Image: Open Office for an Editorial Committee
Open Office is a series of outdoor art installations and an evolving investigation into what kinds of behaviours are possible within public space. The project received support from Next Wave’s Kickstart program for emerging artists, and has developed into a new work, En Plein Air, which had appeared as part of Melbourne’s Next Wave Festival.
Its starting point was a plan to produce portable, temporary workspaces for people who have limited access to studio/office/workspace within the inner city, posing questions about who has access to productive space within the context of rising real estate costs and urban gentrification. The project is also an experiment in making do with less (less energy, less things), and even in eliminating that part of our workplace responsible for the bulk of its resource consumption - the building itself.
Finally, the project also explores what possibilities might emerge from a more open and inclusive working environment - one in which participants make use of free public space, are able to move in response to changing circumstances or inclinations, and are open to the interventions, interference and contributions of the community around them.
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