Reimagining the Ocean
Event Dates
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Event/Exhibition location
Maritime Museum Tasmania
Reimagining the Ocean is a group exhibition curated by Dr Llewellyn Negrin embedded throughout the Museum, opening a contemporary dialogue with the collection through a reimagining of the ocean as a source of life rather than of conquest.
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Instead of regarding the sea through the lens of threat and danger, it will consider the ocean as a liminal space which offers a means of transition not just between different geographical locations but between old and new identities.
Artists featured include:
- Frances Watson
- Jane Slade
- Denise Rathbone
- Janelle Mendham
- Linda Erceg
- Jan Dineen
- Chantale Delrue
- Janine Combes
- Christl Berg
Reimagining the Ocean runs from September 9 2023 to December 2 2023
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'Underwater Garden' by Linda Erceg
'We are the shipwreck', Janine Combes
Sound of Water, Janelle Mendham
Hello Sister, Jan Dineen
Mermaid's Tool Bag, Chantale De Rue
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Writers and the Sea
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