All Our Relations Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, NSW 2012 

Installation of boat hull, audio of boat building sounds, video works and masks plus 13 performances by volunteers.

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An installation comprising the hull of a huge boat with audio of boat-building. A small office continuously plays a video portrait ‘Milijana’, a description of an actual escape from Sarajevo during the war there. 

Performances take place daily on 13 occasions through the 3 months of the exhibition. Volunteers wearing very home-made animal masks arrive with personal luggage and wait in a queue for 40 minutes. On other occasions, video in the office show other groups gathering. 

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Ark constructed by Jeph Neale
Masks constructed by lyndal Jones and Hilary Jackman
Sound by Chris Knowles
Video documentation by Stephen Jones
Lyndal Jones undertook a residency with the National Art School, Sydney