Mountain to Mouth Installation
Mountain to Mouth Installation
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Background This NTRO is situated in the fields of socially engaged art and experimental pedagogy. It was selected as a major work for inclusion in the bi-annual, Mountain to Mouth Extreme Arts event in the Geelong region. The research set out to examine how an inclusive, participatory spatial intervention can work ‘with’ experimental pedagogies to generate citizen stories and multi-modal space/place responses to rapid transitions and transformations unfolding with/in their de-/re-industrializing suburb. Contribution Through community consultation, residents shared socio-economic issues and more specifically concerns about restoring Cowies Creek and the Moorpanyal Beach foreshore, once significant spaces and abundant sources of food for the traditional owners of the land, the Wathawurrung. Both have been severely impacted by industrial pollution and household dumping, issues that residents have been keen to address. Two businesses impacted by the decline of the Geelong Ford Factory donated materials and high vis items to the project. These were repurposed and reformed to create a series of forms featuring consumer objects discarded, found or unwanted. Consumer waste and small plastic objects were collected by the community and young people at the Fort youth Centre co-created a performative intervention for the project in response to the collections. The forms were illuminated, casting light on the perils of throwaway culture. After the event, usable items were re-distributed and circulated back into the community. Additional components were re-cast, up cycled and/or re-circulated as the project performed its work in future iterations. Significance Large crowds attended the event which was documented on the public record and on various media platforms. This project led to subsequent project grants and collaborations.Publication classification
J2 Minor original creative workExtent
InstallationsRecognition, awards & prizes
Funded by City of Greater Geelong $1,800Publisher
City of Greater GeelongPlace of publication
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