Toria Exhibition at 530 Collins
In collaboration with the team at United Make, we designed and built a flora sculpture as a living library, showcasing the learnings from five different research units, for a public exhibition.
The work was displayed on a six metre dining table—the modern day fireplace, the universal space where eating, socialising and conversations happen. Transitioning from the ‘wild’, to the cultivated and ‘tamed’, the flora landscape undulated across—and through—the table, linking each of the five units thematically to the next. This exhibition was both interactive and immersive—alongside the scent of the flowers were mist, burnt eucalyptus, native herbs and a carefully crafted soundtrack.
2022
Background
Project Toria is a research and design lab run by Mond Qu of United Make that speculates about the future of the State of Victoria in Australia. It's part of the Visiting School programme run by the Architectural Association (AA) in London, in collaboration with Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne.
Responsibilities
Floristry, Installation, Public Exhibition
Credits
Collaborators: Mond Qu, Sonny Do and Edward Yee (United Make), and Brian Duong (UoM)
Collaborators: Mond Qu, Sonny Do and Edward Yee (United Make), and Brian Duong (UoM)