Living with Fire

Allan, P; Melsom, J

Living with Fire

Allan, P

Melsom, J

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Publication Type:: Creative Work (exhibition)
Citation:: Venice Biennale 2021, 2021
Issue Date:: 2021-05-22

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dc.contributor.author	Allan, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-0181
dc.contributor.author	Melsom, J
dc.contributor.editor	Allan, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-0181
dc.contributor.editor	Mandic, M
dc.date	2021-05-22
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-07T21:04:32Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-07T21:04:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05-22
dc.identifier.citation	Venice Biennale 2021, 2021
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/154258
dc.description.abstract	The video 'Living with Fire’ was one of three short videos in ‘Southern Resilience, collectively conceived by Penny Allan and Martin Bryant (UTS) with Prof Sue Anne Ware (University of Newcastle) and Katrina Simon (RMIT) and part of the curated international exhibition 'Resilient Communities’ at the Italian Pavilion in the highly acclaimed Venice Architecture Biennale. The Venice Biennale is the world’s most significant collection of architectural research and practice. The curated exhibition, which was on show for 6 months, included 58 international designers, each producing stand-alone self-curated contributions. ‘Living with Fire, designed and produced by Penny Allan and James Melsom communicates the research undertaken by them with the Rosedale community, the Eurobodalla Shire Council and a transdisciplinary team of scientists and designers. The film describes the aftermath of the 2019/2020 bushfires on the east coast of Australia, and the vulnerability of coastal towns to repeated bushfire events. Combining an understanding of contemporary and past practices, Country and Indigenous knowledge, it explores the factors that contributed to the fire and considers the threat of climate change and the need to find alternative processes to address it. One of the research objectives was to establish the role of visual material in making climate change research available and accessible to the general public. The filmic medium thus generates its own important research conclusions. We delivered a keynote address at the exhibition opening, and the research is further summarised in the article 'Beyond Borders', published in Kerb journal among other high-profile contributors such as Eduard Burtynsky, regarded as one of the worlds most acclaimed contemporary photographers and the highly regarded Australian artist Janet Lawrence.
dc.format	Film
dc.format.extent	1
dc.language	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Venice Biennale 2021
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Living with Fire
dc.type	Creative Work (Exhibition)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.consider-herdc	true
dc.date.updated	2022-02-07T21:04:00Z
pubs.finish-date	2021-11-21
pubs.place-of-publication	Venice
pubs.start-date	2021-05-22
dc.location	Venice

Abstract:

The video 'Living with Fire’ was one of three short videos in ‘Southern Resilience, collectively conceived by Penny Allan and Martin Bryant (UTS) with Prof Sue Anne Ware (University of Newcastle) and Katrina Simon (RMIT) and part of the curated international exhibition 'Resilient Communities’ at the Italian Pavilion in the highly acclaimed Venice Architecture Biennale. The Venice Biennale is the world’s most significant collection of architectural research and practice. The curated exhibition, which was on show for 6 months, included 58 international designers, each producing stand-alone self-curated contributions. ‘Living with Fire, designed and produced by Penny Allan and James Melsom communicates the research undertaken by them with the Rosedale community, the Eurobodalla Shire Council and a transdisciplinary team of scientists and designers. The film describes the aftermath of the 2019/2020 bushfires on the east coast of Australia, and the vulnerability of coastal towns to repeated bushfire events. Combining an understanding of contemporary and past practices, Country and Indigenous knowledge, it explores the factors that contributed to the fire and considers the threat of climate change and the need to find alternative processes to address it. One of the research objectives was to establish the role of visual material in making climate change research available and accessible to the general public. The filmic medium thus generates its own important research conclusions. We delivered a keynote address at the exhibition opening, and the research is further summarised in the article 'Beyond Borders', published in Kerb journal among other high-profile contributors such as Eduard Burtynsky, regarded as one of the worlds most acclaimed contemporary photographers and the highly regarded Australian artist Janet Lawrence.

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