Nearamnew speak

A performance feature around text-based artwork installed on Federation Square Plaza, Melbourne, celebrating the emergence of a new space. Nearamnew is derived from the local word 'narr-m', signifying 'the place where Melbourne now stands'. Memory traces are gathered into a whorl pattern in the cobbles and are studded with nine paved figures. Federal poems are carved into the figures, giving voice to the many historical, cultural and spiritual communities who are tributaries to this place.<br /><br />