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Category Archives: Hannah Moriarty
friends of knox place: knox place collective
by hannah moriarty, freya robinson, erika wells the ‘friends of knox place’ collective is built on a mutual desire to influence and encourage our engagement with public space to ultimately form a sense of place. the public arena is a … Continue reading
Posted in 00_final projects, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged Community, DIY, event, participatory, play
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Hey everyone. Freya, Hannah and I are having a little ‘event’ in the laneway tonight. Come along if you are free! Hopefully we will get a few people so we can all get an idea at it is like with … Continue reading
Posted in 01_news, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
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we aim to generate a community that has a vested interest in the space. we will do this by: -creating a virtual forum through a blog system that generates interest and interaction. -breaking down the existing physical barriers and … Continue reading
Posted in 06_week 11 tutorial, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, Uncategorized
Tagged action, boundaries, Community, interaction
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space, place, people
our collages overlap ideas about transforming the laneway: -illumination: projection/lighting -moveable: stairs/food/seats -exhibition: posters/projection -play: party/skate ramps we are working on implanting structures that enable a community of people to engage with the space and each other. other important ideas … Continue reading
Posted in 05_week 10 spatial ideas, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged Community, ideas, people, place, space, structures
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la centrale flâneur
Untitled from Hannah Moriarty on Vimeo. Friday’s excursion task was to photograph our route from the street entrance to the new Element store situated under the shot tower. There was a set start and ending point, but in between was … Continue reading
Posted in 01_news, 04_technology, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, Ping Yan
Tagged evolutionary psychology, flaneur, melbourne central
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How to…a heterogeneous community.
Mid-Semester reflection. Throughout this semester we have been testing the boundaries of public/private space and the relationships that occur. After constructing a range of temporal occupations within public space, my main interests have become the ephemeral and temporal spatial inhabitations … Continue reading
Posted in 04_mid-semester reflection, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged economy of the gift, ephemeral, guerrilla marketing, heterogeneous, Mass media
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The postcard dérive
So I don’t know if you like postcards, but my house mate is obsessed. She is part of a postcard community called ‘Post Crossing’ http://www.postcrossing.com. I have been passing on to her the postcards that we’ve been making for studio. Pretty exciting … Continue reading
diy playground
our group revisited a curious public space, first encountered on thursday’s derive: a gated, sad little park. using objects we collected from nearby streets, we worked with the existing leisure context, creating a colourful, playful arena for engagement within the … Continue reading
Posted in carte blanche, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged encourage, ludic, participatory, reuse
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marking territory
our group produced installations that responded to our experiences and interpretations of the redfern area following thursday’s derive. we sensed an invisible boundary, demarkating the property lines of redfern and darlington. this boundary is highlighted by the change in housing condition (boarded-up, barred windows) … Continue reading
Posted in Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, installation
Tagged boundaries, diy urbanism, invisible, low budget, territory
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where art happens
In order to test boundaries and induce public reactions, our group of 4 demonstrated two types of public art. The second location was more so a live art interaction where tourists and passers-by stopped to understand our occupation. We … Continue reading
Posted in 02_occupation, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, Hayley Tait
Tagged Art, bodily, Human Sculpture, reaction
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where public space happens to be private
In order to test boundaries and induce public reactions, our group of 4 demonstrated two types of public art. The first location was in front of Federation Square, where we dressed up in white ‘onesies’ (suits) and experimented by making … Continue reading
Posted in 02_occupation, 05_projects, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, Hayley Tait
Tagged Art, Human Sculpture, response
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did someone say rain?
how much does the individual have to give up in order to be part of the overall unity of a spociety? from minimal means to masteful ends – a lesson in the dymnamics of organasiation these umbrellas act as … Continue reading
Posted in 3D explorations/space, 4D explorations/time, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, Hayley Tait
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footpath as canvas
not unlike the water stencils from week 3 - we have used water as the medium through which to generate a temporary claim of the space outside the rmit city campus. through these simple actions we are exploring the … Continue reading
Posted in 2D explorations/surface, 3D explorations/space, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty, Hayley Tait
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Them folk aren’t like us.
Today we’re more than aware about how bad smoking is for our health. The city has been hit with smoking bans everywhere over the last few years. Smoking is restricted or banned in all public places. We know about all … Continue reading
Tell me something…
Tell me something.. from Hannah Moriarty on Vimeo. From this informal urban testing I set out to engage with a stranger and to learn ONE thing. I set out with speech bubbles, markers, a blog and the most unintrusive attitude … Continue reading
Posted in 01_encounter, Hannah Moriarty, Uncategorized
Tagged Fed Square, public encounter, public interaction
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Understanding Psychogeography
Psychogeography is a concept that has been defined by various practitioners’ methodologies. These include the ‘dérive’ introduced by Guy Debord and the situationists, ‘flaneur‘ a term coined by Charles Baudelaire and allied ideas including urban wandering, mental traveller and the … Continue reading
Posted in 06_readings, Hannah Moriarty, Hayley Tait, Heayoun Yun, Ping Yan, Xiaoan Sun
Tagged incremental democracy, Psychogeography, urban wandering
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a day in the life of the 4th dimension
this video takes the viewer on a journey from suburb to city, structuring a narrative that weaves through examples of four-dimensional interaction within melbourne. these interactions can be between people-people or between people-things. filming these interactions highlights the city as a … Continue reading
Posted in 4D observations/time, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged journey, protests, sound, time
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ephemeral tagging
simple, recogniseable, likable water stencils were a non-confrontational, temporary activity claiming the surface of the city. by giving the city an anthropomorphic voice, eyes and boobs a smiley face, we aimed to make people more aware of the role of visual media in the urban environment. … Continue reading
Posted in 2D explorations/surface, 4D explorations/time, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged anthropomorphism, media, Temporary
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incremental democracy
a group effort in investigating the relationship between the individual and society. the activity is an example of participatory, ludic activites that can be conducted in the public sphere. the chair snake reveals the tension between constraint and connection implicit in society and … Continue reading
Posted in 4D explorations/time, Erika Wells, Freya Robinson, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged chair snake, democracy, experiment, social encounter
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Read this…
Just finished reading “The Medium is the Massage” by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore. Basically illustrates how the growth of technology has reshaped our society & mentions a lot of media related issues that Rochus & Ceri have spoken about. … Continue reading
Posted in 01_news, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged Mass media, Must read, The Medium is the Massage
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City Watch
These images capture my interpretation of formal vs. informal engagement within public space. From low cost, accessible materials to fixed, government property; captured is a message of control, power, politics and money. Are our day to day actions altered by the unescapable … Continue reading
Posted in 2D observations/surface, Hannah Moriarty
Tagged 2D observations/surface, engagement, watching
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