The central item of the exhibition is an 8x3m drawing of Brisbane consisting of up to 50 individual submissions emptying A4 grids by 50% to reveal something lost. The idea of the drawing’s aesthetic was developed in 2006 as a way to navigate through unseen space. The use of luminescent colours, similar to night driving instruments on vehicle dashboards, has become the literal application.

In detail, the exhibition has four parts to introduce an understanding of Country:

· An 8x3m drawing of Brisbane partially emptied (to reveal Country through space)

· 11 skateboards painted with aboriginal motifs (to reveal Country through artefact)

· 1 video showing skaters acquiring abandoned sites and using (to reveal Country through use)

· An 8x3m empty drawing for visitors to mark (to reveal Country through marking).

In 2011, I received a British Council Accelerate award and travelled to the UK to present the Finding Country idea. Based upon 6 years of self-funded exhibitions, lectures, papers and workshops here in Australia, Finding Country, along with associated architectural projects, were presented to academic, publishing and curatorial organizations including the Architectural Association, the Architecture Foundation, the Barbican Centre, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Arts Council and the British Council. The response was overwhelmingly positive and has led me to mount this campaign.