Test Garden - Talks - December

Name: Test Garden - Talks - December
Start: 2025-12-06T10:00:00+1100
End: 2025-12-06T12:00:00+1100
Location: Test Garden - Fed Square

Sat, 6 Dec, 10am - 12pm AEDT

Test Garden - Fed Square

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Fed Square

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Come along to the Test Garden to see the new sculptural installation, Compressions, and hear from artist Francis Carmody and ecologist Dr Dean Schrieke.

Reflecting on their collaboration through the Melbourne Arts Precinct Plant Trials at The University of Melbourne’s Burnley campus, the two will explore how an artistic and scientific practice share ways of thinking through materials and systems.

Looking at how research unfolds in the lab and in the studio, from controlled experiments to more intuitive forms of making, this conversation opens up the shared ground between artistic and scientific workflows, asking what each can learn from the other in understanding change, growth and adaptation.

Arrive at 10am to grab a free coffee for a 10.30am start
These events are held outdoors in the Test Garden. Please bring a hat and water bottle
The Test Garden is located next to the Fed Square Car Park (Wilson Parking) on the Russell Street Extension

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For thousands of years, the land around Birrarung (the Yarra River) has been Melbourne’s meeting place – an area of cultural significance for First Peoples and a place of creative expression. Today the site is home to the Melbourne Arts Precinct; a vibrant creative community and the artistic heart of our city.

Fed Square is the gateway to the art precinct – and as Melbourne’s public square it is the civic, cultural and community heart of the city. It also home to three of Victoria’s major cultural institutions: ACMI – Australia’s Museum of Screen Culture, the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

Located opposite the iconic Flinders St Station, Fed Square is also Melbourne’s premier meeting place, tourist destination and event venue for thousands of events a year – since opening in 2002, it has seen more than 110 million visits.

In 2019, Fed Square was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, the youngest building in Australia to ever be recognised in this way.

Sat, 6 Dec, 10am - 12pm AEDT

Test Garden - Fed Square

Melbourne VIC, Australia

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