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Migratory words, migratory worlds: From Liverpool (United Kingdom) to Liverpool (New South Wales), and back again

Elizabeth Day

Crossings Journal of Migration and Culture

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This visual essay reflects on the ideas and processes of migration, mutation, and transplantation. Inspired by Robert Smithson's work, the author's art practice is intimately connected to the earth, exploring deterritorialization and reterritorialization in the creation of earthworks. The author examines Tasmanians' special connection to the earth through two photographic series: depictions of their own earthworks and a series created with women in a women's prison centered on the theme of a 'community garden'.