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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Cathy's cup at the market! - placement 11

Cathy's cup relates to food -

"I learnt that I like Vietnamese food in Footscray"

so it headed for the fresh fruit and vegies,







Introducing Rachel Main, the photographer who accompanied me today on the placement.
Rachel is a documentary photographer
Her website: http://www.shuttermain.com/


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. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.


Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray



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.

Up a Tree, Iffat's cup - placement 10

Here is what Iffat's cup looked like before firing - its the one on the right.


and here it is fired



It was still in the tree a while later.
Perhaps it is still there!

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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. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.


Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray



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.

Another 100 years! Stjepan's cup is installed and nabbed

Apparently The city of Footscray also had a centenary and here are the various brass plaques to tell the story. Here I may have found the origin of the name for Madden Square.


Thanks Stjepan for this message -
Never give up on learning, you can go from failing year 12 to studying for a PhD.



Oh well this is interesting
and doesn't Melbourne just get smaller and smaller!
So i am actually installing and Rachel Maine is photographing me for the University archives and then along comes Jason whom I know.

He loved the cup and stayed to watch us photograph Stjepan's cup.
Wow, he really loved the message, 'Hey that's my story!'

We finished installing and walked away and for the first time I looked back and took a shot catching Jason sliding it into his pocket!

some graff, but we are not sure what it says

sneaky

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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. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.


Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray



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.

Bekka's cup placed in lane to Madden Square - placement 8

Here is the unfired Bekka's cup


and now here it is in Footscray!


"Find something that inspires you and learn everything you can about it,
 then add your own voice to the discussion."

Its in the laneway that leads to Madden Square which is an extraordinary place because there are aerosol murals with slogans about community issues. This one behind the cup is shown in more below.




oh yes and these trees with knitted trunk warmers are by: the Knit into Action Project and are about saying NO to Sexual violence in our community.




 It was installed in the Footscray Mall last December by WestCASA .
It is a silent and  peaceful  protest of knitting  to raise awareness of the overwhelming prevalence of sexual assault and violence in our community. 
WestCASA  engaged Staff, Clients, a textile class from Gilmore Secondary Girls College Footscray, women attending Community Corrections and general community members in the knitting of over 600 squares. 




Support, dont punish is A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights 
Here's a link to their site so that you can see what they are about:
http://supportdontpunish.org/


And then some wonderful Footscray advertising.
If you want a bargain, you will find it here:


Footscray was abuzz on this sunny sunday. Such a wonderful and interesting place!


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. Message in a cup was made by the artist Debbie Harman Qadri.


Visit www.vu.edu/bluscray for more information #BluScray



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.