WHERE: Meet at Platform Arts, Wadawurrung Country, 60 Little Malop St, Geelong VIC 3220 

WHAT TO BRING: hat, walking shoes, sunscreen, water bottle, sunglasses
WHAT TO EXPECT: 2–3KM *derive* (drift) through Geelong CBD and nearby suburbs; shared search, collection and discussion of found concrete rocks and the path they create through Geelong for the group; conversation and exchange with the city. 
ACCESS INFORMATION: this activity includes walking through public spaces that aren't maintained or built to accommodate wheelchair or assisted access needs. Please advise of your access requirements in your registration confirmation below. Please send any questions to laurieoxenford@gmail.com.

UNSPACES: Anthropic [Concrete] Rocks tests a new way of navigating public space, redirecting attention to interstitial and quietly present remnants of development, maintenance and urban degradation. Through collection, interaction and intervention, the Anthropic [Concrete] Rock becomes a cultural artefact of the anthropocene. Shaped by the systems and behaviours performed by the public, concrete rocks become a new, everyday part of our geologies. 

THE TOUR is an act of exchange with the city through conversation, participation and shared collection of concrete rocks. It aims to activate a renewed awareness of the everyday landscape as a layering of colonial material and ideas, and their potentials. The collected rocks will be shared as a temporary intervention at Platform Arts and around the Geelong CBD, before exhibition at Third Space Gallery.

This project is supported by Platform Arts and GENERATE GC, which is a City of Gold Coast initiative delivered in partnership with Tasdance and SITUATE Art in Festivals. This project is funded by the Regional Arts Development through City of Gold Coast. The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and the City of Gold Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

I acknowledge the people of the Yugambeh and Wadawurrung lands, the traditional owners on which this work has been developed. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on the Gold Coast and in Geelong today. SOVEREIGNTY WAS NEVER CEDED. ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE. [-o-]