Who’s Afraid of Public Space?

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N’arweet Carolyn Briggs AM and Sarah Lynn Rees, Gathering Space: Ngargee Djeembana 2021, installation view, Who's Afraid of Public Space? 2021–22, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Courtesy the artists. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Education Space: Creating Art in Public 2021, curated by Andrew Atchison, installation view, Who's Afraid of Public Space? 2021–22, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Nicola Cortese, Lauren Crockett and Stephanie Pahnis, Reading Space: The Common Room 2021, installation view, Who's Afraid of Public Space? 2021–22, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Courtesy the artists. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Project Space: The Hoarding 2021, designed by Sibling Architecture, installation view, Who's Afraid of Public Space? 2021–22, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Das Boot: Artist Car Boot Fair 2022. Curated by Oscar Perry and Esther Stewart. Photograph: Keelan O’Hehir

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Das Boot: Artist Car Boot Fair 2022. Curated by Oscar Perry and Esther Stewart. Photograph: Keelan O’Hehir

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Das Boot: Artist Car Boot Fair 2022. Curated by Oscar Perry and Esther Stewart. Photograph: Keelan O’Hehir

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David Wadelton, From noxious trades to boutique bars – a Northcote pictorial 1980–2021, series of annotated photographs printed on vinyl presented in shopfronts on High Street from Northcote to Thornbury, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and M.33, Melbourne. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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APHIDS, Destiny 2021, screening. Courtesy the artists. Photograph: Keelan O'Hehir

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Jon Campbell, Your best is good enough for me 2021, vinyl print on construction hoarding, City Square, Melbourne 240.0 x 4,310.0 cm. Commissioned in association with Metro Tunnel Creative Program. Courtesy of the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Guled Abdulwasi, The Block 2020-21 (still), digital video. Courtesy the artist

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Hoang Tran Nguyen, Work, Worker 2022, from the series Labour 2013–ongoing. Photography Keelan O'Hehir

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Michael Candy, Persistence of Vision 2021, brushless servos, Nvidia Jetson nano, lens vector LCD, LED, Arduino Nano, low lux camera, custom stainless steel enclosure, network components. Courtesy the artist

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Beth Arnold and Sary Zananiri, Building Foundations 2021–22, installation view, Eastern Pocket Park, Corner Bridge Road and Celestine Drive, Officer, Melbourne. Courtesy the artists. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Steven Rhall, ABORIGINAL LAND (SSID) 2021. Courtesy the artist and MARS Gallery, Melbourne

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Simona Castricum, Nights don’t breathe 2020 (still), music video. Courtesy the artist

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Gene Bawden and Monash University XYX Lab, Keep running 2021, street poster design. Courtesy Gene Bawden and XYX Lab. Photograph: Brett Brown

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Callum Morton, Empty shops 2021, Instagram series. Courtesy the artist

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Takeover at Parliament Steps 2022, Parliament Steps, Melbourne. Presented by The Social Studio, Outer Urban Projects, Youthworx in collaboration with ACCA. Photograph: Keelan O’Hehir

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Installation view of The Purple Shall Govern, 2022, And so, the mood was quite intense, 2022, Though buried, They echo, 2022, Pigs might fly too, 2022 and Lunch with the family at Mignon Street, Cape Town, 2022. Photograph: Jody Haines

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Tuia te here Tangata, performing at Blak Dot Gallery during the Blak Dot Artist Market. Blak Dot Gallery. Photograph: Naomi Lee Beveridge

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Activators 8: Musica Ricercata 2022 by Shian Law, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Created by: Shian Law. Performed by: Shian Law and Victoria Chiu. Producer: Kristina Arnott. Technical Team: Blair Hart and Siobhain Geaney. Presented by Chunky Move and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Photograph: James Wright (NON Studio)

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Installation view, Boris Cipusev x Anthony Romagnano, Who’s to build? 2021 (curatorial intervention).Courtesy the artist and Arts Project Australia, Melbourne. Photograph: Sim Luttin

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Morwenna Schenck, Duty of Care 2022. Co-presented by the City of Melbourne and Testing Grounds 2022. Photograph: Zo Damage

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Isadora Vaughan Terra Pneumatics, 2021. Glenroy Community Hub, 50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy. Commissioned by Moreland Council 2021, courtesy of Station Gallery. Photo Credit: Andrew Curtis

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Kerrie Poliness Parliament Steps Walking Drawing 2021. Commissioned by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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Kent Morris, Never alone 2020, digital billboard, installation image, intersection of Fitzroy and Grey Street, St Kilda, Melbourne. Commissioned by ACCA. Courtesy the artist. Photograph: Andrew Curtis

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