By Tan May Ling
Updated by 23th October, 2012
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Photo by Candlelight Productions
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Indulge yourself in the
aromatic scent of freshly brewed coffee beans from The Café at Beer DeLuxe and
let your senses guide you down the flight of stairs, leading you into the
Atrium. There you will be greeted with colourful models of buildings, delicious
looking food replicas and many other items, spread across four customized
tables and some placed next to the greenery. This surreal view is what greets
visitors upon entering the Atrium.
Inspired by the title “A
Tale of Two Cities”, one of the novels written by Charles Dickens, the
Candlelight Productions has brought to life “A Tale of Two Melbournes” at the
Melbourne Fringe Festival this September. The event, which spans across ten
days, from Thursday to Sunday (27th September to 14th
October) takes place at the Atrium, opposite The Café at Beer DeLuxe,
Federation Square.
There are four main tables,
one for questionnaires, another for display, and the another two for visitors
to express “what you love of Melbourne” and “your vision of Melbourne”. A Tale
of Two Melbournes is all about using unconventional art materials to express
their thoughts by building 3D communal artworks.
From afar, a gathering of
people of both young and old is visible. They surround the tables with glue
sticks, paperboards and other crafting materials used to create their replicas.
Young children are seen to be having fun, fluttering from table to table,
eagerly searching for the materials needed to craft out their vision of
Melbourne. Once their ideas are solidified into tangible objects, they carry
their work carefully around the event, enthusiastically sharing their ideas
with the volunteers.
