#VacantGeelong
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VACANTCity – 1000 years BackForward Wednesday 7 – Friday 9 July 2021 (POSTPONED to 25 November 2021) 9 am to 5 pm Centrepoint Arcade, 193 Ryrie Street Geelong architecturevacancylab.deakin.edu.au Enquiries: mirjana.lozanovska@deakin.edu.au In a participatory event occupying Centrepoint Arcade in Geelong this project re-models the city. […]
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 by Mirjana Lozanovska, David Beynon, Cameron Bishop, Diego Fullaondo and […]
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 from London’s Trafalgar Square, New York’s Times Square and Geelong’s […]
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 undercurrents of culture, and seep into our relations with space […]
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 their future, as explored through a number of new artworks […]
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 current challenges to industry. Through the work of several artists […]