Already Occupied

Date

Sat 10 May

Venue

Golden Square Car Park

217-231 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

In humour, language, and materiality ‘Already Occupied’ recodes signs of construction and safety to privilege an Aboriginal perspective.

Visual Art

Photo credit: Keelan O'Hehir

Already Occupied is an ongoing contemporary art project exploring Aboriginal sovereignty through everyday signage, such as traffic control signs. Hi-vis materials reveal an enduring language, as ochre and mud converse with synthetic polymers.

Star pickets, road cones, and signage are recontextualized to resist colonial occupation. Temporary installations on Country translate embodied performance into sovereign listening. Already Occupied has been exhibited through gallery installations, outdoor performances, and documented site-specific works incorporating film, photography, and sound.

Performance Details

Venue

Golden Square Car Park

217-231 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Dates & Times

Sat 10 May 6-9pm

Tickets

Free, no ticket required

Photography

Image credit: Keelan O'Hehir

Image credit: Keelan O'Hehir

Artist

Libby Harward, Ngugi of the Quandamooka - Guwar/Jandai.

Libby Harward Libby Harward’s arts practice spans over 25 years, evolving from street and graffiti art to a conceptual practice that has gained national recognition. A Ngugi woman of Mulgumpin (Moreton Island) in Quandamooka, her work is an ongoing dialogue with Country - listening, calling, and understanding.