Rewritten Brief - Version 2

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DTB204 AS02 REWRITTEN BRIEF


Colonisation forcefully eliminated the interconnectivity with Country and replaced it with the sense of power and control. Buildings and monuments stand mathematically in alignment, right above the enforced natural rhythm and environmental control, showing their status and power. There is no response to the nature, and the connection to Country is lost.

In this project, a Museum of Racist Memorabilia will be designed to promote the social consciousness about Indigenous oppression. The concept and theme of the museum is “enforcement”. The clients are the QUT teaching team, and the indigenous community of Brisbane. The client requirements are:

-        Addition of a second level into the space, including access
-        Provision of breakout spaces
-        Design integrated in the urban context
-        Thresholds and liminal spaces between interior and exterior elements
-        Sensory and inclusive design requirements addressed through design
-        Concepts of participatory design, co-design or collaborative design included
-        Design to be ethical and respectful

To further understand and be mindful of the Indigenous perspective, an interview was conducted with Daniele Hromek, an Indigenous designer who is also a part of the QUT teaching team. Through this opportunity, deeper connection to the client requirements with the Indigenous perspective was able to be established. It was also learnt how a Museum of Racist Memorabilia can be quite triggering for a lot of First Peoples, especially under our theme of “enforcement”, thus breakout spaces will be provided at regular intervals throughout the entirety of the museum, for them to take a moment away from the contents. It is also significant to integrate design in the urban context, because Aboriginal peoples were pushed out of the urban context regularly, to the periphery or fringes of towns and cities during colonial processes. This was a major insult and racism as it happened after their lands were stolen by the Europeans. Their acts and behaviour were also watched and restricted – as they were put into prison if they moved around after dark, or passports were needed to move around their own Country (Hromek 2020). Therefore, this museum will include Aboriginal peoples at the centre of the urban context, and the design will also put its significance on being inclusive of the Aboriginal community.

The connection to Country will be highlighted in the design, where users can experience through different senses. The decisions of the Indigenous community of Brisbane will also be included and put importance to, through collaborative design so that the design can be more appropriate and respectful.

To conclude, the design and the curation of the exhibition will take the users on a journey to metaphorically experience enforcement and oppression in an ethical way through the materiality, tactility, threshold and art pieces. The goal of this exhibition is to understand and repent our painful history, and to further memorialise it, and promote the social consciousness.

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