Aimed at both locals and visitors to the region, the display points to what can be seen in the Barossa today, illustrates the importance of the wine industry, and provides the historical context underpinning each of these.

The installation retains views of the existing German-style architecture and creates an unusual, internalising object to draw visitors into and around the space. Materiality is derived from both stainless wine-making equipment and viticulture textures. Showcasing the decorative crown worn by former Queens of the Barossa Vintage Festival, restored to public view since it was retired in 1999, the exhibition also incorporates touch-screens, providing detailed information on towns and wine dynasties. An interactive map illustrates the geographic overlay of landscape, people and wine.

We hope you can make it along too.

15@roarkus moss
theme: “ADRENALIN”
when: Friday, 9th September 2011, 6pm
where: Roarkus Moss, 45 Green Street, Brompton (around the back)
byo drinks (beer wine). nibbles provided.

We are currently in the curatorial process. If you would like to present your work at this event or in the future please let Emily know – emily.paech@mulloway.com

The square, adapted from a degraded former railway reserve, is designed to support a range of functions; it can be considered an outdoor art gallery, event space, playground and museum/interpretive centre. The gently sloping rampway inserted along the northern edge of the square is intended to provoke people’s response to living in the outback and reveal the landscape.  The ramp structure integrates a ramped viewing platform, new public toilets, interpretation and playspace.

Tied to a larger vision and long-term framework for the development of the town, this proposal is a collaborative effort between the team of Mulloway Studio and Lorraine Edmunds, together with Johannes S Sistermanns, and input from the community, OCA, DPLG, and other stakeholders.

Another successful ‘15’ event was held in our Peel Street Studio last night.

Responding to the theme ’Ensconced’ a range of fantastic speakers from a large variety of disciplines presented their work, thoughts or musings in 15 x 15 second images. The line-up included Katie Cavanagh (digital media), Evette Sunset and Laura Wills (visual art), Paul Kloeden (historian), Daniel Fighera and James Baker (architecture), JoAnne Bouzianis-Sellick and Alison Wotherspoon (film) and Gemma (yarn-bomber).

There will be another ‘15’ event coming up in the middle of the year. If you would like to know more about these events, or are interested in hosting, curating or presenting at a future ’15’, please email: emily.cookes@mulloway.com

‘15’ aims to become a platform where both young and the experienced designers can come together informally to talk about their work. The premise of ‘15’ is that at each event a theme is set. The theme acts as a guideline, and is open for interpretation.

The theme for this event was “Disposable”. Presenters came from a range of disciplines including animation, graphic design, architecture, journalism, museum collections and others.  ”Disposable” presenters were  Chris Edser, Yianni Hill, Mark Pharoah, Ianto Ware, Matthew Stuckey + Joel Knaap, Tim Simpson, Ellen Buttrose,  Connor Tomas O’Brien, Kiri Olney, Sue Phillips and Michael Pilkington.

Past presentations were themed Giraffe, Ikea, Milk, SMLXL, TLC, Pretty Ordinary and Alchemy.  The next 15 is anticipated in February 2011.

Resolving the interrelationship between natural and cultural heritage values and uses is at the core of the project. The team is currently undertaking stakeholder consultation and site analysis.

Students are asked to develop a museum in an adjacent warehouse and propose small interventions into the site itself that reveal the significance and outstanding universal values of the place. The studio investigates working within existing fabric and interrogates the politics of the presentation and re-presentation of history.

Incorporating a range of significant artefacts, drawn from various Antarctic expeditions, including the BAE and AAE of 1909 and 1912, the exhibition design provides cabinets and showcases as well as graphics and interactive elements. Digital projections of contemporary photographs from the expeditions including Frank Hurley 3D images were also incorporated within a theatrette space. The exhibition is currently touring.

A French colonial style building, a former maternity clinic, in Champasak was selected. Work was already underway to convert the building to a library with support from the Lerici foundation. Funding from the Streetwise Asia foundation allowed the conservation of the building to use appropriate roofing materials and techniques, retaining its cultural significance. The project provided an opportunity for community development in conservation practise and maintaining traditional skills as well as offering educational and literacy outcomes.

This particular installation incorporates a suspended upturned desk, which references the relationship between colonial Australia and the broader British Empire. At the same time it provides an unexpected experience for visitors who are also encouraged to undertake a selected part of the1898 elementary school bursary exam.