No More Public Space, Only Public Order (Water Cannon), 2016.

MONA FOMA and Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart. Artists: Amy Spiers & Catherine
Ryan. Choreographer: Ashley Dyer. Building technician: Ron Spiers. Accompanying text: Nina Power. Performers: Guillaume Galibert, Sannamaria
Kuula, Leah Landau, Kieran Law, Chad McLachlan and Anastasia Stossich. Bagpiper: Rick Baxter. Dog handlers: German Shepherd Dog Club
Tasmania Inc. Photography/Videography: Ninna Millikin, Lucy Parakhina and John Possemato. This project has been assisted by the Australian
Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. thefuturesofthepast.wordpress.com/watercannon/

The Public/Private Questionnaire

by Nina Power
Are you a public kind of person or more of a homebody? Are you the life of the protest or do you often find yourself sitting, shivering alone in the
coldest room of your house? Studies show that atomisation, alienation and a paranoid individualisation frequently lead to political pessimism, an
inability to organise with others and a frequent desire to run home avoiding trouble at all costs.
The state is currently undertaking a survey into the psychic life of its citizens, in order to determine how much repression will be needed in the coming
months and years. We already have your details on file and have access to your internet history so please answer anonymously, as this will save us
time. Be honest: your countrys future depends on it. Plus we need to budget for the cost of water cannon, shields, batons, vans, handcuffs, hi-vis
jackets, trials, cells and hired goons.

Questions to ask your collective self

1. Do you think your large numbers will beat us when we have all this gear?
2. Do you really know the person standing next to you?

YES NO
YES NO

3. Do you know where the nearest places where large numbers of people could
congregate are? What rights you have?

YES NO

4. On a scale of one to one, how much do you think we know about you?

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a) by my family
b) by my closest friends

5. If you had to choose between the following ways of being spied on, which one
would you prefer?

c) by my colleagues

d) by random strangers on the street

Questions to ask your outer self

1. How hard do you think your body is?
2. How thick do you think your skull is?
3. How much water could your eye receive? At what pressure?
4. On a scale of one to ten, how many fingers would you need to break before
you give up?

5. If you had to choose between the following materials, which one would you
pick?

a) rubber

b) metal

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c) reinforced plastic d) pepper spray

Questions to ask your inner self

1. Will your being here make anyone change their mind?
2. Do you know how power works?

YES NO
YES NO

3. Where is the nearest police station? The nearest jail?

4. On a scale of one to twenty, how committed are you?

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5. If you had to choose between the following emotions, which one would you
pick?

a) anger

b) revenge

c) fear

d) panic

Questions to ask your secret self

1. Do you know how weak you are?
2. Do you know how little you matter?
3. Will anyone care about your reasons for being here? Will you?

YES NO
YES NO
YES NO

4. One a scale of one to a hundred, how indifferent do you feel about the future
of humanity?

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5. If you had to choose between the following humiliations, which one would you
pick?

a) public shaming

b) life without parole

c) abandonment by family and friends

d) embarrassing death

Questions to ask your anonymous self

1. Who are we?
2. What can a body do?
3. Will good triumph over evil? Do we know what they are?
4. On a scale of one to infinity, how does politics relate to truth?
5. If you had to choose between the following political destinies which one would
you pick?

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a) redemption
b) justice
c) apocalypse
d) everything

Questionnaire produced on the occasion of No More Public Space, Only Public Order (Water Cannon) by Amy Spiers and Catherine Ryan.

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