Creative Occupation

15/10/2026

We celebrate the inspiring experience gained from presenting two events at the recent 2026 Geelong Design Week.

Self-Reflection, Digital Image and Posthuman Cartographies: Two Interactive Artworks, Friday 2 October 2026, Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre
Artists/speakers: Jennifer McElwee presenting ‘Distorted Truth’, and Dr Jessica Laraine Williams presenting ‘For You Portrait’.
Moderator: Dr Marita Batna.
Image 1: From left Marita Batna, Jessica Laraine Williams and Jennifer McElwee.

Telematic Cafe - Designing a Festival
Thursday 8 October 2026, Beavs Bar, 77-79 Little Malop Street.
Experts in discussion: Deputy Mayor of the City of Greater Geelong Eddy Kontelj, Artist Matt Bonner, City of Greater Geelong Coordinator - Public Art & Culture, Urban Design & Place Sahn Cramer, Hamilton Group’s Graphic Designer Billy Kelleher-Jones and Artist Dr Rachel Hanlon.
Curator and moderator: Marita Batna.
Art & Research exhibit: Andy Davies, ‘Everyday Cyborg’
Image 2: from left Dr Rachel Hanlon and Marita Batna

25/06/2026

📣 Last days 📣 to encounter THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION at Third Space Gallery+Digital through these two elements -

🌊 The installation at Gallery (24/7)
A model of water, projections and sound as a reflection of forces that power fluid systems, from global deep ocean currents to human bodies; from planetary systems to molecular ones.

🌊 Choreography brochure
Referring to the installation is CHOREOGRAPHY FOR TRAVERSING THE THERMOHALINE offering a score for reading to embody a performative experience.

📍 Third Space Gallery + Digital, 132 Little Malop St Geelong
🧭 Pick up free copy of 'Choreography for Traversing the Thermohaline' inside the Centrepoint Arcade
⏳30 May-28 June 2026 (Sunday)

"We are not the ocean. We are simply what the ocean moves through" - from installation premise, Creative Occupation, 2026

Artist team: Michael Morgan, Andy Davies, Jennifer McElwee, Jessica Laraine Williams, Marita Batna. Sound: James X Caution.
Thank you to Creative Geelong for the collaboration on the project ❤️
Photos: Creative Occupation.

16/06/2026

🌌 This Friday night, 19 June 5-8 PM: we invite you to an activity of Thermohaline Circulation. With projections in full splendour, respond to CHOREOGRAPHY FOR TRAVERSING THE THERMOHALINE. ➡️ We supply the choreographic score, you respond in a self guided way, inside or outside the space.

🌌Choreography for Traversing the Thermohaline,
a score for one body, the gallery, and the indifferent ocean - by Jessica Laraine Williams.

🌌Installation at Third Space Gallery, 132 Lt.Malop st by Creative Occupation (team: Michael Morgan, Andy Davies, Jennifer McElwee, Marita Batna, Jessica L Williams) with sound by James X Caution. Window space 24/7, Thermohaline Circulation is on show until the end of June 2026.

🌌Be sure to explore other Little Malop St offerings for the night! Our gallery hosts: Creative Geelong are staging a Night Market at the Centrepoint Arcade with stalls, open studios, live music and more until 9 PM.

🌌No activity is under the direct sky, all underCOVER. All welcome!

09/04/2026

See the outcome of the Island trip with our friends David & Andrea as the new episode of their adventures on Old'n'Bold Freediving Adventures channel.

A trip to South Channel Fort led to a day of exploring colonial history and freediving with prolific marine life.South Channel Fort is an artificial island b...

17/12/2025

Our 2025 highlight, performance CONTRIBUTARIES, was an engagement with Geelong City Hall that explored a community-led connective experience during the inaugural ROAM Geelong on 11 October. Our diverse creative practices and stories came together in a narrative that honoured the life-giving power of water and advocated for the continuous flow of rivers.

Creative Occupation artist collective sends a heartfelt thanks to the ROAM Geelong photographers for capturing these stunning images! 💧

26/10/2025

Thank you from CONTRIBUTARIES - ROAM Geelong, Sat 11 Oct.

26/10/2025

Two weekends after the event, we're still immersed in CONTRIBUTUARIES, at ROAM Geelong held Sat 11th October. Thank you to all who shared this experience with us.

18/09/2025

Save the date and explore the program https://www.roamgeelong.com.au/program

18/09/2025

See us at ROAM Geelong!

ROAM Geelong is where joy, curiosity and imagination come to life for one unmissable day, as Geelong’s cultural heart becomes a playground of art, music, theatre and connection. As day turns to night, hundreds of artists transform the city with performances, installations and exhibitions - mostly free and suitable for all ages.

Creative Occupation will participate with our new performance, CONTRIBUTARIES, that celebrates water. Find us at City Hall.

Please save the date and explore the ROAM program here -
https://www.roamgeelong.com.au/program