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Joy on the Pavement
Title (Dublin Core)
Joy on the Pavement
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Description (Dublin Core)
During Melbourne’s first lockdown in 2020, movements to bring joy to the few remaining active public spaces were organised over social media and among local communities. One trend was pavement art that encouraged the walker to “laugh”, “pick up some rubbish” and “strike a pose” on their permitted hour of exercise. These minor artworks expressed an optimism in community strength at the early stages of the pandemic; they expressed, too, a resilience in Melbourne’s identity as a city of art and culture. By the second lockdown in August 2020 the chalk had been washed away and there was little to replace it. Creating community from inside our own homes, it turned out, was much harder to sustain than anyone had imagined. Submitted for University of Melbourne HIST30060, Semester 2 2021.
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Partner (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Photographs
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Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
2021/11/02
11/02/2021
11/02/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
2021/11/09
11/09/2021
11/09/2021
3/25/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
2020/04/12
04/12/2020
04/12/2020
This item was submitted on November 2, 2021 by Patrick Gigacz using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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