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Wave-lengths Hitherto Undetected
Nov 7
Wave-lengths Hitherto Undetected

Jade Boyd


CHI CHI
Nov 7
CHI CHI

Saviya Lopes, Maithili Bavkar & Kanika Makhija


it’s hard to move away from turning water
Nov 7
it’s hard to move away from turning water

Tom Blake

Until the Thaw
Oct 11
Until the Thaw


Art Education Panel
Oct 11
Art Education Panel


Daydreamer Wolf
Oct 3
Daydreamer Wolf

Elyas Alavi


A Wilder Sun
Oct 3
A Wilder Sun

Blake Lawrence


V (Valentine)
Oct 3
V (Valentine)

Anna Pogossova


No Hurt, No Scar
Oct 3
No Hurt, No Scar

Loc Nguyen


4Eva
Sept 5
4Eva

Audrey Newton


Score Club | Club Score
Sept 5
Score Club | Club Score

Alexandra Spence, MP Hopkins, Megan Alice Clune & Andrew Fedorovitch


Phrasal Breaches
Sept 5
Phrasal Breaches

Amy Jane Parker


a monumental echo
Sept 5
a monumental echo

Lisa Sammut


Making Me, Making Mother
Sept 5
Making Me, Making Mother

Paris Norton


Body/Cartography
Sept 5
Body/Cartography

Duha Ali & Justine Youssef


Your Time
Sept 5
Your Time

Phebe Schmidt


Watene Ah Um
Sept 5
Watene Ah Um

Yonel Watene


Any Similarity To Any Person Living Or Dead Is Merely Coincidental
Jul 4
Any Similarity To Any Person Living Or Dead Is Merely Coincidental

Dominic Byrne, Leila El Rayes, Hana Hoogedeure, Kristina Savic & Matthew Varnay


Supernature
Jul 4
Supernature

Carla Cescon & Scott Donovan


Mahal
Jul 4
Mahal

Marikit Santiago


Identitasku
Jul 4
Identitasku

Bertha Riang Putri 


Around the Outside: Studio A Co Lab
Jun 23
Around the Outside: Studio A Co Lab


Close Personal Friends
Jun 6
Close Personal Friends

Martin Kohout, Holly White & Barnaby Lewer


Matter Delights And Artificial Instincts
Jun 6
Matter Delights And Artificial Instincts

Hypercomf


Paired
Jun 6
Paired

Curated By Harriet Body


Featured
Workshop 2
May 2
Workshop 2

Curated By Valerie Schlosberg & Isabella Cornell

Fabrications
May 2
Fabrications

Grace Blake

Camel Coat
May 2
Camel Coat

Snack Syndicate

Around the Outside: Feminist Specificities
Apr 19
Around the Outside: Feminist Specificities
Your Woman is a Very Bad Woman
Apr 4
Your Woman is a Very Bad Woman

Quishile Charan

A Kingdom of Flowers for my Mother
Apr 4
A Kingdom of Flowers for my Mother

陳雋然 / Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

"This Is My Army (Este Es Mi Ejército)"
Apr 4
"This Is My Army (Este Es Mi Ejército)"

Nadia Hernandez

Watch All, the act of seeing
Apr 4
Watch All, the act of seeing

Dalton Stewart

Art at Night ☞ East Sydney Precinct Party
Mar 15
Art at Night ☞ East Sydney Precinct Party
Runway Issue #36 ‘Dance’: Discussion, panel and performance evening
Mar 14
Runway Issue #36 ‘Dance’: Discussion, panel and performance evening

Presented in partnership with Runway Experimental Australian Art, The Keir Foundation and Carriageworks.

Keep it Real!
Mar 7
Keep it Real!

Kevin Diallo

Exit Promises 2.0
Mar 7
Exit Promises 2.0

Laura Hunt

History House
Mar 7
History House

Thea Perkins

2017

Featured
Firstdraft End of Year Party: "Party" "Girl"
Dec 1
Firstdraft End of Year Party: "Party" "Girl"

Ainslie Templeton

Around the Outside #4
Nov 18
Around the Outside #4

Renata Field and Okapi Neon

Heavy Time/s
Nov 1
Heavy Time/s

Kalanjay Dhir

Technological Disasters now Outweigh Natural Disasters
Nov 1
Technological Disasters now Outweigh Natural Disasters

Brenton Alexander Smith

IMG_5804.jpg
Nov 1
Fully Sick

Renata Field and Okapi Neon

Around the Outside #3: Speculative Futures
Oct 12
Around the Outside #3: Speculative Futures

Anna May Kirk, Matthew Varnay & Shareeka Helaluddin

Tokyo Trace 2
Oct 4
Tokyo Trace 2

Curated by Denise Thwaites

If You Are Struggling, You Must Be Happy :)
Oct 4
If You Are Struggling, You Must Be Happy :)

Min Wong

Ornamental Hallucination
Oct 4
Ornamental Hallucination

Cybele Cox

Tenome 'Eyes of the Hand'
Oct 4
Tenome 'Eyes of the Hand'

Aaron Christopher Rees

Pale Blue dot dot dot
Sept 6
Pale Blue dot dot dot

Margaret Brink

SHTF
Sept 6
SHTF

Guy Louden, Loren Kronemyer & Dan McCabe

Algae are more Dangerous Foes of Truth than Lies
Sept 6
Algae are more Dangerous Foes of Truth than Lies

Smauel Jackson & Hannah Hallam-Eames

Altfacts
Sept 6
Altfacts

Dale Buckley

I am Crying
Aug 2
I am Crying

Jimmy Nuttall & Nick Smith

Doing Dancing
Aug 2
Doing Dancing

Rhiannon Newton

DEEP/SLOW
Aug 2
DEEP/SLOW

Katherine Corcoran

how is the crater, the image
Aug 2
how is the crater, the image

Oliver Hull

Art, Agency, Action: Sydney
Jul 6
Art, Agency, Action: Sydney
You're my Number 1
Jul 5
You're my Number 1

Curated by Talia Smith

Source & Return
Jul 5
Source & Return

Emily Morandini

Dysfunctional
Jul 5
Dysfunctional

Holly Macdonald

Around the Outside #2: LOST
Jun 24
Around the Outside #2: LOST

Angela Goh, Vincent Silk & Clancy Wilmott

Hey Remember When I Had a Rat Tail
Jun 7
Hey Remember When I Had a Rat Tail

Tyza Stewart

On Setting Yourself on Fire
Jun 7
On Setting Yourself on Fire

Linda Dement & Stephen Wright

Untold Stories
Jun 7
Untold Stories

Jessica Ekomane, Jasmine Guffond & Silje Nes

Feel Good, Repeat
Jun 7
Feel Good, Repeat

Nikolaus Dolman

Featured
Open Water: The Offering
May 3
Open Water: The Offering

Anna Nazzari & Erin Coates

Negative Volumes: Danger Magic at Firstdraft
May 31
Negative Volumes: Danger Magic at Firstdraft

Liquid Architecture & Firstdraft

Soliloquies From Small Spaces
May 3
Soliloquies From Small Spaces

Andrew Varano

Of All Others
May 3
Of All Others

Curated by Kate Britton

Coconut Republic
Apr 5
Coconut Republic

JD Reforma

A Tall Drink of Water
Apr 5
A Tall Drink of Water

Lewis Doherty

Evolving Wilds
Apr 5
Evolving Wilds

Aston Creus

Sadisco
Apr 5
Sadisco

Jane Polkinghorne & Ingrid Stiertzel

Rogue Agents
Apr 1
Rogue Agents

Auto Italia South East & Firstdraft

Walkaln-Aw
Mar 1
Walkaln-Aw

Alair Pambegan

Meet Space
Mar 1
Meet Space

Jannah Quill

The Context is Complicated
Mar 1
The Context is Complicated

Nikki Lam & Siying Zhou

Dem Cheeky Bulls
Mar 1
Dem Cheeky Bulls

Hayley Millar-Baker

For Want of a Nail
Feb 1
For Want of a Nail

Katy B. Plummer

Our Lady of the Flowers: Refracted
Feb 1
Our Lady of the Flowers: Refracted

Embittered Swish

The Sometimes Colourful Fate of Contemporary Nuggets
Feb 1
The Sometimes Colourful Fate of Contemporary Nuggets

Emma Buswell & Jess Day

Alone and Palely Loitering
Feb 1
Alone and Palely Loitering

Elise Harmsen & Nathan Beard

Walan Yinaagirbang | Strong Women
Jan 11
Walan Yinaagirbang | Strong Women

Curated by Emily McDaniel

Racks 2: A Solid Workout
Jan 11
Racks 2: A Solid Workout

Ben Leslie

Artificial Islands (Interior Archipelago)
Jan 11
Artificial Islands (Interior Archipelago)

Eugenia Lim

2016

Featured
1986
Dec 2
1986

1986

Athena in Thorns
Nov 2
Athena in Thorns

Athena Thebus

Devine Debris
Nov 2
Devine Debris

Szymon Dorabialski

Thoughtless Extravagance
Nov 2
Thoughtless Extravagance

Caroline Garcia

Methods for Making Eye Contact
Nov 2
Methods for Making Eye Contact

Amber Boardman & Teelah George

Around the Outside #4 | Fact/Fiction
Nov 2
Around the Outside #4 | Fact/Fiction

Around the Outside #4 | Fact/Fiction

Netherworlds
Oct 5
Netherworlds

Curated by Amy-Clare McCarthy and Kieran Swann

Map to the Treasure
Oct 5
Map to the Treasure

Charlie Donaldson

At the Equinox
Oct 5
At the Equinox

Emma Hamilton

Poeming
Sept 7
Poeming

Helen Groan

NSFW
Sept 7
NSFW

Get To Work curated by Jenny Anagnostopoulos

Life Drawing
Sept 7
Life Drawing

Dominic Byrne

Conversation Theory
Sept 7
Conversation Theory

Monica Monin

LA2016: Same/Everything
Aug 23
LA2016: Same/Everything

Firstdraft & Liquid Architecture

Around the Outside #3 | Practice is Research
Aug 7
Around the Outside #3 | Practice is Research

Around the Outside #3 | Practice is Research

Same Same
Aug 3
Same Same

curated by Tom Smith

Some Words are Just Between Us
Aug 3
Some Words are Just Between Us

Pixy Liao, curated by Sophie Cai

Sand. River. Blood. Bone.
Aug 3
Sand. River. Blood. Bone.

Imbi Davidson

A Summit Wouldn't do Without You (Dreaming the Dream)
Jul 6
A Summit Wouldn't do Without You (Dreaming the Dream)

110%

Cinders & Sympathies
Jul 6
Cinders & Sympathies

Willurai Kirkbright

Super Long Play
Jul 6
Super Long Play

Matte Rochford

Featured
Around the Outside #2 | New Positions - Dance & Choreography in the Gallery
Jun 19
Around the Outside #2 | New Positions - Dance & Choreography in the Gallery

Firstdraft

Of Love and Decomposition
Jun 1
Of Love and Decomposition

Leyla Stevens

The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name
Jun 1
The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name

Nathan Thompson

Soft Ions
Jun 1
Soft Ions

Finn Marchant

The Sound Forest
May 4
The Sound Forest

Vickie Browne

Hydrowilderness
May 4
Hydrowilderness

Bryden Williams

The Secret Handshake
May 4
The Secret Handshake

Marian Abboud

Inferno
May 4
Inferno

William Mansfield

Around the Outside #1 | Our Bodies, Our Archives
Apr 17
Around the Outside #1 | Our Bodies, Our Archives

Firstdraft

I WON'T FIND NO WIVES HERE
Apr 6
I WON'T FIND NO WIVES HERE

Anthony Johnson

Declaration of Love
Apr 6
Declaration of Love

Jodie Whalen

Front Up
Apr 6
Front Up

Grace Herbert, Amber Koroluk-Stephenson & Theia Connell

The Death of Romance
Apr 6
The Death of Romance

Torrie Torrie

Firstdraft Presents: Invocation
Mar 12
Firstdraft Presents: Invocation

Curated by Adonis & Latai Taumoepeah

GROUPSHOW!
Mar 2
GROUPSHOW!

Mish Meijers

Strange Loops
Mar 2
Strange Loops

Daniel McKewen

Pig Dog
Mar 2
Pig Dog

Peter Dudding, curated by Paul Williams

The Cosmic Centre
Mar 2
The Cosmic Centre

The Cosmic Centre

Automated Reasoning Paradigm
Feb 3
Automated Reasoning Paradigm

Kynan Tan

All of Them in There
Feb 3
All of Them in There

Kuba Dorabialski

Hell Broth
Feb 2
Hell Broth

Curated by Astrid Lorange & Vaughan O’Connor

Defence Mechanism
Jan 6
Defence Mechanism

Patrick Cremin

Unceremonious
Jan 6
Unceremonious

Nicole Foreshew

The Torn Cloud
Jan 6
The Torn Cloud

Danae Valenza

~
Jan 6
~

Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer

2015

Featured
The Infra
Dec 2
The Infra

Peter Blamey

Like, tabular knit gradient pleats cymophanous cabochon, like
Dec 2
Like, tabular knit gradient pleats cymophanous cabochon, like

Eddie Hopely

Portable Domains
Dec 2
Portable Domains

Curated by astute art investments international (AAII)
with Kieron Broadhurst, Michelle Proksell 媚潇 & Gabriele de Seta, Song Xi 宋兮 & Yang Xinjia 杨欣嘉, Giselle Stanborough and Ying Miao苗颖

Make or Break
Dec 2
Make or Break

Connie Anthes & Rebecca Gallo

OUROBOROS: The End is the Beginning is the End Party
Nov 27
OUROBOROS: The End is the Beginning is the End Party

Curated by Justin Shoulder

Fun foam fantastical-fabulous fun!
Nov 4
Fun foam fantastical-fabulous fun!

Rosie Deacon

As if light could be translated
Nov 4
As if light could be translated

Curated by Art Proper: Annika Kristensen & Samantha Williams

Trips
Nov 4
Trips

Elena Papanikolakis

New Ceremony
Oct 7
New Ceremony

Kate Beckingham & Benjamin Chadbond

Segue/Segway Pt. 2
Oct 7
Segue/Segway Pt. 2

Dara Gill

Our Fetid Rank
Oct 7
Our Fetid Rank

Emily Parsons-Lord

Lookout (objects in mirror)
Oct 7
Lookout (objects in mirror)

Georgia Hutchison

LA2015 SYDNEY: Beyond Capitalist Surrealism
Sept 30
LA2015 SYDNEY: Beyond Capitalist Surrealism

Curated by Liquid Architecture - Joel Stern, Danni Zuvela and Kusum Normoyle

Specifically Speaking
Sept 11
Specifically Speaking

curated by David Capra

Haunting
Sept 2
Haunting

curated by Frances Barrett

Dark Pooling
Sept 2
Dark Pooling

Kailana Sommer

Every now and then
Sept 2
Every now and then

Lisa Sammut

Fantasy Island
Aug 27
Fantasy Island

facilitated by Kate Beckingham

Around the Outside #3 | The extended age of crises
Aug 16
Around the Outside #3 | The extended age of crises

Firstdraft

Towards a New Architecture
Aug 5
Towards a New Architecture

Amanda Williams

Liminal
Aug 5
Liminal

Simon Del Favero

Blackwell Street
Aug 5
Blackwell Street

Jarred Van Der Ryken

Global Tone
Aug 5
Global Tone

Marilyn Schneider

The Surrounding Lines
Jul 1
The Surrounding Lines

Nuno Rodrigues de Sousa

A Robot Attempts to Eat a Chicken Nugget
Jul 1
A Robot Attempts to Eat a Chicken Nugget

Curated by Luke Letourneau

Still Life
Jul 1
Still Life

Zan Wimberley

I'm New Here
Jul 1
I'm New Here

Beth Dillon & Anton Benois

Girls, Girls, Girls
Jun 3
Girls, Girls, Girls

Natalya Hughes

Litmus
Jun 3
Litmus

Henry Jock Walker

The Symbol for Silence is Called Zero
Jun 3
The Symbol for Silence is Called Zero

Justin Balmain

Featured
Around the Outside #2 | Folds, Crumples, Knots
May 24
Around the Outside #2 | Folds, Crumples, Knots

Around the Outside

After Firing
May 6
After Firing

Therese Keogh

Where I end and you begin
May 6
Where I end and you begin

Amanda Wolf

Cat and Mouse
May 6
Cat and Mouse

Boni Cairncross

Quest Into the Black Field: An Exploration of Hypnogogic Imagery and Other Hallucinations
May 6
Quest Into the Black Field: An Exploration of Hypnogogic Imagery and Other Hallucinations

Amina McConvell

Mutt & Jeff
Apr 1
Mutt & Jeff

Oscar Perry & Simon Perry

Display Home the Act of Living
Apr 1
Display Home the Act of Living

Esther Stewart

Duality
Apr 1
Duality

Alexandra Clapham & Penelope Benton

Wet Matter
Apr 1
Wet Matter

Emily O’Connor

Around the Outside #1 | The Tyranny of the Expert
Mar 15
Around the Outside #1 | The Tyranny of the Expert

Around the Outside #1

Chromatic Syncopation
Mar 4
Chromatic Syncopation

Curated by Consuelo Cavaniglia

Yawning Room
Mar 4
Yawning Room

Michaela Davies

XV
Mar 4
XV

Anna Pogossova

Circular Settlements
Feb 4
Circular Settlements

Siân McIntyre

Framed
Feb 4
Framed

Laura Moore

Cumnock: The Musical
Feb 4
Cumnock: The Musical

Alex Pye

Aqueous Humour
Feb 4
Aqueous Humour

Christopher Handran

Feelings
Jan 7
Feelings

Nicole Breedon

Colour is the Devil
Jan 7
Colour is the Devil

James Dodd and Brendan Van Hek

Relating to Deep Inward Thought Rather Than Intellect; or, This is What I’m Talking About
Jan 7
Relating to Deep Inward Thought Rather Than Intellect; or, This is What I’m Talking About

Megan Alice Clune

Suburban Similes
Jan 7
Suburban Similes

David Attwood

2014

Featured
Real Life Human Resources
Dec 19
Real Life Human Resources

Real Life Human Resources

A Temporary Wiggle
Nov 19
A Temporary Wiggle

Curated by Georgie Meagher

Modern Interior
Nov 19
Modern Interior

Elizabeth Corkery & Graham McDougal

Muscle Memory
Nov 19
Muscle Memory

Curated by Miriam Kelly

Redrafted
Nov 8
Redrafted

Redrafted

Speculative Everything
Oct 22
Speculative Everything

Curated by Amelia Wallin

Feeling Sentimental
Oct 22
Feeling Sentimental

Nick Garner

Woolloomooloo
Oct 22
Woolloomooloo

Al Poulet

Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)
Sept 24
Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)

Nicola Smith

PIANO
Sept 24
PIANO

Tim Bruniges