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digging in search of china, march 2009 ny the solitary siren, ny through the hive she goes, the looking glass, it throws her – her body shaken and her eyes stunned, the flashing, the noise, disoriented – she listens for … Continue reading →

graduation night, 2009 at the opera bar sydney featuring red mat, tall mat, kiwi mat, bevo, taj, the harbour bridge and mon.

… quixote, thrashing white water rapids, the city is a refuge(e), searching for something, a story perhaps, a longing…???…

tilling the enclave to keep her level, march 2009 ny the solitary siren, ny she stumbles here through the interchange, a gap in the atrium – quite a contrast, bright colours sinking in deep, this is not the park but … Continue reading →

graduating with mentos, 2009 architecture graduates mid 2009 celebrating at the Opera Bar Sydney, featuring (from left to right) helen, felicity, felicia and matthias scene: someone throws glowing white mentos in celebration helen: “who threw the mentos in the air? … Continue reading →

on one of the long weekends in 2009, we set out to enjoy the river on a houseboat, amongst all the river explorations, the good food and beverages, the near drownings, the near head on collisions with moored motorboats within … Continue reading →

move to the echoes and the rhythms of a solitary siren, march 2009 ny the solitary siren, ny she wakes up in classical white drapery – swaying, drifting through the park – day light sharpens as the sky grows dim … Continue reading →

a partial of panel 1 submitted for the EmAGN Sketchbook 2012

we took a drive out to leura for breakfast and wondered the streets from there, red mat  was investigating some properties for sale in the area, tom, tall matt and i tagged along to make it another s.w.a, we ended … Continue reading →

a re-imagined quixote in a yet to be developed story… so far quixote falls, floats, climbs, encounters industry and the tower of babylon…

a narrative model produced from mapping an event during autumn in penrith the model was produced as a sculptural response to a recording of the markets held in main street penrith; sharp colours are heard, hard, crisp surfaces are reflected … Continue reading →

  a scenario was put together – responding to the current climatic crises, our story saw the flooding of penrith – an opportunity for an alternative story perhaps…. “…penrith drowned in a great flood and its people left for other … Continue reading →

“… soon after the flood, the majority of penrith patrons migrate east towards the inner west, the water is still too high to spark a movement for the rebuild…. years pass and only a small few of penrith patrons return, … Continue reading →

developing the story – a utopian-like city evolved from the process during this exploration (unintentional) however this may not be such a bad thing – “… animals from neighbouring rural farms have set up home here. ex-patriots of penrith return, … Continue reading →

stories were created within this exploration about everyday life woven together by everyday people and their rituals and rhythms of life – as a result a rather brutal yet polemic architectural response was developed, didactic in presence, island mountains were … Continue reading →

quixote – the character – wakes up in his apartment to what seems like a dream, in his exploration a discovery was made… an awakening perhaps…

we started off in pyrmont with a nice exploration of the then newly upgraded pyrmont point park and ended up in balmain for lunch, beers and further exploration including an attempt to peek into the zulaikha house – swa w/ … Continue reading →