What has lead us to this point?
During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world began to cease normal functions and practices of capitalism and daily life. Art galleries closed to adhere to regulations. We, as a small independent gallery in an inner-city suburb, were left with an art exhibition (43 Minutes by The KACA Projects) strung in a kind of limbo, unable to be viewed and promoted, nor able to be dismantled and bumped out. We suggested to the artists of The KACA Projects that there may be a way to evolve the concept of the fifth wall and what the KACA Projects had intended to explore. Through online discussions, The KACA Projects, together with Side Gallery, put together a COVID-19 version of an artist residency and invited the members from the original wall-painting experiment to become the new caretakers of the fifth wall. The KACA Projects relinquished power and control of the project in a ceremonial handover statement (below), and each caretaker was given a week to use the space; however they saw fit.
Ceremonial handover statement
“The KACA Projects have ceded artistic authorial power over the wall, and the objects associated with it, to a Caretaker Committee.”
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Susan Lincoln aka Candy Mohair 2020
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Susan Lincoln aka Candy Mohair 2020
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Susan Lincoln aka Candy Mohair 2020
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Susan Lincoln aka Candy Mohair 2020
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_1042.jpg)
Susan Lincoln aka Candy Mohair 2020
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_1013.jpg)
Susan Lincoln aka Candy Mohair 2020
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_3822.jpg)
Daniel Sherington
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_3875.jpg)
Daniel Sherington
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_5094.jpg)
Daniel Sherington
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Daniel Sherington 2020
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Daniel Sherington
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Daniel Sherington
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Genine Larin 2020
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Genine Larin 2020
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Genine Larin 2020
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Genine Larin 2020
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Genine Larin 2020
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Natasha Narain 2020
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Natasha Narain 2020
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Natasha Narain 2020
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Natasha Narain 2020
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Natasha Narain 2020
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Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
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Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
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Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
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Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
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Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_9076.jpg)
Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_9595.jpg)
Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020
![](https://sidegallery.com.au/images/artwork/sideway-43-minutes/IMG_5850.jpg)
Laura Brinin & Leesa Hickey aka LELA 2020