Five new exhibitions open at Linden
6pm Thursday 19 August 2004

Mreza, in Gallery 1, by Anita Bacic, is an interactive, mixed media installation which casts a series of autobiographical stories through photographic images, illumination, sound and space. The title, a Croatian term that translates as ‘net', is played out through a series of interactive projections, accompanied by a soundscape by Melbourne composer Benjamin Walbrook.

Lani Seligman's photographic exhibition, Contain, in Gallery 2, looks at the way social and political events, such as Australia's response to the sinking of SIEV X in which over 300 refugees drowned, resonate in both private and public spheres. The large format colour prints express the ways in which we process knowledge and understandings that can never really be contained.

In Gallery 3, Tara Gilbee's, work Velvet Light, is a series of intimate portraits that reveal the subjects response to themselves, rather than a camera. The work utilises mirror backing and large scale figurative images which consider the internal relationship of looking, sensing oneself and the reflection of a visceral reality.

Dear Claire, Love Sonia by Hayley West in Gallery 4, consists of a letter, hand stitched with red thread onto six shirts. The work is based on a letter and shirts discovered in a house in Taipei. It explores the missing, missed and misused lives of others; the relationships forged and unknown; and the awakening of recollections and connections to our own lives.

Nadine Ann Talalla's, exhibition Unrequited Love, in Gallery 5, focuses on the dynamics of class and race through the memories of an old man's tragic, youthful romance that was destroyed by disapproving parents. The old man's voice is accompanied by a screen displaying moving text, which serves as subtitles for his accented English. The work considers the inter-generational conflicts and challenges brought about by cultural dislocation.

All exhibitions continue until Saturday 12 September 2004. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Sunday 1.00pm – 6.00pm.

For further information and/or images please contact Jan Duffy on 9209 6794 or email info@lindenarts.org