It so innocently started out as a blog post about my London visit to Hyde Park here,
and then SHAZAAM!! (with a UR{BNE} Ideas Cafe), it magically happened in Brisbane.
Art @ the Park + Art @ the Park Facebook
Great work Murray, it was a great day.
City Love
Yen Trinh: Urban Space. Community. Design
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Fashion as Street Theatre
Occasionally public space activation and guerilla marketing cross over, and most of the time I don’t mind that it does. This was the Myer Centre advertising in a fashion flash-mob type “catwalk” using the Queen St Mall. It made people stop, to watch the spontaneous street “theatre”.
Rooftop Disco: Elizabeth St
I had spotted this beacon of disco lights as I was walking across Victoria Bridge, only to discover it was the new building on Elizabeth St. From what I can tell it overhangs a shared balcony or pool type space. It did make me look up, so I guess the architects won me at that game. 
Albert St Picnic
3 days of Albert St Picnic, and it’s all a blur. Co-managing this for UR{BNE} with BCC, was indeed a learning curve.
It was not always an easy process, but on DAY 2 , I was finally reminded that Albert St is a street closure being explored as a future ‘shared zone” and as a move in just “tactical urbanism” than I think it was a great outcome. This “testing” is what I had always ultimately wanted out of Park(ing) Days.
I wasn’t 100% happy with some aspects, but in the end the photos and public experience tell the story, not me.
Lanterns in King George Square
It’s been great to see the Brisbane Festival lanterns popping up again in King George Square and Burnett Lane. I love the simplicity and great visual impact from repeating forms. Lanterns in public space are instant AWESOME.
Green Jam QPAC
I dig the fun Friday afternoon vibe at Green Jam Sessions at QPAC. It is a small-ish public space, in contrast to other nearby open areas (forecourt) but it’s scale makes it work really well. It is another example of public space activation in a great and simple way (free music + drinks + great colourful mats and chairs). I feel there are many similar sized spaces in the Museum/Gallery side of the Culture Precinct that could do with similar burst of energy and activation.
