Action Research/Performance
Title: Village Voices
Location: Wilshire Through Link at South Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney Australia
Date: Installed Friday 9 September 2016
Time: 24 hour access
Medium: Public Artwork
Size: 2745mm (H) x 4899mm (W) x 300mm (D)
AR/Ps: Astra Howard
Documentation (photo/video): Astra Howard, Katherine Griffiths (City of Sydney- photo), Paul Paterson (City of Sydney- photo/video), HowSpace, Natasha Io.
Manufacture: Singleton Moore Signs
Production schedule: April 2014 - September 2016
Supported by: Commissioned by City of Sydney.
Community workshops: Mission Australia Centre (17, 24 November & 1 December 2015); Northcott Community Centre (12, 19 & 26 April 2016); Surry Hills Library/Neighbourhood Centre (22 & 29 September 2016); Wesley Edward Eagar Lodge (5 & 19 January 2017); Oasis Youth Support Network (1 & 8 June 2017); Streetlevel (26 June, 3 & 10 July 2017); Foster House (5 & 12 February 2018); Samaritan House (26 June 2018); William Booth House (Monday 18 March 2019); The Langton Centre (Monday 3 June 2019).
Changing of the Texts (COTXs): VV0116 on 9.9.2016 ; VV0216 on 1.11.2016 ; VV0117 on 1.1.2017; VV0217 on 28.2.2017; VV0317 on 1.4.2017; VV0417 on 1.7.2017; VV0517 on 2.9.2017; VV0617 on 4.11.2017; VV0118 on 4.1.2018; VV0218 on 3.3.2018; VV0318 on 5.5.2018; VV0418 on 23.6.2018; VV0518 on 22.9.2018; VV0618 on 1.12.2018; VV0119 on 2.2.2019; VV0219 on 30.3.2019; VV0319 on 1.6.2019; VV0419 on 3.8.2019.
Onsite artist talks: Culture Scouts Surry Hills Tour: 24.9.2016; 12.5.2017; 27.7.2017; 23.9.2017 x 2; 28.9.2017; 5.10.2017; 12.10.2017; 22.9.2018; ABC TV 2.3.2019.
VV Authors meetup: Sunday 2 July 2017; Saturday 3 February 2018.
Onsite author readings: Saturday 23 September 2017; 3 February 2018; Saturday 22 September 2018.
Parallel projects: MSTV; Street Stories 2; Moving Messages; Fallen Moments; Placing Ruth Park 1; PPFV; Placing Ruth Park 2.
Partner project: https://surryhillsandvalleys.com/