Things that are real: Alvaro Barrington x Dean Cross will be the most ambitious of this series to date, creating an unprecedented level of cultural and artistic exchange. The project facilitates a dynamic and hybrid engagement model, with the artists exchanging works-in-progress and ideas during a remote, development phase and collaborating together in Sydney when we host Barrington for an intensive, creative install period. This rich exchange of culture, ideas and methodologies will embrace risk-taking, experimentation and innovation. Featuring solo and collaborative artworks, Things that are real culminates from an exchange of works-in-progress between Australia and the UK and a live experiment in situ, with the artists generating new material conversations in an intensive creative install period at Cement Fondu. Dean Cross, Prima Facie (detail), 2021. Primavera: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, Sydney. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia. Photos: Anna Kučera.