Already Occupied

Date

Sat 10 May

Venue

Tattersalls Lane

Located between Little Bourke Street and Lonsdale Street.

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.