It was at Lattice: Collaborative Anarchaeologies of the City a collaborative workshop and exchange labs between UK based artists Proboscis with Western Sydney artists in early 2007.
In this workshop I had the opportunties to explore the ways culturally diverse communities engage with their environment and consider what “environmental sustainability” could mean. What happens when people come to a city? What knowledge is lost, or created? What are the impacts of migration and emerging new identities on cities? Proboscis and ICE will work together with the participants to develop new methods of sharing knowledge and creativity, imagining the city through the eyes of those who live in it.
It was through this project. my long time mentor Tiffany Lee Shoy and through our discussion of how urban Fairfield has become and how it is very supportive of community made feature film "Maximum Choppage: Round 2" and Parkour team "9Lives".
We spent an hour on utilising all things creative to build our idea space and Tiffany had created the one below.
I think she may have meant that she would like to see more culturally diverse faces in the Australian industry and what better place to start is in Western Sydney and the different communities there.
Its an outdoor cinema with "Jackie Chan" on the big screens and an audience of course! Yup, this was one of the instances when I realised how prevalent one Asian man Jackie Chan can be and how inspiring his works are that even today finds its relevance in a creatives workshop like this one.
It was through this project. my long time mentor Tiffany Lee Shoy and through our discussion of how urban Fairfield has become and how it is very supportive of community made feature film "Maximum Choppage: Round 2" and Parkour team "9Lives".
We spent an hour on utilising all things creative to build our idea space and Tiffany had created the one below.
I think she may have meant that she would like to see more culturally diverse faces in the Australian industry and what better place to start is in Western Sydney and the different communities there.
Its an outdoor cinema with "Jackie Chan" on the big screens and an audience of course! Yup, this was one of the instances when I realised how prevalent one Asian man Jackie Chan can be and how inspiring his works are that even today finds its relevance in a creatives workshop like this one.
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