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Jenna Lee: A New Translation
April 28 - May 23
Artwork by Jenna Lee. Courtesy: the artist and MARS Gallery, Melbourne.
A New Translation is the latest iteration of an ongoing body of work that seeks to reclaim the act of recording, translating, listing and use of words published in ‘Aboriginal Language’ dictionaries.
Through the ritualised acts of understanding, deconstruction and reconstruction, the forms presented exist as a newly translated language. Using methods of type design and typesetting this body of work shares a visual language that can be read as a unified statement.
Opening event Wednesday 28 April, 6 to 8pm.
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