An exhibition in three rooms
CONTAINED
Walk through three rooms that ask what youth detention feels like, and what alternatives could look like.
Step inside CONTAINED
Goods on Country /
Gamardi
Local time
Made with people /
left with them
What staysafter we leave.
We turn ideas into things people can use and experience
Listen · Curiosity /
Action · Art
The work we're part of
Here's what we're working on.
We're Ben and Nic. We work with people to make things, from beds and public artworks to tools for sharing stories. These are the main projects we're part of.
01 · Goods on CountryEveryday goods designed with remote communities.
Recycled-plastic beds are a starting point. The work includes testing, delivery and repair, with the aim of making more locally.
Visit Goods on CountryWatch the Goods film · 4 minutes
Empathy Ledger02 · Empathy LedgerA place to record and share stories.
Bring photographs, recordings and writing together. Storytellers decide what can be shared, with whom and for how long.
Enter Empathy Ledger- JusticeHubAustralia already holds the answers03 · JusticeHub
Find community-led approaches to youth justice.
Explore the organisations working with young people, their programs and the evidence for alternatives to prison.
Search JusticeHub 
04 · The HarvestA place for food, making and gathering.
An old nursery in Witta, on Jinibara Country, taking shape through gardens, art and shared projects.
Visit The Harvest
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Work with us
Other things we can make together
You can bring us a project of your own, too. We can help with a story, a practical tool, an artwork or something your team wants to learn.
Stories, photography and film
We can work with you on writing, photography, a short film or a publication. We listen to the people involved and work out together what to make, who it is for and what they want to share.
Tools and practical systems
Maybe you need a website, a simple app or a better way to organise information. We start with where people get stuck, build something small and test it with the people who will use it.
Art and installations
We make installations and public artworks that people can take part in, from a phone connecting strangers to CONTAINED, a room that asks what confinement feels like. Bring us the question you want to explore.
Team workshops
Bring something your team is working on. We can shape a session around interviewing, choosing photographs, writing or trying out a tool. You leave with something you have made and a way to keep working on it.
Start a conversation
What would you like to make?
Tell us what you have in mind, who is involved and where you need a hand. A few lines are enough. We can work out the next step together.
Tell us about itFor stories and updates from the projects, sign up for the field letter.
Keep going
Four ways on from here
Listen · Read the storiesWriting from the workCuriosity · Explore the questionsWhat we're working outAction · Go to the workThe projectsArt · See what was madeThe artworks
Meet Ben and Nic and find out how ACT began.
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