Make Some Space
Make Some Space – For Ages 15-25
MAKE SOME SPACE is a professional development program for young creative minds who want to start their journey into the arts.
Following a suite of workshops designed to upskill participants in creative collaboration and event organisation, the first cohort of MAKE SOME SPACE presented at The Performance Space at Footscray Community Arts on Saturday, 13th of December.
This final performance of this program was a structured ‘Town Hall Meeting’ infused with 10 creative interventions along the way. Each agenda item in this public performance will be structured as an interview with experts who are identified and led by the MAKE SOME SPACE cohort.
MAKE SOME SPACE generates ideas to disrupt concepts of power and expertise. Each participant gets to do something as part of the event; some people interview experts, others might create a performance work, and others a participatory installation or a gaming event.
MAKE SOME SPACE – EVENT OUTCOME
Young people have a LOT going on. They are suing the government, being voted into local Council, filing human rights complaints with the UN and storming the streets for change across the globe. MAKE SOME SPACE hands the microphone to 10 emerging artists aged 15-25 to talk about what’s keeping them up at night.
Welcome to the final Town Hall meeting of 2025 at Footscray Community Arts. Our hosts? 10 young people ready to present you with some their opinions of the world right now: Who do we consider experts in our society? Who has the power to make decisions and why? When will we take young people seriously?
With proxies to be accepted, discussions to be heated, decisions to be seconded and minutes to be ratified, we are in for an evening of anarchic interrogation in the form of a public protest.
MAKE SOME SPACE is a scratch night – the ideas, concepts and investigations are robust but have been developed at speed over 3 weeks so strap in for a refreshing night with the next generation of changemakers!!
2025 Participants:
Tarenya Joshi, Sabrina Lee, Casper Hluschko, Luqman, Mabruka O, Edith-Peace, Sannie, Elisha Lule, Enhui and Lars Carey.
Project Partners & Acknowledgements
Information for Presenters
MAKE SOME SPACE is an initiative developed by Sarah Austin and Samantha Butterworth and produced by Performing Lines. The 2025 program is hosted by Footscray Community Arts
Top Image: by Casper Plum
RH Image: Yes, No, Maybe, by Sarah Austin and Alex Walker as part of Punctum Seed Pod Residency. Photo: Rainbow Sweeney.
