“A map can trace one story, though it often portrays the coexistences of many stories in relation to each other. It can show how the physical, economic, visual, and social landscape can shape those stories, letting some bloom, grinding out others. Multiple stories in spatial relation become the geosocial constellations of our lives" – Rebecca Solnit
The University of Melbourne’s New Student Precinct project, together with curatorial partner Next Wave, present Compass Rose – an exhibition of visual art and creative writing exploring the psychology of campus architecture.
Compass Rose is a virtual psychogeography tour that digitally walks through a series of engaging site-specific creative reflections by students/artists that embrace the transitional, forgotten and peripheral.
In your home or via QR code on-site each location navigates through memories, dreams, hauntology, nostalgia, mythology, history, politics and the poetics of space.
As we meander, historical narrative opens and unexpected encounters of the physical and intellectual landscape are re-imagined. What sensations emerge as you drift through these spaces. Hone your eyes to details of architecture, trace the past, the poetry of the everyday, and reveal hidden or forgotten aspects of the Parkville Campus.
Witness. Feel. Breathe. Interact.
The New Student Precinct is a place for students, staff and the wider community to engage, learn and grow at Melbourne University.
Located on the corner of Grattan St and Swanston St, The Precinct is designed to facilitate connection, foster inclusion, and enable students, peers, and colleagues to forge new relationships.
This is the University of Melbourne’s first co-created major project, and places the voice of the student at the heart of the Project’s design and approach. Over 15,600 students actively contributed their views, ideas and expertise to the planning and design process making this an innovative student-centred initiative.
The Precinct will provide access to student services and amenities and create a vibrant social hub of art, culture and music. The New Student Precinct is scheduled to open in early 2022.
Next Wave is Australia’s pre-eminent platform for emerging artists. Deeply rooted in the Australian arts ecology, Next Wave has a 35-year track record of pushing creative careers to the next level through renowned development programs and biennial multi-arts festival.