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Walking the creek: reconnecting place through light projection
Author(s) -
Edensor Tim,
Andrews Julie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
geographical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.695
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-5871
pISSN - 1745-5863
DOI - 10.1111/1745-5871.12340
Subject(s) - liminality , amenity , realm , projection (relational algebra) , empathy , aesthetics , geography , sense of place , event (particle physics) , sociology , visual arts , psychology , social psychology , political science , economic geography , computer science , archaeology , art , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , law
In this paper, we explore how a light projection sought to convey a range of qualities: conviviality, a sense of place, playfulness, defamiliarisation, and the affective and sensory capacities that were experienced through walking in the distinctive, liminal realm of Bendigo Creek in Victoria, Australia. The projection aspired to solicit a sensory and affective empathy that chimed with the experiences of an earlier event in which dozens of pedestrians were filmed walking in the creek. The projection contributed to a local campaign to reappraise the much‐maligned creek as a local public amenity. We discuss the productive potential of solitary and collective walking and, subsequently, the attributes of the projection in its static and mobile manifestation. In so doing, we suggest that publicly engaged, inclusive, creative practice can offer potent place‐making possibilities.