses observational drawing, sculpture, and animation. Photo: Shelley Webster.

Contemporary artist Lawrence Wallen in the Paphos Theatre in 2010. Wallen’s practice manifests itself in the form of writing, drawings, moving images, objects, scenography and photography. Photo: Courtesy of Lawrence Wallen.

Amanda Dusting working as an archaeological illustrator in the early years of the project. Photo: Courtesy of Amanda Dusting.

Visual artists Hannah Gee and Catherine Fenech in the Paphos Theatre in 2014. Photo: Courtesy of Diana Wood Conroy.