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We give Canberra artists the resources and environment to develop their practice, take risks, test their ideas, and be ambitious with their art. Cahoots is You Are Here’s practice development program for Canberra artists and arts producers. Participants spend eight months meeting for critical discussions, sharing their work and practice, collaboration, creative producing exercises and activities d

esigned to form a community that can effectively critique and support each other’s art, while simultaneously working towards their own individual practice development goals. There is no requirement to create work with a public outcome in Cahoots, but artists are offered the option of presenting work in the You Are Here Festival if that suits their needs.

Fancy a little creativity and community this winter? ❄️✨We’re running a bunch of workshops at our new city art space, an...
03/06/2026

Fancy a little creativity and community this winter? ❄️✨

We’re running a bunch of workshops at our new city art space, and they’re gonna be as cozy as it gets.

💛 No experience needed
💛 Low-pressure, experimentation encouraged
💛 Alcohol-free space
💛 Trackies and UGGs welcome
💛 Meet some nice people
💛 Make something uniquely yours to cherish
💛 Share your creation at our Open Day, Saturday 1 August (If you want! No pressure!)

Perfect if you’re new to Canberra, keen to do something creative and make new connections, or just need a reason to leave the house. Cute winter plans sorted!

Workshops include:
⚡ Touching Wires with Sandy Ma (one-off workshop, this Sunday 7 June!)

🧵 Material Resonance with Michele Grimston
👹 Monshter Making with Alexis Malfores .muv_
🦜 Flip & Flappin’ Birds with Tom Buckland
(3-week workshop series)

📻 Underground Community Radio with Trust FM .fm_
(attend one, two, or all three sessions)

Open to anyone and everyone 16+. Discounted registration available for under 30s.

All proceeds support affordable artist space in the CBD and You Are Here’s artist development programs.

Details on YAH’s “What’s On” page: https://www.youareherecanberra.com.au/whats-on/

Hosted by You Are Here at Blank Cultural Platform
Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra

Freaky sound art from Aeotora noise artist, vegetable.machine.animal plus an array of local sonic innovators.Join Sandy ...
25/05/2026

Freaky sound art from Aeotora noise artist, vegetable.machine.animal plus an array of local sonic innovators.

Join Sandy Ma’s workshop the very next day and make your very own Touching Wires textile synthesiser. Buy a ticket to the gig to get a $10 discount on the workshop!

Gig: https://events.humanitix.com/vegetable-animal-machine-canberra
Workshop: https://events.humanitix.com/touching-wires-workshop-with-sandy-ma

vegetable.machine.animal
A live conversation between plants, fungi, machines, and human musicians. An interspecies improvisational trio exploring a hybrid sonic language of biosignals, modular synthesis, and live drums. Drummer Kieran Monaghan transforms living data from plants and fungi into voltage, translated into sound via modular synthesizer, and responds in real time, creating a feedback loop between human, organism, and machine.

Reuben Ingall
Witness an observance of domestic meditation. Embrace monotasking, patiently watch the pot boil. Symbolic actions create social cohesion and reinforce shared values. Ritual binds us, generates collective energy. Supra-sensible connection forms a secret society. A chosen defrostonaut will take communion. Reuben is gonna cook a pie in a microwave for noise music.

Harland Rust
Aging outlaws Harland Rust (Liam Jamieson and Rosa Bassett) emerge from hiding, exuding noise mutations borne of swirling Kansas dust and sick fixation on “The Cat in the Hat” (2003). Harland Rust’s purview has inflated, exploring the dross of pop culture through samples forced to eat themselves, burnt purple slime, and fried electronics.

Sandy Ma
With a background in creative computing, Sandy Ma intersects embodiment, sound, and performance to share moments of curious joy. Sandy creates inclusive interdisciplinary learning spaces to connect the wonders of creativity with audiences beyond art thinkers and makers.

Feemer
I make sounds with things (ideally relaxing). I will frantically move about to make sure the different sounds sound good together. Once they are properly combined I may stop moving and celebrate. A guitar will be there. Combined sounds will be mushed together to form just one sound so that I can add more. Enjoy.

Saturday 6 June
Hosted by at .platform

Level 1
131 City Walk
Doors 6:30pm | Noise from 7pm

Cozy Winter Gigs!We’re kicking things off in our new digs .platform with a series of cozy winter gigs, starting with fre...
15/05/2026

Cozy Winter Gigs!

We’re kicking things off in our new digs .platform with a series of cozy winter gigs, starting with freaky sound art from Aeotora noise artist, vegetable.machine.animal!

We’re stoked to be hosting vegetable.machine.animal on their Australian tour, supported by a very fun local crew: Ngunnwal’s pioneer of Microwave drone, Reuben Ingall, Canberra hardcore expats Harland Rust (Liam and Rosa), tactile synth pioneer, Sandy Ma and the best harmonic textural sculpture in town, Feemer ❤ . Big thanks to for putting together this stacked lineup!

Experience the chaos and creativity of artists making and building sound worlds beyond our imagination with everything from mushrooms to microwaves! Warm up with cozy, alcohol-free hospitality from

Saturday 6 June
Doors at 6:30pm. Noise from 7:00pm.

Hosted by You Are Here at Blank Cultural Platform
Level 1, 131 City Walk

https://events.humanitix.com/vegetable-animal-machine-canberra

Cozy Winter Gigs!We’re kicking things off in our new digs at Blank Cultural Platform with a series of cozy winter gigs, ...
15/05/2026

Cozy Winter Gigs!

We’re kicking things off in our new digs at Blank Cultural Platform with a series of cozy winter gigs, starting with freaky sound art from Aeotora noise artist, vegetable.machine.animal!

We are stoked to by hosting vegetable.machine.animal here in Canberra, supported by a super fun crew of local noise makers: Ngunnwal’s pioneer of Microwave drone, Reuben Ingall, Canberra hardcore expats Harland Rust (Liam and Rosa), tactile synth pioneer, Sandy Ma and the best harmonic textural sculpture in town, Feemer

Keen to play a gig? We're running a little winter series. Get in touch if you want to be on the lineup for The Exchange!...
08/05/2026

Keen to play a gig? We're running a little winter series. Get in touch if you want to be on the lineup for The Exchange!

We’re inviting artists, musicians, and producers to propose: Experimental live music and performance, and/or events that re-imagine how audiences gather and engage.

A flexible, multi-purpose space for experimental performance and events!

If you want to chat, email [email protected]

The Exchange is located within Blank Cultural Platform, Level 1, 131 City Walk.

Want to see your art from the bus interchange? And maybe have people buy it? Get in touch to see if we've got room in Th...
06/05/2026

Want to see your art from the bus interchange? And maybe have people buy it? Get in touch to see if we've got room in The Kiosk!

A compact, street-facing exhibition space offering artists a high-visibility platform directly connected to passing public foot traffic. The Kiosk is a display-only space (not suitable for making or studio use) and is best suited to small-scale, tightly curated presentations.

Got work to show? Maybe it would look nice on our walls! Get in touch to see what dates we have available in The Gallery...
05/05/2026

Got work to show? Maybe it would look nice on our walls! Get in touch to see what dates we have available in The Gallery!
The Gallery is a small gallery space integrated with Trust Café and is suitable for a range exhibition formats and scales.
Since this is a pilot program, there are no artist fees at this stage.
While the Gallery is open during Trust's regular opening hours, artists may choose to self-invigilate the gallery outside of Trust's regular trade.

Want to run a workshop? Get in touch and tell us your idea for The Workshop series! We’re inviting artists to lead works...
01/05/2026

Want to run a workshop? Get in touch and tell us your idea for The Workshop series!

We’re inviting artists to lead workshops as part of our public program this winter.

Our workshops are designed for the general public—people who are:
- Curious about creativity
- Looking for a meaningful way to unwind outside of work
- Keen to learn something new in a welcoming, social environment

Looking for space to work? We have shared space available. Get in touch to see if The Studios are a good fit for you! We...
30/04/2026

Looking for space to work? We have shared space available. Get in touch to see if The Studios are a good fit for you!

We’re offering a shared, open-plan studio environment for practicing artists who enjoy working alongside others. These are coworking-style studios––best suited to artists who are comfortable with some background activity, including noise, movement, and occasional smells.

$60 per week for standard studio spaces
Larger spaces available by negotiation!

We’ve been scheming! We’re a couple of months on from our big HQ-warming at Blank Cultural Platform, 131 City Walk, and ...
29/04/2026

We’ve been scheming! We’re a couple of months on from our big HQ-warming at Blank Cultural Platform, 131 City Walk, and we want to get artists through the doors and into the building! We have some ideas, and we're keen to hear yours too.

Between now and the end of July, we’re running a few experiments which we’re dubbing the Pilot Pivot Pilot Pivot Program (because we just felt like we haven’t heard those words enough in the last few years).

We’re piloting:

Open plan studios

Public workshops

No-alcohol, cozy gig space

Gallery & cafe

Street facing art “Kiosk”

In a few months, we might be pivoting! We’ll see! It’s fun to take risks and try new things!

We have a little downloadable info pack (head to the Pilot Pivot link in our Lintree) which will give you all the details, and if you want to get involved / see the space / ask some questions / tell us your own ideas, we’d love to hear from you! Use the contact form on our website or slide into our DMs.

Whether you want to get in on the exact program we’ve proposed or want to do something totally different, we don’t want this building empty for another second! Let’s get to it!

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