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What is Matchpoint.Melbourne?
Matchpoint.Melbourne was an exhibition and series of events that presented the public with a novel proposal to enrich Melbourne’s urban culture. The event uncovered grassroots sports like bike polo and laneway cricket, showing the potential to create a more vibrant and participatory urban environment by integrating these and other popular leisure activities into public space through architectural design, and how this could extend the international reputation Melbourne already gains through hosting major sports events.
The exhibition offered visitors an immersive experience that simulated how the proposal could play out in the city and enable them to become active participants. The exhibition and symposium (part of the State of Design Festival 2010) launched this proposal into the public domain; communicating the ideas and creating a forum for public discussion around the potentials highlighted.
radio review on Matchpoint.Melbourne
This recording is from the show ‘The Architects’ on RRR radio.
Stuart Harrison and Christine Phillips interview the creative
director and curator of the State of Design festival 2010 - Lou
Weis and Kate Rhodes.
A series of images (photographed by Peter Bennets) from the exhibition at RMIT building 45 are shown while the interview is playing.
see the presentation video
See the comprehensive presentation from the Matchpoint.Melbourne symposium.
read the Design Awards abstract
This abstract for the Melbourne Design Awards 2010 provides a writted description of Matchpoint.Melbourne with a particular focus on project brief, project innovation, exhibition design challenge, and sustainability.
read the exhibition brochure
This brochure provides a comprehensive but compact overview on the concepts and potentials of Matchpoint.Melbourne.
read a short newspaper article
A newspaper article in The Age about the festival and Matchpoint.Melbourne by Ray Edgar.