'learning is life''
A message from Marten.
I sat the cup down and photographed it before realising was at a war memorial for both World War One and World War Two. It seemed to have a resonance about the word 'life'.
This memorial sits on a median strip on Geelong Rd near the t-juncton of Ballarat Rd.
Apparently it was made from stone from a local supplier, 'Standard Quarries', and is a remnant of a once highly notable Avenue of Honour. It is part of a memorial area, with the Footscray Memorial Gardens being across the road at the entrance to Footscray Park
here's some more info:
'This memorial is a tapering rounded corner shaft carved from freestone, set on a square basalt base in a grassed median on the service lane at the north end of the Geelong Road.
Set in the concrete apron at the base are bronze plaques stating 1914-18, 1939-45. A bonze wreath is located near the top and the words `lest We Forget' incised into the stone within a vertical margin. Other rectangular concrete blocks were set in the lawn to the south of the shaft each with the names of service personnel: at least one survives nearby, dedicated with `Private C Olson, 1914-18', cast into a bronze plate. A picture from 1951 depicting the Anzac Day march, shows this shaft at the start of a long and mature avenue of Canary Island palms that extended down both side medians of Geelong Road. Presumably the name blocks were once set at the base of each palm.'
(http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/125647/download-report)
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About: Message in a Cup
Messages and stories of learning in Footscray are collected and then written onto the insides of one hundred handmade blue cups. The cups are placed in Footscray during BluScray events to be found by people and taken home. The project gives voice to peoples experiences and understandings of learning and shares these ideas with others in the city of Footscray.
Message in a Cup is part of BluScray, a program of blue-themed arts and cultural events held throughout 2016 to celebrate Victoria University’s Centenary in collaboration with Maribyrnong City Council for the Footscray University Town initiative.Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray
Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.
a very sincere thankyou to those people who became involved in the project, it was nothing without you.
this project was brought to you by:
Maxienne, Greg, Mick, Christopher, Greg, Alejandra, Jason, Lou, Dan, Nick, Rachel, Pauline, Anon, Carl, Jamal, Candice, Aaron, Catherine, Larissa, Jo, Geoff, Jocelyn, Danny, Jos, Bill, Brendan, Sasha, Rosie, Ethan, Kim, Jess, Kriti, Neha, Gaurika, Raman, Angela and Shenel. Crystal, Mankirat and Sonia, Dorothy, Marg, Tung, Davina, Marten, Lola, Adam,
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.
Nick, Tamati, Molly, Ella, Dean, Viltor, Ella, Chantelle, Milo, Vanessa, Lynn, Sara, Austin, July, Aiden, Jack, Kristen, Liz, Kirsten, Ko, Ali, Sylvia, Raine, Bec, Ocore, Stjepan, Dan, Cathy, Rich, Iffat, Salma, Erica, Carolyn, O.H., Kellie, Suzanne, Annie, Cathy, Marnie, Michelle, Evie, Anne, Rhiannon, Pat, Mary, Liss, Neil, Gennivieve, Charlotte, Jacinta, Hannes, Maureen, Carmen, and Debbie.
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