Naarm / Melbourne based Artist Ana Tiquia will spend six weeks in Esperance between 12 October to 24 November, then returns for another six weeks from 6 March to 19 April 2023.

Ana Tiquia is an artist and futurist. Integrating participatory art, design and futures practice, Ana creates public interventions: works that invite audiences into dialogue with ‘the future’. Her practice is one of inclusion that aims to ‘future’ with other humans, creatures, and things – to generate diverse, plural, and transformative future imaginaries. Ana has a deep commitment to the role of arts practice in relation to future inquiry, imagining, and social-ecological change. Her projects explore energy and material futures, futures of work and labour, data and technology.

Rural Utopias is a multi-year program of residencies and socially engaged art projects in regional and remote Western Australian communities. The program focuses on the idea of “Rural Utopias” and includes 11 artists from across Australia.

This project has been made possible through the generous support of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, the RISE: Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund - an Australian Government initiative, and the Cannery Art Centre. Spaced (International Art Space International Art Space Pty. Ltd.) is a leading arts organisation specialising in socially engaged art. Spaced was established in 1998 by a team of farmers and art professionals interested in bringing leading national and international artists into rural and remote communities.

To connect with Ana during this time contact the Cannery Arts Centre during office hours or email admin@canneryarts.com.au