amy
evans
architecture, design and research about
The City Shaped: Melbourne
03-20
Exhibition
Presented as part of Melbourne Design Week 2020, an initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria
Location: Brunswick Street Galery, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Research and exhibition
Status: Completed
People: Amy Evans, Conor Todd, and Eva Florindo
www.ngv.vic.gov.au
The City Shaped explores the idea of the city as a machine for cultural production through a series of images and sculptural objects. This exploration examines the relationship between human activity and the spaces of the city: the way in which human activity shapes the form of the city and, in turn, is shaped by it. Taking Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid as a testing ground, an analysis of each city block reveals individual spatio-cultural characteristics, which are reinterpreted in the form of sculptural objects.