In the period between 2015 and 2017, the #Vacant Geelong project has developed a large body of original artistic works that respond directly to vacant industrial spaces and the memories that have shaped what it has meant to live in…
The book of the #Vacant Geelong team’s Iconic Industry exhibition has now been published! Iconic Industry: Exploring the Industrial Built Fabric of Geelong catalogues the exhibition that was recently on show for six weeks at the National Wool Museum in Geelong. Written…
Deakin University’s #VacantGeelong project was at the centre of a round table discussion at the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) recently. #VacantGeelong project leader Dr Mirjana Lozanovska from Deakin’s School of Architecture and Built Environment chaired the Vacant, Reading Material, Memory discussion. Panellists included #VacantGeelong artists Alexander Hamilton – whose drawings…
Amanda Shone What We Remember/What We Forget 2014 Amanda Shone works closely with people and spaces to emphasise the things that go unnoticed, but once evoked, are hard to shake. Her work suggests that our unconscious gestures reside in the…
The invitation to the recent #VacantGeelong Open Studio Open Day was ‘come one, come all’ to participate in artists talks, collaborative workshops, walks, and conversations about Geelong’s future. The #VacantGeelong project began at Deakin University in 2015. Through the…
The #VacantGeelong research project on Geelong’s vacant industrial space has moved into its next stage. Deakin University’s #VacantGeelong project presented a symposium this week at the National Wool Museum to discuss the historical impact of Geelong’s industrial spaces and potential for…
This project provides a creative exploration of Geelong’s industrial identity, and a collaborative interface between architecture, art and community. Its intent is to focus artistic processes on the re-activation of memory and erasure as an interval or pause in the…