PROJECT: COMMUNITY NOTICES
ARTIST: DANIELE CONSTANCE
PROJECT PARTNERS: OUR NATURAL CITY STRATEGY & CITY OF GOLD COAST
LOCATION: SCHUSTER PARK, TALLEBUDGERA, GOLD COAST

As urbanisation rapidly increases, the distinction between our natural and urban environments blur. The site for Community Notices in Schuster Park in Tallebudgera, provides an opportunity to explore the current complexities of living on the edge of climate change, living at a peak point of urbanisation and the role our communities, arts and science have to play in redirecting our visions and actions for the future. Natural and urban sites co-exist simultaneously, we are a part of complex ecosystems all the time. Schuster Park is a great example of this with 68 hectares of park with recreational areas including: off leash dog areas, horse riding, swimming and water sports, a managed conservation area; all with the literal hum of the motorway and busy urban suburbs surrounding it. Via activations, experiments and interventions, Community Notices interrogates people’s relationships in the places in which they inhabit and the emergence of connections and disconnections. These site-specific activations explore layers of history, layers of built and natural environments, as well as modalities for audience experiences in situ. Alongside a custom-built community noticeboard, Community Notices brings together a gathering of community members and collaborators in a series of experiences, events, conversations and interactions facilitated by the artist on site -  to come together and take notice.

This project has received additional support from the City of Gold Coast’s Our Natural City Strategy - connecting people with nature, protecting places for nature, and partnering with the community.