Jennifer Tran
Designer + Community Engagement Practitioner
FOOTSCRAY POP UP SCHOOL
L2R Next Gen performance and dance workshop. Photo credit by Shuttermain.
Footscray Pop Up School Coordinator
Dr Tyson Kaawoppa Yunkaporta guiding the public to work with Aboriginal modes of holding knowledge - message stick. Photo credit by Shuttermain.
Local ladies sharing their skills and knowledge in knitting and crafting. Photo credit by Shuttermain.
2hr skate workshop where the public gets to learn the art of skateboarding. Photo credit by Ez El Deng.
The community contributes to the "Before I die I want to..." artwork, recreated by Gabriela Georges. Original work by Candy Chang. Photo credit by Ez El Deng.
The inaugural Footscray Pop Up School is a free community event that celebrates the various ways of learning and teaching from the people of Footscray - featuring a series of interactive activities. Presented by the Public Pedagogies Institute to research how knowledge is perceived and valued geographically in Footscray.
WHITE DAY DREAM
Set design made from 1,400 plastic bags suspended from a series of curtain tracks. Performer moving in front of the plastic bag curtains with projection. Photo credit by Paul Dunn.
White Day Dream - Set Design
Performer Leisa Prowd transforms the way a plastic bag is used by being inside it and walking amongst the abstract projection work by Bambang N Karim. Photo credit by Paul Dunn.
Each couple stands in front of the plastic bagged set to capture a photographic memory. Photo credit by Paul Dunn.
Performer Trevor Dunn questions what is reality...or is it a dream? Photo credit by Paul Dunn.
Transforming the everyday plastic bag into a dangerous element with lighting. Photo credit by Paul Dunn.
A fushion between Butoh and physical theatre performed by dancers with and without disability, the work moves between the surreal and the absurd; exploring universal human themes of memory & dreams - their fragility, transience, and power. Contracted by Weave Movement Theatre in collaboration with Yumi Umiumare.
ART MUSE
Installation before public access. Photo credit by Jennifer Tran.
April School Holiday Art Installation & Workshops
Activating the installation with children's workshop. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
Workshop in progress viewed from above. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
Children of all ages were highly engaged with the installation. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
Detail from inside the lightbox. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
Contracted by Footscary Community Arts Centre in collaboration with Jacob Tolo for Highpoint Shopping Centre, Maribyrnong.
BIODIVERSITY
Exhibiting the "quirky little creatures" that calls Melboune HOME. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
City of Melbourne Biodiversity Pop-Up Exhibition & Workshop
Making their own "little creatures" that live in the Melbourne City. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
Designed to fit within a 3m x 6m marquee. Photo credit by Beth McMahon.
Contracted by City of Melbourne to design their pop-up stall at the Sustainable Living Festival 2016, Federation Square, Melbourne.