Reflections of an Urban Space: From Walking to Making

Abstract

This studio work is framed by various discourses relating to a general consideration of the contemporary urban environment, particularly as experienced in everyday life. This includes the reflection that urban experiences may be both understood by, and performed through, various forms of material culture that we encounter in our day-to-day lives, often encountered through the act of walking. Thus, for me walking has become part of a critical practice of experiencing and ‘learning’ the city, especially the environment and neighbourhood in which I live: Port Chalmers, Dunedin.