Project Overview
Anchors are key texts that have informed the experiments and stories.
PROJECT RATIONALE
In an increasingly urbanised world, interactions between cities and nature have become more divided. Yet, one feathered creature remains as ubiquitous to urban life as it is wild. They’re royal companions, war veterans, and now pests, they’re the rock dove - or commonly known as the pigeon. The pigeon has closely mirrored humans throughout history but are now criminalised in our cities and are labelled as “rats with wings” or “nuisances.” However, the issue with pigeons may not lie in their copious poop, but in how we perceive and subsequently treat them.
Pigeonholed aims to question this negative perception and initiate reflections on human-pigeon relationships through a series of conversational workshops and playful experiments. Conversation is an effective way in engaging people’s attention into reflecting on why and how we think of the way things are in our environment. By exercising the practice of reflection through the addition of humour and play, we can begin to reconsider more frequently how our actions and behaviours affect even the seemingly mundane parts of everyday life. Pigeonholed is a continuing series of these ideas, with each workshop and experiment all aligning to one overarching question:
How might speculative storytelling shift the way we think about pigeons in the urban environment?
Pigeonholed aims to question this negative perception and initiate reflections on human-pigeon relationships through a series of conversational workshops and playful experiments. Conversation is an effective way in engaging people’s attention into reflecting on why and how we think of the way things are in our environment. By exercising the practice of reflection through the addition of humour and play, we can begin to reconsider more frequently how our actions and behaviours affect even the seemingly mundane parts of everyday life. Pigeonholed is a continuing series of these ideas, with each workshop and experiment all aligning to one overarching question:
How might speculative storytelling shift the way we think about pigeons in the urban environment?
A Big Thank You To The People That Helped Make This Project
This project was completed as part of a Visual Communications (Honours) Degree at the University of Technology Sydney.
This project was completed as part of a Visual Communications (Honours) Degree at the University of Technology Sydney.
Zoë Sadokierski, Monica Monin, Sara Oscar, Kate Sweetapple, Adam France, Rachel Lee, Jennifer Wen, Elby Chai, Emilia Tortorella, Shu Xian Leong, Ilan Liu, Ingrid Chan, Patricia Sun, Stella Hong, Brandon Pante, Emily Savage, Emma Van Der Werken, Crystal Yiamkiati, Julia Favarolo and Doris Tan.
VISCOMM HONOURS PROJECT BY CLARICE TAN
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY TUTORED BY ZOE SADOKIERSKI 2021