green design challenge call for ideas
CALL FOR IDEAS! Wooky Pockets planter photo courtesy of Tislstyle.com We are looking for individuals or groups to design and create an Installation using recycled hessian coffee bags for the August West End Markets. Recycled coffee bag planter photo courtesy of homedit.com Japonica hessian plant hanger photograph by Japonica West End Markets: Harvest Edition This August, the West End Markets: Harvest Edition celebrates fresh and locally grown food as a way of learning and reconnecting with the community. FORM has teamed up with Care for Hedland to bring Josh Byrne from ABC s Gardening Australia, who will present Growing food in the Pilbara: plants and practices for year round produce. The market will also welcome back Western Australian culinary identity, Sophie Budd and former Masterchef contestant Liliana Battle for cooking demonstrations, and singer Matt Cal for an acoustic performance. When and Where? The Market will run from 3:30-7:30pm on Saturday, 30 th August across the Courthouse Gallery Gardens, Glass Lane and Wedge Street near the Port Hedland Visitor Centre. The opportunity Inspired by the theme harvest we would like to explore the use of recycling old hessian coffee bags as a perfect malleable vessel to accommodate plants. Celebrating our coffee culture, FORM would like to invite the community of Port Hedland to explore ways in which hessian bags can be reused to create interesting, engaging and environmentally-friendly public spaces. The West End Markets taking place on August 30th presents a great opportunity to showcase your creative side by participating in our Green Design Challenge! Richmond Weekender space by Foolscap Studio and Right Angle Studio, phjotography by Martina Gemmola Submission Submit your Green Design by Thursday 14 th August, 2014 (a sketch or written idea) by email to markets@form.net.au or in person at the Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery, 16 Edgar Street, Port Hedland, (08) 9173 1064.
THE PITCH This is a creative opportunity for the green thumbs of PORT HEDLAND to experiment new ideas, design and imagination through a recyclable medium. Brief Design and create a temporary green installation using up to 10 hessian coffee bags, and plants to show the potential and possibilities of reusing and recontextualising materials. The design should be imaginative and innovative and explore new possibilities of activation and ways of engaging the public. Hessian coffee bag planters, photograph byshannon Mahoney Hessian coffee bag planters by Jodie Mascurine, photograph by Little Design Studio Where The West End Markets held in the Courthouse Gallery gardens, Glass Lane and ANZ carpark off Wedge Street. When Saturday, August 30th from 3:30-7:30pm. Set up from 1pm and pack down after 7:30pm. Eligibility This is an open callout to all individuals, companies, organisations and institutions that would like to submit a design, to reuse hessian coffee bags to create a green installation. There is no entry fee and the final design will be chosen by an architect, urban planner and FORM Curator. Multiple designs may be chosen if we have enough materials to accomodate. Submission Specifications The installation s primary purpose must be to create greenery at the West End Market. Low budget is a strength - think resourcing, salvaging and borrowing materials. FORM will contribute $200 towards costs for the chosen design. Applications that have a solely commercial/advertising purpose will not be accepted. Artisan, local and bespoke products/services that also contribute to the activation of the markets will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Hessian coffee bags will be supplied, although applicants are required to design, source, install and de-install all aspects of their installation. Submissions are due on Thursday 14 th August. The winning design/s will be announced on Friday 15th August. Hanging Gardens by Mona Hatoum, 2008
Sprout plant installation by izzie + queenie, Public 2014, photograph by Irene Schneider case study Izzie + Queenie s hessian coffee bag plant installation design sprout for PUBLIC House 2014. IZZIE + QUEENIE (www.izzieandqueenie.com) specialise in plant installations and presented the Sprout plant installation using recycled hessian coffee bags as a part of PUBLIC House 2014. If you have any alternative place activation ideas, let us know! To register your interest for future Green Design Challenges or for more information please email FORM with Green Design Challenge in the subject line: About FORM markets@form.net.au (08) 9226 2799 www.form.net.au FORM is an independent, non-profit cultural organisation that develops and advocates for excellence in creativity and artistic practice in Western Australia. FORM sees creativity as a catalyst for positive change and share the philosophy that the best, most vibrant places to live are the ones that nurture dynamic creativity, showcase cultural diversity, insist on quality, and are shaped with people in mind. Set in an urban environment, descolate from nature Sprout represents the new growth of creative talent to the city making the laneways alive. Sprout is a living plant installation in a busy small laneway environment of plants growing out of small hessian bags. The installation represents new concepts of street art in the city. Sprout plant installation by izzie + queenie, Public 2014, photograph by Gitte Image: The West End Markets photograph by Bewley Shaylor
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