Fair Dinkies by Sam Harrison | Artist Talk & Unboxing Party

Join us for an artist talk and unboxing party by Sam Harrison that will explore the development of his exhibition, and the themes intertwined throughout Fair Dinkies.

Blind boxes that were purchased on exhibition opening and throughout the exhibition will be available to collect and open on Thursday 10th April 2025.

Snowy River Toy Inc. is pleased to present its newest line of toy collectables in celebration of Australia’s rich cultural diversity!

Fair Dinkies is a series of collectable Koalas ironically tasked with representing the vast cultural diversity within Australia.

Simmering beneath the façade of playful innocence, along with promises of equality, safety, and prosperity, is a world of nuanced cultural and political tensions—a friction that keeps its inhabitants suspended in a moral and ethical limbo.

At the exhibition's core, it is a statement that diversity is necessary to create ‘Australian-ness’. As a well meaning commercial product by fictional manufacturers, Snowy River Toy Inc., the Koalas are destined to fail at this task.

Within the frame of the Fair Dinkies store, you are invited to participate in the parody of ‘the great Australian mixing pot’ to explore and question the motivations and mechanics of Australia’s unique form of social conformity.

WHEN: 6–8pm, Thursday 10 April 2025 
WHERE: Outer Space Main Gallery, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley⁠, Meanjin/Brisbane. 
ACCESSIBILITY: The gallery is wheelchair accessible from the Brunswick St entrance. There will be amplified sound, and ample seating available. If you have any specific access needs, please either email admin@outerspacebrisbane.org or send us a message on Instagram.

This is a free public program. More information on the exhibition here.  

Image by and courtesy of the artists.