‘Here-Say’ at Counter Point

The Department of Counter Culture hosts ‘Here-Say’ at Counter Point; a speaker program and conversation forum in which mainstream consumption practices and values are challenged and alternatives considered and discussed.

Situated on the level 2 Lonsdale Street bridge within Melbourne Central, ‘Here Say’ launches the larger Counter Point program with a keynote presentation on opening night by Professor Kim Humphery called Excess: Anti-consumerism in the west. Future Alternatives: Response, a suite of presentations by practitioners that aim to re-make and provoke existing production and consumption practices including The Social Studio, Craft Cartel, Clothing Exchange and Citizens of Elysium, follows this. Professor Humphery will then facilitate a Q & A forum.

Other Here-Say’s include:

• City Suburbia: Curated tollways and themed restaurants, a travelogue by Anthony McInneny of the city’s mimicry of the suburbs, after the suburbs redesigned the city.
• The Social Enterprise Discussion: Shanaka Fernandoz, founder of Lentil as Anything restaurant discusses his unique business model while Rebecca Scott shares her experiences of establishing social enterprise, STREAT. RMIT Associate Professor Soumitri Varadarajan presents a topic for conversation with Participatory Design.
• Architects for Peace discuss and launch their publication Intencity – the political city.

Event Opening:

• Launch: ‘Here-Say’ speaker and discussion program Excess: Anti-consumerism in the west | Future Alternatives: response Professor Kim Humphery, Casey Jenkins & Rayna Fahey (Craft Cartel); Kate Luckins (Clothing Exchange) Kat Ashworth (Citizens of Elysium); Grace McQuilten (The Social Studio) Thursday 15 July, 2010, 7pm

Presented by Architects for Peace, RMIT Design Research Institute: Urban Livability and Department of Counter Culture: Anthony McInneny, Caroline Vains and Lynda Roberts