The Contemporary is a research collective based on Wadawurrung country in Djilang/Geelong.

Curators, producers and researchers Ilana Russell (MA. Art in Public Space RMIT), Sarah Jones (PhD. Art & Design UNSW), and artist, writer and photographer Sarah Walker (MFA. RMIT), explore the possibilities for civic reinvention through temporary public art interventions and cross-institutional partnership in a regional context.