home – street – (dis)owned – discarded – more info
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discarded is a series of quotes and stories stencilled onto abandoned furniture, found in copious quantities in St Kilda. They include works on old mattresses wardrobes, fridges, chairs and couches. The mattress, however, is the most compelling canvas because of what it symbolises of the Melbourne suburb St Kilda. It represents consumption, itinerancy, homelessness, sex, love, dreaming, abuse etc, all ideas I am exploring in this project. While short, each story is open to multiple interpretations, which are generated by the combination of text and site. Generally the voice in the story is inclusive and is sharing an experience or giving advice by using the second person pronoun (you) as the subject in every story. It is a vernacular style that people often use to distance themselves from their painful experiences but also allows many different points of view.
If people don’t like the works they can call the council and get them carted away. The objects may stay in situ anywhere between two days and three weeks. In this sense discarded is spontaneous, democratic and mysterious and makes use of the context of the urban space. |
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