FUTURE HISTORIES
BRISBANE 2019 | JAGERA & TURRBAL COUNTRIES
A participatory design research project combining set design, audio-visual installation, and documentary story-telling to take audiences take a journey through the imagined future of the Gabba Ward, a collection of rapidly changing neighbourhoods on Brisbane’s inner south side. Conducted by members of UDS under the auspices of BURN Arts Inc.
Collaborators: Joseph Burgess, Leonor Gausachs, Tom ‘Bundy’ Hamlyn, Amanda Haworth, Aleea Monsour, Thomas Oliver, Shane Sugrue
ABOUT
Future Histories consisted of four events in late 2019, undertaken in collaboration with Unregistered Master Builder, Thomas Oliver Photography, Aleea Monsour, Amanda Haworth, and LAGAU Design. The project was initiated through the Cambridge Design Research Studio (CDRS), a research institute within the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, UK. It builds on work established in the MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design (MAUD) programme, undertaken by UDS co-founder Shane Sugrue between 2018 and 2020. This work was supported by a visiting researcher position at the Centre for Architecture Theory Criticism History (ATCH) at the University of Queensland from July to November 2019.
Credits
Future History Tour #1 (Pinkenba):
Cinematography Ethan Bourke
Thomas Oliver
Joseph Burgess
Photography Evey Skinner
Leonor Gausachs
Ethan Bourke
Performance Joseph Burgess
Saara Roppola
Marisa Georgiou
‘I am weary’ trad. Irish, performed by the Stanthorpe Five
recorded by Josh Wilkinson (Burrow Studios)
at Bent Road Winery
Voiceover words Thomas Oliver and Aleea Monsour
read by Jonathan Sri and Anna Carlson
Future History Tour #2 (Vulture Street):
Cinematography Ethan Bourke
Thomas Oliver
Photography Megan Keene
Set construction Stirling Blacket
Liam Connolly
Leonor Gausachs
Tom Hamlyn
Chris Holt
Andy Price
Sophie Speer
Karl Richardson
Audio & projection Mo Shak
Joseph Burgess
Hydration Bridget Weir
Jacob Viel
Lighting & power Beau Sanford
Karl Richardson
Performance leads Dan Adler
Laura Bethke
Caitlin Callanan
Andrew Campbell
Anna Carlson
Gav Cook
Marisa Georgiou
Michelle Kipnis
Andrew Kimmins
Brock McCullough
Aleea Monsour
Emma Neakous
Georgina Russell
Thanks
Future Histories has benefitted from the guidance and support of a great number of people, in particular:
The BURN Arts Inc 2019/20 management committee for their trust and care
Chair: Marisa Georgiou
Secretary: Dan Adler
Treasurer: Ang Kirkland
Burning Man regional contact: Chris Holt
Indigenous liaison: Tanya Kirkegaard
General members: Kelly Drennan
Emma Neakous
…and the wider Modifyre community for their ongoing support of objectively bad ideas.
ATCH for accommodating UDS in so many ways -
Dr. Kelly Greenop
Dr. Deborah van der Plaat
Dr. Antony Moulis
Dr. Joanna Brugman
Prof. John Macarthur
Elliot Harvey
University of Cambridge (AHA), for their patience and persuasiveness -
MAUD course director: Ingrid Schröder
Studio tutors: James Pockson
Aram Mooradian
Conrad Koslowsky
Julika Gittner
Academic supervisor: Dr. Nick Simcik Arese
Special thanks to:
Amy Learmonth
Meg Chadwick
Evey Skinner
Karlos Stone
and Alfie.