Ticket of Leave - Portland Bill

Michael Goldberg travels from Sydney, Australia to participate in b-side festival. His project, A Ticket of Leave, represents a reverse journey in a way. It echoes the passage of a number of convicts in the 1800s who, after labouring in Portland’s quarries, were transported to the Antipodes and granted good behaviour ‘tickets of leave’ that assured their freedom if they became responsible members of Australian society.