OPEN STUDIO // ALYCIA BENNETT & TARA PATTENDEN
Metro Arts invites you into the studio for a charged, live showing of new works-in-progress by Alycia Bennett and Tara Pattenden.
Working across DIY strategies, interactive media, instrument-making, sound and performance, Bennett and Pattenden meet here for the first time – not to present finished work, but to test, provoke and unsettle their own processes in real time.
This open studio is a chance for the artists to share the very first steps of a new collaboration following a shared week of experimentation. Together, we invite audiences to encounter works-in-progress, sonic fragments and emerging systems, and to hear directly from the artists as they navigate this initial phase of collaboration.
Expect something raw, responsive and still taking shape.
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This residency is the first of our 2026 SEED FUND residencies; a new framework designed to give artists time and space to develop new ideas through process-led experimentation. It also marks the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between Metro Arts (Brisbane) and ACE (Adelaide), building a shared platform for artists to develop ambitious, experimental work across contexts, with the project continuing in Adelaide later in 2026.
