Know Thy Neighbour #3 exhibition opens on Friday 24 February at the Cullity Gallery, UWA School of Design.

Jacky Cheng is currently working with the community of Margaret River. This residency forms part of one of Spaced’s current programs, Rural Utopias.

Here, Jacky shares an update from Margaret River.

Nathan Gray has been working with the community of Roebourne as part of Spaced’s Rural Utopias program. Here he shares an update.

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.

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.