presentation on curating public space (through private actions, transference, direction and conversation) for the architecture + philosophy series at federation square, melbourne. co-presented by nella themelios, curator, craft victoria.

1. making sense cities can be walked or cycled through as a way to experience them on a personal level. but how do we have a humanist-psychological experience about the places we're in? one of the ways which we can measure space and know it in this way is through touch - through a more craft-based, hands-on approach. once you have traversed a corner, or the north-east wall with your hands, in some way, you know the space intimately and can come to terms with it. you see it as it really is, blemishes, scuffs, bits of plaster coming off where the blu-tack holding up that poster was. this space is personal. and your place within it can be determined through your place within it - not through more stuff, more objects, more resources, more waste, more money.

5. My world is 15 x 15 374 Gallery, Northcote My world is no bigger...

6. private space s : in public the toilet project [ cont..] masters pro j ect: 2009 how: occupation re-marking process hands-on

7. private space s : in public the toilet project [ cont..] m asters project: 2009 why: political impact of privacy historical influence on public life opportunity to work universally

8. City of Melbourne Laneways Commission Round 1: Proposal Project : Candystripers Artists: Lauren Brown and Gemma Jones Aim: To create a visual myth of a ‘candystriped’ section of the CBD using Google Maps, the painted streets and paths of a laneway, and printed postcards.