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Joining our list of accomplished resident artists for Circular Economies is ⁠Ilona McGuire!

She is a Bibbulmun Noongar and Kungarakan (First Nations Australian) conceptual artist. Her interests in research and exploration of historical truth-telling and honesty informs her writing, performance and visual works. Following the 2023 national referendum, Ilona has decided to detach her attention from the anguish of colonisation and refocus on cultural identity that is not intertwined with suffering. She is committed to creating space for celebration, yarning, healing and productivity for Mob and allies come 2024, with social practice, building community and strengthening identity.

Mcguire will be hosted by North Midlands Project, Carnamah.

Learn more about the project at https://www.spaced.org.au/programs!

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Image: Holy Ground, live performance, 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Photograph: Daniel James Grant
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Circular Economies is produced as a joint partnership by PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and SPACED. PICA and SPACED thank our community host partners.
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We are overjoyed to introduce artists Irene Agrivina and Haryo Hutomo from House of Natural Fiber (HONF) for the Circular Economies program!

The HONF Foundation (Indonesia) is a creative community of artists, DJs, physicists, hackers, architects, scientists, makers, activists, expert users, and designers who test the possibilities of media art to address critical social issues through science and technology while pushing the boundaries of art and individual authorship.

Haryo Hutomo lives and works between Indonesia and Switzerland, graduated from arts pedagogic (B.Ed) State University of Jakarta. He has an interdisciplinary practice with a focus on how art engages with the praxis of life and explores the interaction between art, science, politics and human relation in both practical and aesthetic ways.

Irene Agrivina is a technologist and activist working closely with arts, science and technology that focuses on the application and practical use in daily life of collaborative, cross-disciplinary and technological actions responding to social, cultural and environmental challenges.

They will be hosted by Arts Narrogin, Narrogin.

Learn more about the project at https://www.spaced.org.au/programs!

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Image: HONF, Microscopic Power of Allicin, 2022, Asia Culture Centre
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Introducing our first Circular Economies artist Loren Kronenmyer⁠!

Kronenmyer lives and works in regional Lutruwita/Tasmania. Her works span objects, interactive and live performance, experimental media art, and large-scale worldbuilding projects aimed at exploring ecological futures and survival skills.

Her approach of deep and immersive research has led her to foster collaborations with a number of niche societies, labs, and specialists. She received the first Masters of Biological Arts Degree from SymbioticA Lab at the University of Western Australia, and has a PhD from the University of Tasmania. Loren currently curates experiences and parties for The Museum of Old and New Art and is the Creative Director of Art Farm Birchs Bay.

Kronenmyer will be starting her residency in August in Esperance with Cannery Arts Centre

Learn more about the project at https://www.spaced.org.au/programs!

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Image: Loren Kronemyer, Epoch of Reionization, Video Still, 2017, Courtesy of International Centre for Radio
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SPACED and PICA are excited to announce 'Circular Economies', a series of socially engaged residencies in regional Western Australian communities⁠ over 2024–25, culminating in an exhibition at PICA in 2026!⁠

'Circular Economies' artists and communities include:

Ilona McGuire (WA)
Haryo Hutomo (Indonesia)
Mary Mattingly (USA)
Loren Kronemeyer (TAS)
Irene Agrivina (Indonesia)
Susan Hauri-Downing⁠ (WA)⁠
Tarsh Bates (WA)

Arts Narrogin, Narrogin
Beverley Station Arts, Beverley
North Midlands Project, Carnamah
The Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance
Shire of Carnarvon, Carnarvon ⁠

Learn more about the project at https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/circular-economies-24-26

'Circular Economies' is a partnership between PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and SPACED. PICA and SPACED thank our community host partners:
Arts Narrogin
Beverley Station Arts Gallery & Platform Theatre
North Midlands Project
Shire of Carnarvon
Cannery Arts Centre

'Circular Economies' is supported by Creative Australia⁠ and Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries .

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SPACED: Rural Utopias (2019-2023) artist Georgie Mattingley visited Kalgoorlie Boulder and threw herself into the working life of the city, first, working as a skimpy. Then she created an incredible theatrical backdrop of The Super Pit to capture the images of different community members against.

“What do you see:
If we ceased to see each social group as separate?�
If we viewed them all as equal?�
If we ceased so see alternative value systems as a threat to another?�

If we, for a moment, viewed all aspects of daily life in Kalgoorlie-Boulder through rose-tinted glasses?

I see a Golden Utopia.”

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You can read more of Mattingley’s fresh perspective of Kalgoorlie Boulder and see how she uses colour and beauty and to make society’s hidden spaces more visible via her blog posts here: https://www.spaced.org.au/rural-utopias/georgie-mattingley-kalgoorlie

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Congratulations to SPACED: Rural Utopia's artist Jacky Cheng Visual Artist! We look forward to the exhibition!

Repost• 👏 Jacky Cheng (Australia) announced as lead artist for IOTA24: Codes in Parallel, exhibiting at Fremantle Arts Centre! 👏



Image Credit: Jalaru Photography

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A Child Was Born Here:

Know Thy Neighbour 3 artist, Yabini Kickett (Bibulmun/Noongar), worked with the East Fremantle community to learn stories of birthing and growing up.

“...students were proud of their prox­imity to the river, and all it pro­vides. There was a joy to be shared in their acknowledg­ment of cultural significance, some­thing I’m happy to say younger ones are increas­ingly sensitive to.”- Kickett

Her sound work is an invitation to listen, learn and reflect on how the stories surrounding birth have contributed to the cultural memory of place, within the wider context of Whadjuk Noongar Bibulmun Country. It was introduced, riverside, by Aunty Geri Hayden, who reminisced about her mum Nana Janet Hayden, a respected Noongar Elder and important woman in our shared history.

Read about Yabini’s work and listen here: https://catalogues.spaced.org.au/know-thy-neighbour-3/projects/east-fremantle/

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A Child Was Born Here, East Fremantle, 2023
SPACED: Know Thy Neighbour 3
Yabini Kickett and Town of East Fremantle
Photo by Simon Hall

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In 2018 Ian Wilkes and Poppy Van Oorde Grainger created the walking performance, Galup, exploring the largely unknown histories of "Lake Monger" in the early 1800s. It was a truth-telling, participatory experience.

HAVE YOUR SAY:

This week the Town Of Cambridge is conducting a survey to officially change the lake's name to its Noongar name, "Galup".

A copy of Poppy's message is below:

🌿HELP RESTORE LAKE MONGER'S WHADJUK NOONGAR NAME🌿

PLEASE SHARE 🌿 DEADLINE: 15 JULY
https://tinyurl.com/2pcrur95

The draft management plan for Galup / Lake Monger has just been released by for public comment. As part of the survey, the Town is seeking feedback on a proposed change of name for the reserve, from “Lake Monger” to “Galup” as requested by the Whadjuk Noongar Registered Knowledge Holders and Council.

Please complete this survey by 15th July and encourage others to do the same: https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Community/Infrastructure-Works-Projects/Draft-Lake-Monger-Galup-Management-Plan

You can also book in for Galup VR Experience to find out more here: https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Discover/Whats-On/NAIDOC-WEEK-2024-GALUP-VR-Virtual-Reality

📸 Image by Dan Grant of Uncle Ben Taylor, Jayden Boundary, Simon Zuvich, Sam Pilot Kickett, Jade Cameron, Jade Dolman, Aunty Glenda Kickett, Ian Wilkes, Poppy van Oorde-Grainger and Ash Garlett Penfold

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Call out to emerging regional arts workers and arts writers! Here's an amazing opportunity to connect with Seesaw Magazine and develop your writing skills!

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Ian Wilkes and Poppy Van Oorde Grainger continue on their incredible journey to share the history and truth of Galup, that we were honoured to support as a Know Thy Neighbour project in 2018-2019. Please help them by contributing to this survey, where you can have your say about restoring the Whadjuk Noongar name for Lake Monger. The survey by Town of Cambridge is open until 15 July.

https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Community/Infrastructure-Works-Projects/Draft-Lake-Monger-Galup-Management-Plan


From Poppy Van Oorde Grainger:

The survey is about the new draft management plan that’s just been released by the Town of Cambridge for public comment. This is the pivotal moment we have been waiting for for years!

The management plan will help direct activities and projects to be undertaken within the reserve, over the next ten years. As part of the survey, the Town of Cambridge is also seeking feedback on a proposed change of name for the reserve, from “Lake Monger” to “Galup” as requested by the Whadjuk Noongar Registered Knowledge Holders and Council.

🌿HELP RESTORE LAKE MONGER'S WHADJUK NOONGAR NAME🌿

PLEASE SHARE 🌿 DEADLINE: 15 JULY

https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Community/Infrastructure-Works-Projects/Draft-Lake-Monger-Galup-Management-Plan

The draft management plan for Galup / Lake Monger has just been released by Town of Cambridge for public comment. As part of the survey, the Town is seeking feedback on a proposed change of name for the reserve, from “Lake Monger” to “Galup” as requested by the Whadjuk Noongar Registered Knowledge Holders and Council.

Please complete this survey by 15th July and share this post encouraging others to do the same: https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Community/Infrastructure-Works-Projects/Draft-Lake-Monger-Galup-Management-Plan

You can also book in for Galup VR Experience to find out more here: https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Discover/Whats-On/NAIDOC-WEEK-2024-GALUP-VR-Virtual-Reality

📸 Dan Grant

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Adopt-a-word Campaign!

Artist Pia Lanzinger went to Jambinu (Geraldton), Yamaji Country, in 2014 for the SPACED: Future Recall program. With help from the community and the Geraldton Museum the project became a celebration of the beautiful Wajarri language.

Lanzinger started an adopt-a-word campaign inviting people to use one word in their every-day life. Creating an ongoing living archive of the language for Jambinu residents.

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Geraldton goes Wajarri, Jambinu, 2014
SPACED: Future Recall
Pia Lanzinger, West Australian Museum Geraldton and City of Greater Geraldton

Read more here about Future Recall and her project here: https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/future-recall

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DIRECTOR ANOUNCEMENT: SPACED is thrilled to announce Dr Elizabeth Pedler as our new Executive Director!

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Stepping up from her previous role as Programs Manager for SPACED, Elizabeth also brings an extensive history as a respected artist working in socially engaged practice, including for SPACED’s first Know Thy Neighbour series (with JC Carter) and SPACED 4: Rural Utopias. She draws on her experience leading artist-run-initiatives (FLOCK, Moana, Success), in addition to her PhD research on socially engaged art at Curtin University. Elizabeth will oversee the continuing programming of SPACED 5: Circular Economies (lineup soon to be announced) and bring a refreshed outlook to SPACED’s growing and adapting program of context-responsive, socially engaged artistic residencies in WA.

“SPACED is a small but innovative arts organisation, with an amazing record of achievements, courtesy of our former Director, Dr Marco Marcon. I cannot expect to fill his shoes, but I am keen to help write the next chapter of our successes, working together with the team, as well as our partners, communities, artists and audiences.” - Dr Elizabeth Pedler

“I wish best of luck to my successor, Dr Elizabeth Pedler, her team and the board. ... I will keep following SPACED's future adventures from afar, knowing that it will be looked after with passion, care and intelligence.” – Dr Marco Marcon, SPACED’s previous Director

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SPACED artist Spotlight: Alana Hunt

“Everyone talks about stolen cars, and not about stolen Country”

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Hunt was one of our SPACED 4: Rural Utopia’s artists and was based in Kunnunarra. Hunt used language to probe the nexus bet­ween govern­ment, industry and settler daily life. Central to this suite of works is a video that chronicles Section 18 applica­tions to “build a resi­dence and access to residence.” narrated in full and without pause by Sam Walsh AO, former CEO of Rio Tinto.

Recently, Regine Debatty, published an interview with Hunt to We Make Money Not Art: “Everyone talks about stolen cars, and not about stolen Country”: https://we-make-money-not-art.com/alana-hunt-everyone-talks-about-stolen-cars-and-not-about-stolen-country/

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Alana Hunt, A Very Clear Picture, 2021-2022. Exhibition view SPACED 4: Rural Utopias, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Photo by Dan McCabe

More info here: https://catalogues.spaced.org.au/rural-utopias/projects/kununurra/

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In 2010 artist Roderick Sprigg pushing a modified food cart throughout the streets of Jakarta. Why you ask?

He was on residency for SPACED’s Art Out of Place program, spending two months based at the Institut Kesenian in Jakarta developing new work influenced by Wayang Kulit (Indonesian shadow puppet theatre).

He filmed interviews with local people at Blora, a village neighborhood in Jakarta, in which he asked individuals to share with him what was important in their lives. Then recreated them into short wayang kulit-style animated videos that became part of a street performance.

The Importance of Shadows, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2010
Roderick Sprigg

Read more here about Art Out of Place here: https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/art-out-of-place

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The controversial craft of scrimshawing was researched by artists Erin Coates and Anna Nazzarri during their residency in Albany for SPACED’s Future Recall program.

They carved on ivory which, due to strict laws, can only be done on antique marine ivory from before whaling ended. The artists learnt the skills and stories of those still connected to this practice, by working with scrims-handers, divers, marine biologists, the families of whalers and the residents of the coastal town of Albany, home of the last commercial whaling station in Australia.

They also created the short film “Cetaphobia”. Set in the coastal town of Albany, a ghost story that traces the haunting and ultimate misfortune of a married couple troubled by a whale spirit. The obscure and ambiguous spirit is an unsettling remnant of the port city’s once viable whaling industry.

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The Scrimshaw Project, Albany, SPACED: Future Recall, 2014
Erin Coates & Anna Nazzari

1,2,3,4. Cetaphobia, Albany, film stills, 2015
5. Anna Nazzari, Hanging Whale, ink on paper, 2014

Read more here: https://www.spaced.org.au/future-recall/erin-coates-anna-nazzari-cetaphobia

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Taking you back to 1999 and a bowl made from 160 loafs of bread. Perth artist Virginia Ward was in Kellerberrin and researching environmental and social issues relating to modern farming practices in the Wheatbelt. The bread was sliced were dried, stacked and carved, with the inner edges painted in colours that alluded to the pesticides and other chemicals used in modern farming.

“Bread Winner”, Kellerberrin, SPACED: Out Of Site, 1999
Virginia Ward

If you’d like to learn more about Virginia’s work, or read about the other projects commissioned as a part of Out of Site, you can head to our programs page here: https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/out-of-site

Congratulations to SPACED artist Tina Stefanou for being awarded the 68th Blake Prize in the Emerging Artist Category for her film work ‘Back-Breeding’!

‘Back-Breeding’ was conceived during her SPACED 4: Rural Utopias residency and we’re thrilled to hear her work is being recognised.

The Blake Prize is a biennial exhibition that highlights local and international contemporary artists who explore ideas of spirituality and religion through contemporary artworks. The 68th Blake Prize exhibition will be on display at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre from 11 May to 7 July 2024.

1,2,3 Tina Stefanou, the making of ‘Back-Breeding', Carnamah, 2023, SPACED #4: Rural Utopias, photos courtesy of the artist on residency.

4,5,6 Tina Stefanou, ‘Back-Breeding’, Carnamah, 2023, tractor cover, wool, seeds, feathers, sweat, sheep body, muscle, 3,500 kilometres of thread, and seed-stitching, SPACED #4: Rural Utopias, video still. Videographer: Will Normyle.

You can learn more about her residency via her research and reflections on our website: https://www.spaced.org.au/rural-utopias/tina-stefanou-carnamah

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Congratulations to SPACED: Know Thy Neighbour artists Olga Cironis and Dan McCabe and for being shortlisted in the National Works On Paper award!

The 2024 National Works of Paper exhibition will be held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery from 31 August – 24 November and the winner of the 2024 National Works on Paper prize will be announced at the exhibition launch on Saturday 31 August.

To celebrate their recognition in this shortlist (along with our SPACED 4: Rural Utopias artists Jacky Cheng and Alana Hunt), we'd like to share with you the works created during their residencies with SPACED.

1, 2. Dan Mccabe, ‘Shadows On The Hill’, Bartholemew's House and Perth City Farm, 2017, SPACED: Know Thy Neighbour #1. Photo: Rosie Jack.

3, 4 & 5. Olga Cironis and Duncan Wright, ‘Beautiful Sunset Over Sacred Wetland’, City of Armadale, 2022, SPACED: Know Thy Neighbour #3, installation view, Cullity Gallery at University of Western Australia, photo: Emma Daisy & portraits, photo: Duncan Wright.

Read more about National Works on Paper, and other shortlisted artists here:

https://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions/National-Works-on-Paper

Read more about National Works on Paper, and other shortlisted artists here:
https://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions/National-Works-on-Paper

More info in Know Thy Neighbour #1 Catalogue: https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/know-thy-neighbour-1

& Know Thy Neighbour #3 Catalogue: https://catalogues.spaced.org.au/know-thy-neighbour-3/

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Inspired by the maritime explorers who created the first recorded views of Albany's coastline from the sea, and informed by current local debates about waterfront development, artist Mimi Tong focused her work on the contemporary coastal landscape of Albany. Tong created a highly detailed drawing of over six meters presented in the format of a concertina book.

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View of Albany from Princess Royal Harbour, Western Australia c. December 2009, Albany, 2009
Mimi Tong
Partner: NewArts Inc & MIX Artists
Program: SPACED 1: Art Out of Place

“...Albany at the bottom end of Western Australia, the bottom end of the world, and there were twelve amazing women, all artists, all highly educated, some with doctorates, all living interesting lives in this very small community. So these small regional cities are rich places. No-one should discount us.” - From Dianne Loftus Taylor’s Art out of Place catalogue essay, reflecting on Tong’s time in Albany.

You can read more and watch the documentary about the making of the work here: https://www.spaced.org.au/art-out-of-place/mimi-tong-view-of-albany

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Congratulations to SPACED artists Jacky Cheng and Alana Hunt for being shortlisted in the National Works On Paper award! The 2024 National Works of Paper exhibition will be held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery from 31 August – 24 November and the winner of the 2024 National Works on Paper prize will be announced at the exhibition launch on Saturday 31 August.

To celebrate their recognition in this shortlist, we'd like to share with you the beautiful works created during their residencies in SPACED’s Rural Utopias program, which was exhibited at AGWA earlier this year.

1. Jacky Cheng, The cadence of time(detail) 2023, kozo fibres. The Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2023. Photo by Dan McCabe

2. Alana Hunt, A very clear picture, 2020-2023, installation view, Elizabeth Durack, Grant Range I, c1935-c1958, felt tip marker and wash, The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Purchased 1958. The Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2023. Photo by Dan McCabe

More info about Rural Utopias can be found here: https://catalogues.spaced.org.au/rural-utopias/

Read more about National Works on Paper, and other shortlisted artists here:
https://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions/National-Works-on-Paper

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ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!

We're excited to announce that our next project SPACED 5: Circular Economies, will be launching soon.

Our artists (we can't wait to share them with you) will spend 12 weeks each in a regional community connecting with local practitioners and the wider public, hosted by local arts organisations. The artists will work with the local partners to develop collaborative projects, engage the community and share their practice, culminating in a presentation of new works presented locally which will then be part of a final exhibition.

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Image: Inland Empire, Kellerberrin, 2008
Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley

Introducing our new Communications Assistant: Emilie Monty

An emerging artist themselves, Emilie has worked as a resident artist with rural and remote communities, with a strong interest in socially engaged arts practice. They bring a broad range of experience; working with artist-run-initiatives, the not-for profit sector, and local government orgs. Most importantly, they cannot wait to broadcast all of the exciting programming SPACED has coming up, and to bring you on the journey with the artists and the community they will be privileged to work with!

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Image: Emma Daisy Photography

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For her residency, in partnership with Martumili Artists, Lily Hibberd gathered together the work of artists to present their stories in a conversation about filmmaking in and out of the Pilbara — about moving and sharing memories across many places and times.

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“It goes both ways: moving images in different times and places”, Western Desert, Australia, Future Recall, 2013-15
Lily Hibberd, Tyson Mowarin, Glen Stasiuk, Curtis Taylor and Fiona Walsh

More info here about the project and Future Recall here: https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/future-recall

1. Tyson Mowarin, Ngurra Wangaggu – Country Talking, 2013, film still.
2. Lilly Hibberb and Curtis Taylor, The Phone Booth Project.
3. Fiano Walsh, Handing Back the Past: A journey to Martu country with old photos, 2012, video still.

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In 2018, as part of Know Thy Neighbour #2, artist Chris Williams worked with Green Brigade to create the artwork Field of the Unwanted, supported by SPACED, in partnership with DADAA and St Patrick’s Community Support Centre. The artist, collaborators, and surrounding community tended to an unconventional garden of weeds or “plants that grow where they are not wanted” to question the hierarchies of value and displacement experienced by members of our own communities.

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“Field of the Unwanted”, Fremantle, WA, 2018-19
Chris Williams & Green Brigade

It featured on Gardening Australia and you can watch the episode: https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/field-of-the-unwanted/10012516

More info and project documentary here: https://www.spaced.org.au/know-thy-neighbour-2/field-of-the-unwanted

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In 2017, for our North by South East program, Sam Smith travelled to Gotland Island, Sweden. With the focus on geographical history and creative culture he made a list of film sites and later returned to film the short movie “Lithic Choreographies”, which sits between documentary and otherworldly imaginings.

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“Lithic Choreographies”, Gotland Island, Sweden, 2018
Sam Smith

Smith spent five weeks exploring the Islands ancient fossils, dramatic landscapes, limestone mines, culturally significant landmarks and rock formations, to name a few. He returned to film his documentary which interweaves stories from the local community’s limestone mining workers, cultural workers, museum staff, fossil enthusiast, research professionals and stone carvers.

You can follow his process and read through his weekly updates whilst on residency by heading to our website: https://www.spaced.org.au/north-by-southeast/sam-smith-lithic-choreographies

1-3. Video stills: Lithic Choreographies 2018, digital video, 47 min.
4. Local pre-Easter tradition of marching through the streets is medieval costumes and as witches.
5. The house of Brucebo built for artists in the early 1900, which acts as a time capsule.
6-7. Documentation of the filming process.

You can watch the full film here: https://samsmith.film/projects/lithicchoreographies.php

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In 2011 as part of SPACED: Art Out Of Place, the Colorado based collective, M12, built a site-specific bird observatory and social space in the Southwest with the help of Denmark Arts and Green Skills (Wetland Education Centre), to highlight the educational program which Green Skills offers.

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“Ornatarium”, Denmark WA, 2011
M12 Collective, Denmark Arts & Greenskills WA

They set out to create easy access and encourage locals to want to linger at the wetland and appreciate the natural environment.

Read more here: https://www.spaced.org.au/programs/art-out-of-place

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SPACED ARCHIVES: "By asking questions about people’s perceptions, their answers too will be linked forcefully to their own sense of power and empowerment in their community, or the lack of such a power or representation."

Whilst we gear up to announce our next program in May, we want to take you back to Michelle Eistrup's residency in Undalup (Busselton) in 2017, which was part of our North by South East program and partnered with Artgeo Cultural Complex.

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"If you question a social environment not everyone is comfortable to talk about openly, you will always grow in your understanding. But earning that knowledge sometimes you step off the edge of a cliff... yes, I am a Black woman, and I must say that in Western Australia the environment is especially raw - as if you are stepping off right after and into a history of slavery and genocide ...By asking questions about people’s perceptions, their answers too will be linked forcefully to their own sense of power and empowerment in their community, or the lack of such a power or representation."

Read more of Eistrups process and conversations with community via her in-project updates on our website: https://www.spaced.org.au/north-by-southeast/michelle-eistrup-in-the-deep-underground-and-up-above

Eistrup explores the history, legacies and denial/absence of colonialism, through four overarching themes: African diaspora identity and expression; politics of recognition; dynamics of isolationism; and embodied rites and rituals. She considers the contemporary differences in the lived realities of Aboriginal Australians and descendants of European settlers.

1. In the Deep Underground and Up Above: Gloria Hill, Lola Garlett and Tessa Grimshaw, Busselton, Western Australia, 2018 photographic prints.
2. Documentation of part of Artgeo Complex Collection.
3. Cave's which Eistrup discovered were part of the traditional burial ritual for Noongar people during her research.

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