Images: stills from animations created by A People's Guide project artists. See participants below.
A People’s Guide to (North) Geelong
FRI 20 FEB–SAT 28 FEB | 10:00AM—4:00PM
Performance Space | Level 2
This event opens as part of Platform Arts’ upcoming thematic, what it means to remember.
FRI 20 FEB | 5:00PM—7:30PM
Free to attend. Please register below.
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A People’s Guide to (North) Geelong is a project that braids elements of social practice, place-based exploration and digital storytelling into a collaborative exhibition.
Platform Arts engaged 8 young people from Indie School (North Geelong) as a cohort of honorary artists and Norlane residents to become guest contributors and local experts on the project. The team travelled through Geelong's north to meet and interview residents in the Norlane community, discovering the human and more-than-human stories along Cowies Creek and Labuan Square.
"I've met such wonderful people. I remember at church there was an older lady from Norlane, of Italian origin…her son would come home after school and bring all these friends. And she just was this, you know, salt of the earth mother…And gave them Milos and cups of tea and biscuits and cakes. And people started to call it the United Nations because she said there was someone from every country on earth around that table.
You know, so she used to open her home and say, 'welcome to the United Nations.’”
—senior resident of Norlane
Their research has culminated into a collaborative audiovisual installation that celebrates the stories and places of the Norlane neighbourhood. The immersive exhibition uses stunning animations and visual storytelling to convey how people and places are never as they seem.
Honorary Artists
Ray Osborne, Nicholas S Robinson, Ashlee Phillips, Arlo Furze, Isaac Thomas Robinson, Olivia Ferrie, Rihanna Mercieca, Bryce Anthony Ma
Project Credits
Lead Artist: Yuhui Ng Rdriguez
New Media Artist: Laura Alice
Creative Producer: Penne Thornton
This exhibition is open for one week from 20—28 FEB in the Platform Arts Performance Space.
Special thanks to Dianne Pont, Anne Irwin and the residents of Norlane for their warmth and generosity.
Supported by
Indie School , The Good Neighbourhood Project, City of Greater Geelong, Platform Arts
