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Talking Promises Jill Orr

hen we speak, Orr’s current exhibition, , is opening at Linden New Art, revisiting an earlier series from 2012. Originally performed at sites of migrant arrival and colonial expansion at St Kilda and along the Yarra River, raises pressing questions about movement, loss and migration, and ruminates on the layers of history that shape a colony such as Australia. Newly presented in Melbourne/Naarm’s seaside suburb of St Kilda, the new configuration of this work extends Orr’s interest in sites of endurance and renewal. Alongside selected photographs from this series, Orr presents a sculptural component; a skeletal frame of a boat and a clay sculpture with a red flag. This boat is made

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