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‘if you obey
all the rules
you miss all
the fun’
FootscrayThis was an activity done at the start of the semester where we looked at the idea of play.We wanted to create an action that would occupy public space and activate the pub-lic’s imagination through the idea of games.
play obstacle comfort preconceptions stare
Footscray (occupation)
RMIT(installation)
InstallationThis was an installation for the home-less project that we did with Ceri in our technology class. This project consisted of us using recycled mate-rials to create a temporary place to stay for a homeless person. Although we were comfortable in the box we slept in other people were not, they often stared however no one stopped to ask us what were doing. So that made us question, were people not comfortable with our installation that is why they stared but comfortable enough to keep on walking?
choice: alternative route preconceived idea of site mature adults conform
obstacle comfort
brunswick A: Tram Stop (brunswick town hall)
brunswick is a multicultural suburb that has the highest proportion of new arrivals from overseas. it’s
cyclicing.
brunswick Road bl ockFor this project, we installed obsta-cles through a pathway and looked at how the public would react to the change in the environment. We were quite surprised to see that no one moved the objects to be able to go through. everyone conformed to
their habits ny taking an alternative route but did not change the posi-tions of the obstacles. the objects used in the site were cutouts of people that were stuck at different heights on objects that we found on site. we used biins, a straight cone and even stuck a woman upright on the bench
stage 1 stage 2 stage 3
placed the objects far
is placed on the far left and the second bin is placed halfway through the middle.
For the second stage, we placed the objects a little closer to each
was brought in the middle of the road where the cutout man’s leg reduced the walking space consid-erably
stage, we placed the object close together so that the passer-by would not be able to walk unless they chose an alternative root or walked on the road
Engaged with installation
Did not engage with installation
This is a graph showing the people that moved through the obstacle and those that did not. It was interesting to see that there was a higher percentage of peo-ple going through the space compared to amount of people avoiding the space.
do you see the grey dots in the blocks?
Engaged with
installation
Did not Engage
with installation
no escape forced, no choice activate public
imagination:play sound crowdbehaviour Age:young adults Pre-conceived idea: crates
Brunswick (road block)
City (crates in a laneway)
crates in a lanewayB: Tattersalls Lane
Tattersalls lane is one of the busiest laneways in China town. Situated at the start of China town, it is often used as a shortcut from Lonsdale street to Little Bourke Street.
We wanted to add this idea of play in the lane-way. Tattersalls lane is one of the most busiest laneways in China Town. By installing crates in the laneway we wanted to create an obstacle that would reduce the crowd
crowd to follow a spe-
We wanted to install the crates in a tetris like manner. As we felt that it would connote the game and people would be more lkely to engage with the installation. We introduced the tetris music in the site to encourage passer-bys to engage with the installation in a more playful manner.
Crates in a laneway
This is the conversation had when 3 teenagers jumped the crates
Conversations had with the indian restatant (the crates were in front of their entrance)
Amount of crates used in trial 1
Amount of crates used in trial 2
we wanted to set up an obstacle that forced people to interact with the
laneway in a horizantal line to see wether people would walk over or move the crates in order to go through. we were surprised to see that only one group of 5 moved the crates in order to pass. therefore we decided to go
there was only two groups of people that did move the crates.
Amount of crates used:
Tattersalls lane trial 2
Amount of crates used:
Tattersalls lane trial 1
Women (7-7.30)
Men (7-7.30)
the amount of men and women that went through the laneway
choice:voluntary play comfort
curiosity preconceived idea: ma-
terial age: kids and parents obstacle
Fun at the parkC: playground Carlton gardens
Conversation had with the kids in the park
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Conversation had with the kids in the park
For this project, we put streamers in a park and watched if the
kids would interact. The bright colours of the streamers encour-
aged the kids to approach and play. We observed them jumping,
going underand over, breaking through the obstacles created as
they navigated their way through the playground
children adultsChildren Adults
Looking at the amount of parents compared to the amount of the kids present in the -
enced the kids by telling them not to break the streamers while they were walking through the installation
ref l ections Even after doing all these projects we still ask ourselves, is public space really pub-lic? This semester not only showed us the perks of working and testing our work on site but it also helped us develop a better
Through the exploration of our different projects, we learnt that crowds are more reactive compared to individuals. We also were greatly surprised to see how people conformed to the spaces and obstacles we created and chose the path of least re-sistance while the walk through the obsta-cles. The kids in our last project were the only ones who really reacted and engaged with the installation. They were least con-forming of the different age groups that we tested.
TeChNoLoGy
TeChNoLoGy
This is among the
we did in the tech-
nology class. The
aim of this installa-
tion was to occupy
a public space by
building a place
to stay temporar-
ily for a homeless
person
installation
Sound walksounds that surronded us. by tuning everything out and cleasing our mind, we experienced the spaces through our sight and our hearing sense. This was an eye-opening experience as we were able to experience the space in a more intense manner and our hearing sense made up for the sights that were not always visually visible. this project helped us greatly in the under-standing of the use of sound for our second project: using the crates the laneway
brunswickThis is the mechanism that we
passed through the obstacle. We
could not use a tripod as it is so
easily recognizable, therefore this
mechanism was created. It sat on
a table opposite the site. This tech-
nology was temporary and quite
unstable. However by using sticky
the table it became more stable.
This was a tripod made with mini-
mal cost nand available materials
crates in a lanewayThis project required minimal technol-
ogy. We used milk crates that we piled
one on top of the other. We did not
want to secure the crates together
because we thought it would be easier
for people to interact with the crates
if they were able to push it around
and pick them up so that they could go
through the pathway. Piling the crates
one on top of the other proved to be
very stable as none of the crates fell
fun at the parkFor this project we once again used a very ba-sic technology. We used streamers and a band of crepe paper and stuck them using sticky tape. By using this inexpensive and fragile technology enabled the kids to be able to inter-act with the installation in a more active manner. They were able to tear down the streamers in order to go through.
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