Providing a theoretical framework for Tuning Space the term ‘tuning’ is presented as a concept, a process, and a framing device. While the common definition of tuning; ‘the action or process of tuning something and the extent to which a musical instrument, performance, or ensemble is in tune,’ is at the centre of the works, a secondary definition of ‘tuning’, to ‘adjust or adapt (something) to a particular purpose or situation,’ is equally relevant.  The ‘something’ that is adjusted or adapted within the performances are both the piano’s and the spatial contexts; the ‘purpose’ is to bring audiences into close proximity with the spatial politics of contested landscapes; and the ‘situation’ is the environmental impact of human consumption and the ongoing impact of colonialism in Australia. So too, the notion of being ‘tuned in’, of being ‘sensitive to or able to understand something,’ and ‘tuning into,’ or ‘becoming sensitive to,’ resonates with the aim of Tuning Space; to expose passive spectators to the environmental and spatio-temporal conditions of ‘other spaces.’