Pruno is prison wine. It can be seen as a representation of human resourcefulness and the ‘last drop’. It was made from ingredients you can get in the prison canteen such as vegemite, fruit salad cups and bread. The bread is used as a substitute for yeast. It was presented in a functioning toilet as it would be if stashed in prison. To our knowledge no one tried the pruno. This batch was made by artist Harrison Kewley who also exhibited his paintings in the Green Room. The recipe was provided to him by someone who is currently incarcerated.

Harrison Kewley is an emerging artist moving freely between video, digital, painting and performance. His works jump between scenarios and aesthetics, clashing ideas of risk and uncomfortability. Kewley’s works interrogate values, tastes and the visual languages used for contemporary expression. Like stepping into another person’s suggested video queue, he generates a disturbing cross-examination of our sense of choice or control.