Uncommon Places

Uncommon Places was commissioned by the Melbourne Fringe Festival to present sixteen stories of eight different commuters via embossed labelling tape across the glass panes of a Flinders Street Station tram platform. One side of the platform presented stories of arriving commuters, while the other side revealed stories of these same people as they returned home for the day, offering insights to their unique and shared experiences.

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Betty exhaled and braced herself for the walk up Elizabeth. For six hours a day, five days a week Betty palmed and elbowed the tension from Sprite-white bodies. Frustration from bosses lived in the shoulders. Missed opportunities lived in the feet.

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No matter how much turmeric she rubbed on her skin Preeti still couldn’t lighten her heritage. Her grandmother hoped a trip to the Vic Market and its organic produce could do what conventional couldn’t.

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For thirty years Janos worked at a cement factory and came home with 900 a week after tax and nose bleeds. Now as Janos stared at Australian Standards glass, he dreamt of fences made from sausages.

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A stench of zombies. A smear of lawyers.
Kano wondered what the collective noun was for a collective of nouns. Silver fingers wrote ‘nuance’ in a sketchbook.

Making Waves
Visual Art
Making Waves
Softly Brutal
Poetry, Visual Art
Softly Brutal
The Bridge
Bayside City Council
Locative Literature
The Bridge
u o us nothing
Visual Art
u o us nothing
Future Forms
Visual Art
Future Forms
stop the quotes
Visual Art
stop the quotes
disc/on/nec/ted disc/om/fort/ing
Visual Art
disc/on/nec/ted disc/om/fort/ing
the race that stole a nation
Visual Art
the race that stole a nation
disc/on/tent
Visual Art
disc/on/tent
Fear Hope
Visual Art
Fear Hope
Yes No
Brunswick Library, Moreland City Council
Locative Literature
Yes No
Equal Zequal Hequal Shequal
Visual Art
Equal Zequal Hequal Shequal
The Gulf
Visual Art
The Gulf
Make Art Fuck War
Visual Art
Make Art Fuck War
Her to Him
Visual Art
Her to Him
Old is New
Visual Art
Old is New
Wordacus
Victorian Government and Nillumbik Shire Council
Locative Literature
Wordacus
StoryBoards
Locative Literature
StoryBoards
Poetick poetry
Poetick
Poetry
Poetick poetry
The Office
Locative Literature
The Office
I Was Here
Chart Collective
Locative Literature
I Was Here
Fair and Handsome
Immerse Exhibition by Knox City Council
Locative Literature
Fair and Handsome
concrete poetry posters in Dunedin, NZ
Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund & Vogel St Party
Locative Literature
concrete poetry posters in Dunedin, NZ
StepLit in Dunedin, NZ
Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund & Vogel St Party
Locative Literature
StepLit in Dunedin, NZ
#FreeTheArts
Visual Art
#FreeTheArts
Newswrite Article
NSW Writers' Centre
Articles
Newswrite Article
Uncommon Places
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Locative Literature
Uncommon Places
3Sides2EveryStory
Locative Literature
3Sides2EveryStory
Small Words
Visual Art
Small Words
Code Greener
Locative Literature
Code Greener
Code Green
Locative Literature
Code Green
TapeLit
Locative Literature
TapeLit
This balance between digital and analogue
The Writing Platform, Queensland University of Technology
This balance between digital and analogue
Victorian Writer article on Civic Literature
Writers Victoria
Articles
Victorian Writer article on Civic Literature
ScrabbleLit
Locative Literature
ScrabbleLit
StickyStories
Locative Literature
StickyStories
#CityofLiteratureInitiative
Articles, Locative Literature
#CityofLiteratureInitiative
Promises Promises
Townsville City Library
Locative Literature
Promises Promises
BookCode at Craigmillar Library
Australia Council and Craigmillar Library
Locative Literature
BookCode at Craigmillar Library
1Story
Sustainable Living Festival
Locative Literature
1Story
StripLit
Australia Council and StripFest
Locative Literature
StripLit
7Stories
City of Melbourne
Locative Literature
7Stories
LetterBox
Arts Centre Melbourne
Visual Art
LetterBox
2Stories
Emerging Writers' Festival & NGV Studio
2Stories
Appearances
Articles
Appearances
6Stories
Locative Literature
6Stories
4Stories
Locative Literature
4Stories
MyStory
Locative Literature
MyStory
The Emerging Writer
Emerging Writers Festival
Articles, Locative Literature
The Emerging Writer
Verandah 25
Verandah Journal
Poetry
Verandah 25
Stamping Ground – Stories from the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne
Clouds of Magellan press
Poetry
Stamping Ground – Stories from the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne
Poetry 4 U
Poetry
Poetry 4 U
Over and Out
21D Magazine
Poetry
Over and Out
On Location
WQ Magazine
Articles
On Location
“Blink” on Stories Unbound
Melbourne Writers' Festival
Locative Literature
“Blink” on Stories Unbound