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Victorian Quaker CentreNotes
https://www.northwestcitynews.com.au/victorian-quaker-centre-offers-rare-glimpse-during-open-house-melbourne/ https://openhousemelbourne.org/event-archive/victorian-quaker-centre-local-positioning-systems/ https://www.3cr.org.au/killyourlawn/episode/kicking-down-carceral-logics-willow-hutton-really-really-free-market-localExtent
3 Participatory data visualisation drawings, various drawing media on paper.Start date
2025-07-25End date
2025-07-26Research statement
Background Algorithms play a pervasive yet largely hidden role in shaping contemporary life and hence have also become an increasingly important cultural phenomenon requiring deeper study. While the visual arts have investigated rule-based procedures as generative processes, and as a way of interogating subjectivity and human decision making, most of those investigations have been confined to purely abstract idioms of practice. This research investigates how algorithmic play can augment our embodied perceptual and representational systems and help generate more dynamic and participatory ways of engaging with audiences, histories, spaces, and data. Contribution This site, (and furniture) specific work extends the investigation by developing a methodology for conducting co-designed, transdisciplinary research. Partnering with HOME SRIC with the aim of creating new knowledge on housing and homelessness, the approach recognises that “expert knowledge is plural, [requiring] a range of complementary and informative perspectives on complex social realities” (Head 2022, 125). The project also demonstrates how arts-based practices can generate deeper public engagement with traditional academic research, and equally: how traditional research can extend the aesthetic and social outcomes of visual arts practices. Significance Delivered at the Victorian Quaker Centre, Melb., this drawing project exemplified how practice-led research can facilitate dialogue between traditional academic research and the publics they seek to serve and influence. The project was the result of a successful application to Open House Melbourne 2025 where it was selected as a featured event. These works were part of an integrated event which co-featured an installation by artists Leiber and Chesworth, as well as a live-recorded panel discussion for radio 3CR. The 2-day event was attended by 300+ visitor-participants while also reaching extended audiences via radio, print, and social media.Event
Drawing Home (Local Positioning systems)Publisher
Open House MelbournePlace of publication
MelbourneSeries
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