Projection Art Festival

Purpose:

To encourage engagement between the campus and the Melbourne community, our placemaking proposal will be staging a projection art festival during White Night in Melbourne. This will be a way of inviting a diverse group of people across the city to participate in social activities along Tin Alley. image from: https://awol.junkee.com/night-party-white-nightset-light-another-aussie-city/29906

Intervention

A series of projection art will be collated from students, faculty, local residents and indigenous artists. This will be an opportunity to showcase stories through art from people with diverse backgrounds, ViiLÀ>̈˜}iLœÕÀ˜i1˜ˆÛiÀÈÌÞ>à a melting pot of global cultures. This «ÀœiV̈œ˜viÃ̈Û>܈wÀÃÌLi…i`œ˜7…ˆÌi Night, however following its success there is the opportunity to make this a bi-annual event.

Sensitive to Nature

This intervention only requires existing building walls and projector, instead of using painting materials. In this way the sharing of arts is more environmentally-friendly and has “œÀiyi݈LˆˆÌÞLiޜ˜`“i`ˆ>°

Who is involved?

-Local Artists -Students and staff volunteers ‡1˜ˆÛiÀÈÌÞ“>ˆ˜Ìi˜>˜Vi>˜`iÛi˜ÌÃÌi>“à -Local indigenous representative

How is it happening?

Audio/Visual equipment can be sourced through the university’s Faculty of Arts department. Funding will be required to appropriately pay artists for their contributions.

Corona Virus Response

During this festival Tin Alley will be pedestrianised, whilst painting across the ground will indicate distancing zones in a fun and vibrant fashion ensuring people engage socially whilst distancing physically.

Evaluation

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