CONTESTED STATES AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE IN-BETWEEN
2019 - Ongoing
Loc_Nicosia_Cyprus
Collaborator: Heather Mitcheltree
Existing as a liminal realm the UN Buffer Zone between the North and South of Cyprus acts as a void space; one that has been reclaimed by time, an interstitial barrier that has remained constant since 1974. We have been given unprecedented access by the United Nations Peace Keeping forces that currently patrol and maintain the Buffer Zone, with this access we have creating a living digital archive using 3D scanning technology. At the moment the study has compiled nine different scan locations through-out the old city of Nicosia and the surrounding area, including buildings such as the old Nicosia Airport, the old US and French embassies as well as urban locations like Paphos Gate, all being either with-in or surrounding the Buffer Zone.
The work has been used in MSD Masters design studios as well as being exhibited internationally at the International Buffer Fringe Festival [Nicosia, 2019], and locally at the Centre for Contemporary Photography [Melbourne, 2021] and ACAHUCH Symposium [Melbourne School of Design, 2020].
The associated video work has won the ACMI price for best video work at the CCP Salon 2021.
Existing as a liminal realm the UN Buffer Zone between the North and South of Cyprus acts as a void space; one that has been reclaimed by time, an interstitial barrier that has remained constant since 1974. We have been given unprecedented access by the United Nations Peace Keeping forces that currently patrol and maintain the Buffer Zone, with this access we have creating a living digital archive using 3D scanning technology. At the moment the study has compiled nine different scan locations through-out the old city of Nicosia and the surrounding area, including buildings such as the old Nicosia Airport, the old US and French embassies as well as urban locations like Paphos Gate, all being either with-in or surrounding the Buffer Zone.
The work has been used in MSD Masters design studios as well as being exhibited internationally at the International Buffer Fringe Festival [Nicosia, 2019], and locally at the Centre for Contemporary Photography [Melbourne, 2021] and ACAHUCH Symposium [Melbourne School of Design, 2020].
The associated video work has won the ACMI price for best video work at the CCP Salon 2021.
