Members of the College community are invited to collaborate and be part of a unique project. During these unprecedented times that we are living through, we are asking the MLMC community — students, parents/guardians, staff and alumni — to collect, create and hang on to ephemeral artefacts for an exhibition about ‘Living and Surviving a Pandemic’ which is being coordinated by myself and Mrs Glenda Tobias, from The Arts and Technology faculties.
We are asking our community members to do this with a view to creating an exhibition at the College, and possibly at the Yarra Ranges Museum at a later stage. Items to consider would be:
- photos taken while in isolation
- photos of what is different in our lives during the pandemic, for example the crosses on pavements or at shopping centres to mark 1.5m distance and tape around picnic tables
- videos or music created or performance art
- visual art and literature (collages, drawings, paintings, letters, journal writing, poetry, narratives, signage in the community).
Items should truly represent your thoughts, feelings, ruminations and experiences at this time. Items put together with materials you have at hand can also achieve this in a unique and interesting way. No artistic skills are required. We thought that this project would capture a significant historical moment and it is a wonderful opportunity for students and all members of our community to contribute to this collection and be part of this history-making project.
If you are interested to create, write or collect items about your lived experience of what it is like living and surviving a pandemic, please send a photo of your creations to counsellingwellbeingteam@mlmc.vic.edu.au
Once on-site schooling resumes, we will be asking participants to bring their items to school for storage, collection and exhibiting. Thank you in anticipation of receiving your wonderful creations!
