Fascination Street
A collective of artists, architecture graduates and designers focused on urban place-making.
Role:
Co-founder /
Architectural and visual designer
With a collective background in architecture, we were passionate about the art of construction and its effect on the objects or activities held in public urban spaces. We didn’t act within the bounds of definite creative disciplines; rather, we saw creativity in itself as our discipline and a way of thinking that infiltrates everything we do.
Most of what we created functioned on a tight budget, so we became adept at utilizing a great deal from a very limited material pallete. This encouraged us to foster innovative design solutions.
The Depot
A major Adelaide Fringe venue located on the old bus depot site
Client
The Promethean
Partners
Grieve Gillet Architects
Year
2013
“With our innovative approach to placemaking, we successfully accomplished our primary objective of creating a captivating and interactive environment that exuded a sense of joy and playfulness.”
“The spontaneous, industrial aesthetic was created with the use of lightweight and cost-effective construction materials - shipping containers and timber pallets. Central to the design intent was the use of recycled materials coupled with public participation that saw the venue evolve throughout the Fringe Festival. ”
Arabana Exhibition
Client
Adelaide University
Year
2013
“A modular framework was meticulously designed with adaptability as its primary objective”
“This foursome of Adelaide artists, architecture graduates and designers take their role as urban architects seriously. Not only a deft hand with power tools, the talented troop designed and crafted instillations and furniture for the likes of Moving Music, university art exhibition displays , Adelaide Fringe Venue, The Depot and PARKing day.”
A series of elegant columns provided substantial support for a light framework, delicately suspending the artwork in a harmonious arrangement.
Each column consisted of three parts: a base of concrete, infused with sand from far north South Australia. This base was joined to a lightweight timber column that supported a cube at its apex. Each cube was perforated on all sides, allowing the wooden beams suspending the artwork to be hung at any angle.
The Tunnels Exhibition
The Tunnels was a visual and performing arts showcase featuring South Australia’s young emerging artists.
This project was a challenge for us for two reasons. We couldn't hang art on the walls because they were easily damaged. Second, we couldn't build on-site before opening night in such a tight location in an expensive hotel.
In collaboration with ARTSAKE Productions
Year
2013
“The frame allows artwork to hang away from the walls while conveying a sense of being inside a shell - hidden but conscious”
“The entire skeletal-like timber structure was prefabricated off-site, transported to the tunnels, and assembled in 3 days. ”
“It opened up one of Adelaide’s rarely used spaces, the tunnels hidden below the Medina Grand Hotel”
Fascination Street undertook the massive challenge of realising their dear friend and fellow creative Sam Wright's vision. Moving Music was a roving music event with spectators moving from secret stage to secret stage, discovering the eccentricities of each curated venue and the surprise resident musician as they went.
Moving Music
In collaboration with Sam Wright
Year
2013
The team, as featured in Place Magazine article: "Making Temporary Permanent”
Article by Rory Kennett-Lister
Adelaide Festival, Barrio, Moving Music
“Our philosophy is that it’s not just a structure that someone will pass through or look at; people should have the opportunity to engage with it in someway”
