This exhibition presents work from artists whose practice requires active participation from the audience in order for their works to be realised. By doing so, these artists collapse the creation and the consumption of an artwork into the same, single act.

STRANGER OF THE MONTHIntended as an interruption into the lives of others, Stranger of the Month invites you to contribute your instructions via our website, or by visiting our temporary mailroom. The nature of the instructions can assume varied forms. Instructions may provide a remedy to the doldrums of a working life, an awakening to behaviours that are habitual or unconscious, or they could function as a call to action for the purpose of a particular cause or belief. Alternatively, instructions could operate in a more covert way, to form the beginnings of a game of deception and intrigue.

Artists: Stranger of the Month was created by Kerrie-Dee Johns and produced by Jon Tjhia, and first presented at the 2008 Next Wave Festival. It is realised by the artists and contributors who take part. Jon Tjhia is a producer, musician and writer based in Melbourne. Kerrie-Dee was a Melbourne based curator and arts writer.