The work · Action
We make useful things with people.
Goods on Country, Empathy Ledger, JusticeHub and The Harvest are the main projects we work on. Explore them below, or tell us about something you would like to make together.
The work we’re part of
Meet the main projects.
Empathy Ledger01 · Empathy LedgerA place to record and share stories.
Empathy Ledger brings stories, photographs and recordings together. It helps storytellers and communities decide what can be shared, with whom, and for how long.
Enter Empathy Ledger- JusticeHubAustralia already holds the answers02 · JusticeHub · With CONTAINED
Find community-led approaches to youth justice.
JusticeHub brings together programs, research and lived experience so people can find alternatives to locking young people up. Explore the organisations doing the work and the evidence behind their approaches.
Search JusticeHub 
03 · Goods on CountryEveryday goods designed with remote communities.
Goods on Country works with communities to design and make essentials such as beds from recycled plastic. The work includes testing, delivery and repair, with the aim of building local manufacturing and keeping skills and value on Country.
Visit Goods on CountryWatch the Goods film · 4 minutes
04 · The Harvest · The place you can visitA place for food, making and gathering.
The Harvest is an old nursery in Witta, on Jinibara Country, being brought back to life through gardens, art and shared projects. Visit its own site for updates, events and ways to get involved as the place takes shape.
Visit The Harvest
Goods on Country · 4-minute film
See the work in Gamardi.
A short film about the beds, the people making them and life in Gamardi.
More from Goods on CountryWork with us
Other things we can make together
We're Ben and Nic. Between us, we make photographs, build tools, make art and bring people together. You can come to us with an idea that is still taking shape.
Stories, photography and film
We can work with you on writing, photography, a short film or a publication. We listen to the people involved and work out together what to make, who it is for and what they want to share.
Tools and practical systems
Maybe you need a website, a simple app or a better way to organise information. We start with where people get stuck, build something small and test it with the people who will use it.
Art and installations
We make installations and public artworks that people can take part in, from a phone connecting strangers to CONTAINED, a room that asks what confinement feels like. Bring us the question you want to explore.
Team workshops
Bring something your team is working on. We can shape a session around interviewing, choosing photographs, writing or trying out a tool. You leave with something you have made and a way to keep working on it.
We will talk about money and time early. Before paid work starts, we agree what we are making, what it costs and who will hold it afterwards. If you are still figuring out funding, you can tell us that too.
How it starts
It starts with a conversation.
Tell us a little about it
What are you hoping to do? Who is involved? A few lines are enough to start. If you know your timing or budget, include that too.
Work out a way forward
We will be honest about whether we can help. If it feels like a fit, we work out what to make, the cost and the time it needs, and put that in writing.
Make it together
There is room to try things and change our minds. We also make time for the files, instructions and learning you will need to carry it on.
Art is part of how we work.
Keep going
Four ways on from here
Or bring us the question you cannot leave alone.
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