OFA



→ Call out for 2026 + 2027 residents


Where.  921 Bourke St, Waterloo (entrance of Young Street)
Duration.  1 - 4 months
When. 24/7 access
Cost.  Free

Residents gain access to a 12 sqm private studio space and a  12 sqm openable workshop space designed for public programs.  

The residency takes place within the construction site of 921 Bourke Street, Waterloo, so residents should expect noise. Evenings and Sundays are construction free times. 

You can apply to use the space free of charge and there are a limited number of funded residencies available to apply for. 

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Criteria. 

• Regenerative practice
• Enacting care for public space and publics through creative practice.
• Socially and/or spatially engaged work

Each resident is to propose a process of open research by which they produce:

• An event or series of events (this could be a workshop, discussion, meal, tour, event or social happening). Events should be open in that they allow for input by participants and frame a process of mutual discovery. Further events related to the dissemination, culmination and celebration of this work are encouraged.

• An addition or additions to the Open Field Agency archive (this could be film, audio, photography, scientific analysis, an interview, a field recording, a flag, a map, a diagram, a song, a recipe etc.) These works should be produced through or in connection to the proposed events.