Radio Interviews
The lovely Katherine from FBI Radio has passed on to us the interviews we did about our Tiny Stadiums project, so we thought we’d put them up here for your ears to experience.
The first is us talking with Katherine about the project, the second also talked to Jack Barton, a researcher specialising in urban planning, about the implications and possibilities of Sexy New Urban Design Team…Erskineville.
Until I can figure out how to embed the interview files, here are the links if anyone is interested.
First Interview
Second Interview
Other than that, we have a lot of things in the works for the rest of the year. Next up in Time Passes, an event being held at Anita’s Theatre in Thirroul to raise money for the UOW show Fire Moves Away to go to the Hue International Festival. Come along and see, among other awesome things, Applespiel Take on a Classic.
As we head into the Winter months we’ll be working on something for Underbelly Arts Festival. More details of that next time.
Applespiel return to radio!
If we were to break Applespiel’s radio career down into electronics, they would be very high in amps. Twice in a fortnight! That’s some current!
Post-TS
Since we’ve had enough time to catch our breath after two weeks of crafternoons, it’s time to start blogging again.
After searching for leftover photos from the last day of Tiny Stadiums and coming to the disappointing conclusion that there were no new photos on my camera, this will be a text-based thankyou.
Firstly: THANKYOU to the encouraging and helpful people of Quarterbred for all their support. Mish Grogor, Matthew Kneale, Jade Markham, Sarah Rodigari, Lara Thoms and Ashley Dyer – thank you for all your time and effort. We look forward to working with you in the future.
A parisian cafe for Erskineville.
Play area for kids inside the Erko. Suggested by a child.
Last day!!!
Saturday building times.
A new Pet Shop, with fluffy animals (i hope they’re puppies).
Our exciting whiteboard, which we note changes on each day, and our ledger which contains a record of every change made over the last two weeks, as well as the time it was completed and who the change was suggested by.
A trampoline on top of the new Hundertwasser community centre!
Cafe Shenkin is now open earlier
Erskineville now has an Arc de Triomphe, over Erskineville Road, which is now a river system complete with boats.
A GIANT CHICKEN ON TOP OF THE ERKO. Some ask why.
Fun building times.
Last day of Tiny Stadiums
Yesterday was off the chain. Goo fights outside the pyramid, dancing pedestrians, greenhouse relaxation, photo shoots and bald caps. We were busy too; yesterday we made about 30 changes to the model, and received another 20 proposals for today. We’re going to be flat out finishing this for this afternoon. You should make sure you come up today and see everything, and then stick around for our mock debate on ‘The Future of Sexy Erskineville’. If you’d like to be involved in the debate, which should be a lot of fun, let us know!
More updates throughout the day, but we hope to see you up there!
Saturday Changes
There’s still a huge stream of people coming in, and the proposed projects are piling up on the wall.
Here’s some of the things we’ve put in:
Courtesy of Sanja, a Batcave (Batman Museum);
A community park and BBQ area;
And a gentleman came in with a pre-made change – he wanted to install a safety light in the road opposite the Erko, for safety at night.
We’re also building a giant (it’s more than one foot tall) chicken to be placed upon the Erskineville, a Parisian Bistro, and Matt’s Tequila Bar Desert. Tomorrow is your last day to come up, so check us out and build something for Erskineville. We’ll be having our mock debate on ‘The Future of Sexy Erskineville’ at 4.30, so come along to that too, and join in.
Let us know what you think in the comments!
Festival Blog
We’re getting a bit snowed under here with people and proposals, but in the meantime you should look at the Festival Blog. It’s being updated by visitors to the festival as they come in. It’s a bit lovely.
I’m going to try get things a bit sorted here, and then I’ll post an update full of photos from the morning.
But for now, here’s Erskineville’s new Arch de Triomphe, with a demographic change suggested by a visitor.