Yes No

Yes No uses thousands of pegboard letters to present the results of the 1917 conscription vote and reveals how close Australia came to forcing its citizens to fight in WWI. Yes No also offers insights of two fictional characters voting on this fundamental issue from two real perspectives: an Indigenous man votes ‘yes’ hoping to gain additional rights as an Australian citizen, while a widower votes ‘no’ to prevent other families being torn apart.

Jack said…
Yes to the recruiter on Sydney Road
Yes to a medic's spite
Yes in ink between black boxes
Yes to being white
Yes for a country no longer his
Yes for a piece of his own
Yes for six shillings a week
Yes to be a warrior grown
Yes to money sent back to family
Yes for lines to be drawn
Yes for children yet to come
Yes for a culture gone.

Nell said…
No to losing an uncle
No to wasting time
No to missing her husband’s leg
No to losing his mind
No to selling all their sheep
No to losing the farm
No to rum drunk in silence
No to sleepless harm
No to planes over birds
No to the shine of a gun
No to letters delivered blankly
No to losing a son.

Making Waves
Visual Art
Making Waves
Softly Brutal
Poetry, Visual Art
Softly Brutal
The Bridge
Bayside City Council
Locative Literature
The Bridge
u o us nothing
Visual Art
u o us nothing
Future Forms
Visual Art
Future Forms
stop the quotes
Visual Art
stop the quotes
disc/on/nec/ted disc/om/fort/ing
Visual Art
disc/on/nec/ted disc/om/fort/ing
the race that stole a nation
Visual Art
the race that stole a nation
disc/on/tent
Visual Art
disc/on/tent
Fear Hope
Visual Art
Fear Hope
Yes No
Brunswick Library, Moreland City Council
Locative Literature
Yes No
Equal Zequal Hequal Shequal
Visual Art
Equal Zequal Hequal Shequal
The Gulf
Visual Art
The Gulf
Make Art Fuck War
Visual Art
Make Art Fuck War
Her to Him
Visual Art
Her to Him
Old is New
Visual Art
Old is New
Wordacus
Victorian Government and Nillumbik Shire Council
Locative Literature
Wordacus
StoryBoards
Locative Literature
StoryBoards
Poetick poetry
Poetick
Poetry
Poetick poetry
The Office
Locative Literature
The Office
I Was Here
Chart Collective
Locative Literature
I Was Here
Fair and Handsome
Immerse Exhibition by Knox City Council
Locative Literature
Fair and Handsome
concrete poetry posters in Dunedin, NZ
Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund & Vogel St Party
Locative Literature
concrete poetry posters in Dunedin, NZ
StepLit in Dunedin, NZ
Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund & Vogel St Party
Locative Literature
StepLit in Dunedin, NZ
#FreeTheArts
Visual Art
#FreeTheArts
Newswrite Article
NSW Writers' Centre
Articles
Newswrite Article
Uncommon Places
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Locative Literature
Uncommon Places
3Sides2EveryStory
Locative Literature
3Sides2EveryStory
Small Words
Visual Art
Small Words
Code Greener
Locative Literature
Code Greener
Code Green
Locative Literature
Code Green
TapeLit
Locative Literature
TapeLit
This balance between digital and analogue
The Writing Platform, Queensland University of Technology
This balance between digital and analogue
Victorian Writer article on Civic Literature
Writers Victoria
Articles
Victorian Writer article on Civic Literature
ScrabbleLit
Locative Literature
ScrabbleLit
StickyStories
Locative Literature
StickyStories
#CityofLiteratureInitiative
Articles, Locative Literature
#CityofLiteratureInitiative
Promises Promises
Townsville City Library
Locative Literature
Promises Promises
BookCode at Craigmillar Library
Australia Council and Craigmillar Library
Locative Literature
BookCode at Craigmillar Library
1Story
Sustainable Living Festival
Locative Literature
1Story
StripLit
Australia Council and StripFest
Locative Literature
StripLit
7Stories
City of Melbourne
Locative Literature
7Stories
LetterBox
Arts Centre Melbourne
Visual Art
LetterBox
2Stories
Emerging Writers' Festival & NGV Studio
2Stories
Appearances
Articles
Appearances
6Stories
Locative Literature
6Stories
4Stories
Locative Literature
4Stories
MyStory
Locative Literature
MyStory
The Emerging Writer
Emerging Writers Festival
Articles, Locative Literature
The Emerging Writer
Verandah 25
Verandah Journal
Poetry
Verandah 25
Stamping Ground – Stories from the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne
Clouds of Magellan press
Poetry
Stamping Ground – Stories from the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne
Poetry 4 U
Poetry
Poetry 4 U
Over and Out
21D Magazine
Poetry
Over and Out
On Location
WQ Magazine
Articles
On Location
“Blink” on Stories Unbound
Melbourne Writers' Festival
Locative Literature
“Blink” on Stories Unbound