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Our Coffers Were Emptied to Pay for Your Pleasures

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An immersive installation by Josie Rae Turnbull, Our Coffers Were Emptied to Pay for Your Pleasures reimagines the fate of a discarded champion Arowana to explore themes of desire, exploitation, and obsolescence.

Events in this collection

Drop-in Family Workshop: Takeaway Treasures with Josie Turnbull
Tomorrow at 11:00
Free
Artist-Led Tour: The Fabled Fortunes of a Fish with Josie Turnbull
Sunday at 14:30
Free

Workshop: GHT Creative Writing Group
Sun, Sep 28, 2:30 PM
Free
Artist Voices: In Conversation with Josie Turnbull and Khairani Barokka
Thu, Sep 25, 6:00 PM GMT+1
Free
FLARB (Free, Lazy, Arty, Radical Book Club)
Sun, Sep 14, 1:30 PM
Free
Drop-in Family Workshop: Takeaway Treasures with Josie Turnbull
Thu, Aug 21, 11:00 AM
Free
Launch Event: Our Coffers Were Emptied to Pay for Your Pleasures
Fri, Aug 15, 6:00 PM
Free

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‘a space’ arts supports artists and inspires audiences through exhibitions, studio spaces, professional development and by culturally reanimating lost spaces with arts and heritage.

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