UNREDACTED CITY is an exploration of the overlooked writing cultures of city surfaces. Over three months in 2023, Andron meticulously recorded every visible name and message along a 2.5km stretch of Sydney Road in Brunswick. The result is an extraordinary list of 2,528 inscriptions displayed on this iconic Melbourne street – brought into the gallery space as a site-specific vernacular archive.
NTRO Output Type
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival
NTRO Output Category
- Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival : Exhibition/event
Place
Melbourne, AustraliaVenue
SORSE GalleryStart Date
2024-10-25End Date
2024-11-03Medium
Drawing, painting, print, photographyResearch Statement
How many of the words displayed upon the surfaces of your local high street can you recall? The places you shop, the name of your tram stop, that graffiti tag you see everywhere, your favourite coffee place…
What would a portrait of your street look like, if you composed it of all the words displayed upon its surfaces?
UNREDACTED CITY revealed Melbourne’s messy and inspiring public markings in a new exhibition concept by urban surfaces researcher and photographer, Sabina Andron.
UNREDACTED CITY was an exploration of the overlooked writing cultures of city surfaces. Over three months in 2023, Andron meticulously recorded every visible name and message along a 2.5km stretch of Sydney Road in Brunswick. The result was an extraordinary list of 2,528 inscriptions displayed on this iconic Melbourne street – brought into the gallery space as a site-specific vernacular archive.
The records include utility providers, real estate agents, manufacturers of street furniture, global brands, politicians and historical figures, music gigs, graffiti tags, and many stickers with fun, confronting, and informative messages.
Unmoored from the streetscape of Brunswick, the archive was presented as a series of A0 posters to honour one of Melbourne’s most emblematic urban expressions: the street poster. For the exhibition, Andron invited artists and collaborators to create original posters using the 2,528 notations as a shared language, to explore the scripts and voices that shape our shared spaces.
The exhibition was the main weekly feature in the local newspaper "Brunswick Voice" https://brunswickvoice.com.au/from-sydney-road-to-the-walls-of-an-art-gallery/Size or Duration of Work
Curated exhibition with 13 A0 works
