As Melbourne artist Ana Tiquia reflects on her recent SPACED artist residency undertaken in the tiny regional town of Esperance, WA, she recalls how frequently processes of free exchange and sharing occurred during her time there, and how these practices ultimately came to shape her residency’s final outcome.
‘My project became an exploration of the giving and sharing practices that are often so important in sustaining smaller regional and rural communities,’ Tiquia says, referencing the simple cooperative acts that can prove vital to the fabric of small town rural life, but that often don’t show up in larger urban centres.
