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Alexandra Crosby, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney

Bringing the river into the gallery and the future: reimagining Birrarung 50 years from now

Postcards from the future: the river-cleaning Birrabot REALMstudios/NGV Australia

The Ian Potter Centre at Melbourne’s Federation Square is located on the banks of the lower stretches of Birrarung, the Yarra River. For Reimagining Birrarung Design Concepts for 2070, on until 2 February 2025, the river flows into the gallery through ideas, images, objects and stories.

In this bold and unusual exhibition, we listen to traditional owners and get inside the imaginations of eight of Australia’s most innovative landscape architecture studios. By looking at “possible” and “preferred” futures, this exhibition frames the river as a complex, diverse, interconnected ecosystem that nurtures our health and is essential to human and non-human communities.

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