field trip
As part of a 2013 residency at The Food Court, an old repurposed food court in Melbourne's slightly desolate city Docklands precinct, I organised a field trip in which artists and members of the public undertook a nature survey of the area.
The aim this project was to re-examine a place that is emphatically human-made (but not popular with humans themselves) and see what else there is to find.
Participants collected samples, answered questions about what living things were present in the area, mapped their journeys, scattered birdseed and recorded the results, took themselves 'off-piste' to conduct their own investigations, drew pictures and ate trail mix and lamingtons. The results were collated and displayed in an exhibition (see Field Trip (exhibition) and Field Trip (book)