Wander-y Projects

  A SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT   by LISA D’ONOFRIO AND SIMMONE HOWELL Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants  A collaborative map/zine/public walk exploring dimensions of women’s experience of the city and leisure through memory and story. By ‘ lost ’ we mean physical places that have been built-over but remain alive in memory, while ‘ leisure ’ embraces deliberate (commercial) and informal entertainment (gathering, loitering etc).   Sample lost places: Nightclubs (Tenth Avenue Disco, Rubber Soul, Grunge, The Lounge, Thumpin ’ Tum); cinemas, hotels, Art (The Angel, Vault (The Yellow Peril); sites of gathering, shops, cafes, youth/community clubs, pubs, dance halls. We are seeking submissions of unpublished short form life writing and experimental memoir (vignettes, anecdotes, fragments, poetry) up to 400 words, that considers: How women encounter public space Ideas of leisure   How the city shapes us Nostalgia/solastalgia And is linked to a specific si...