Tina Stefanou is currently working with the community of Carnamah. This residency forms part of one of Spaced’s current programs, Rural Utopias.

Here, Tina shares an update from Carnamah.

Olga Cironis and Duncan Wright continue their work in Armadale.

Ana Tiquia’s project is being developed as part of the Rural Utopias program, presented by Spaced.

Here, Ana shares an update from her residency in Esperance.

Elizabeth Pedler’s project is being developed as part of the Rural Utopias program, presented by Spaced.

Here, Elizabeth shares an update from her residency in Wellstead.

Ana Tiquia’s project is being developed as part of the Rural Utopias program, presented by Spaced.

Here, Ana shares an update from her residency in Esperance.

Olga Cironis and Duncan Wright’s interventional artwork Unrestrained Passion for Armadale has taken over the latest edition of the Examiner Newspapers.

The paper, which has regular distribution across the City of Armadale, City of Gosnells, and the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, features a double-page spread of portrait shots of residents to the Harrisdale/Piara Waters neighbourhoods, who have spent time with the artists over this month and offered their insight into their relationship with its changing landscape. The artwork, is also one out of a series of interventions that Cironis and Wright have facilitated with the provocation to investigate belonging within the social and cultural landscape of Armadale.

The quote “Unrestrained Passion For Armadale” takes from a reflection made by a local resident when considering with the artists their sense of place within the Armadale community.

If you live within the City of Armadale, City of Gosnells, or the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, you may have caught a glimpse of this image in yesterday’s edition of the Examiner Newspapers.

Together Cironis and Wright have been meeting with members of the Harrisdale/Piara waters community to gather stories and photo documentation, which will be slowly released over this month and later culminating in an exhibition at Cullity Gallery in February 2023.

Keep your eyes peeled for more mentions in the paper to see what more is to come.

Birth, in all its forms, is a continuation of a legacy; a narrative about what once was, and glimpse at what could be to come. In a post-settler context of built developments, birth provides an avenue to interrogate our relationship with the changing environment around us. A Child Was Born Here pulls into focus the specific lived experiences in East Fremantle, and how its stories surrounding birth have contributed to the cultural memory of place.

This weekend, Rural Utopias artist Jacky Cheng joins the John Curtin Gallery at Curtin University in an artist talk alongside Joshua Cocking, in which she will discuss her work ‘…that awaits at the end of life’, which recently awarded her the John Stringer Prize 2022. To follow, Jacky will facilitate a paper folding techniques and workshop, for a more tactile appreciation of her practice.

Through Spaced’s Know Thy Neighbour #3 program, Olga Cironis and Duncan Wright work with the community of Armadale.

Here, Olga shares an update.

Elizabeth Pedler’s project is being developed as part of the Rural Utopias program, presented by Spaced.

Here, Elizabeth shares an update from her residency in Wellstead.

Through our programming, we have the opportunity to work alongside many diverse artists to realise an ambitious series of public activations. In the Know Thy Neighbour #3 program, artist Olga Cironis has been collaborating with Duncan Wright to investigate the relationships that the community of Armadale have to their place of dwelling.

In collaboration with the Cannery Arts Centre Melbourne -based Artist Ana Tiquia will spend six weeks in Esperance between 12 October to 24 November.

Alana Hunt is currently working with the community of Kununurra. This residency forms part of one of Spaced’s current programs, Rural Utopias.

Here, Alana shares an update from Kununurra.

Amy Perejuan-Capone, who is the Know Thy Neighbour #3 working with Melville has two new pet friendly events coming up this weekend.

Congratulations to John Stringer Prize 2022 winner, Jacky Cheng, for her intricate installation …that awaits at the end of life. Jacky Cheng is currently part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program.

As part of Spaced’s Know Thy Neighbour #3 program with the City of Armadale, Olga Cironis invites you to contribute to her participatory work: The Stories We Live By, which will explore the relationships that locals of the Harrisdale and Piara Waters areas have to their place of dwelling, and therefore, to each other.

Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson has recently taken up a space in Bay One of Cullity Gallery, UWA School of Design as an Artist in Residence which has been excellent in terms of informing how elements from her community engagement with Victoria Park during Know Thy Neighbour #3 will come together for the final exhibition.

Georgie Mattingley is currently working with the community of Karlkula / Kalgoorlie-Boulder. This residency forms part of one of Spaced’s current programs, Rural Utopias.

Here, Georgie shares an update.