Your home is a battleground

Plump Gallery, an independent, artist-run gallery in Enmore, is currently hosting an exhibition about the housing crisis and squatting.

Co-curator Huck Spin said the idea for the show came out of experiences squatting last year.

“Everyone’s home is a battleground. The prices of houses are rising dramatically, and this has affected the home renter and the buyer and caused chaos,” Huck told the City Hub.

“Home owners, real estate agents and higher class people think that people like us, squatters and activists are scum. And we think the same thing back,” Huck says.

“The abundance of empty buildings being left to rot is the real crime.”

Huck says the Scum vs Scum show aims to expose and bring to light the housing crisis situation in a creative way.

“I realised that home is a big issue and every one is affected. We need to change that and not be slaves to housing crisis.”

Huck says the image of squatters is changing along with the housing crisis.

“The more the rents go up the more different people are squatting and being resourceful with empty buildings. People are surprised at who they will find squatting in there empties,” Huck said.

“Scum vs. Scum will show all sides of squatting and housing crisis and show you a human element.”

Scum vs Scum runs from April 19 to 29 at Plump Gallery, Enmore Road, Enmore. It includes a film night at 6.30pm on April 26, and a bike tour departing the gallery at 6pm on April 29 to learn about local squat history.