Gippsland Design Day
The newly opened Gippsland Performing Arts Centre in Traralgon will be hosting Open House Melbourne’s Gippsland Design Day this coming Friday, March 25th.
Throughout this carefully curated event, attendees will be able to explore ecologically responsive and ‘more than human’ design and creative production practices, the potential of solar engineering and agriculture and the power of creative entrepreneurship in driving innovation.
There are a number of interesting sessions including;
‘Creative Entrepreneurship and the Latrobe Valley’ with Ross Harding presenting the milestones to a self-sustaining city and region developed through Finding Infinity’s 10-point strategy A New Normal.
An illustrated talk from Nick Harding further contextualises this vision with Ha Architecture’s Valley of the Sun project, prototyping the potential for solar agriculture in the Latrobe Valley.
Paul Katsieris will offer possibilities for the future of sustainable engineered timber construction in the region, before the three presenters broaden their discussion on a panel led by Myf Doughty, Curator, Contemporary Design and Architecture, NGV.
The second half of this exciting day long program features ‘Gippsland as a clean, green and trusted food producer*’' as the theme of a second session of talks presented by creative entrepreneurs from the region.
John Calabro - The View from Here
Chris and Gab Moore - Sailors Grave Brewery
John Calabro, director of the Traralgon-based design practice The View From Here will discuss motivations for co-founding the non-for-profit publication Gippslandia, its rapid success engaging community members and catalysing awareness around clean, green and trusted consumables production in the Gippsland region.
Food & Fibre Gippsland members, Gippsland craft brewers Gabrielle and Chris Moore will share their story of creative entrepreneurship at their Orbost brewery, Sailor’s Grave.
Bruce Pascoe joins them to unfold the journey behind their collaboration on the Dark Emu Dark Lager brew. Together they will elaborate on their considered approach to merging seasonal ingredients from local producers with foraged Indigenous botanicals from the banks of the Snowy River.
Mim Hook-ABC Gippsland
These presentations will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Mim Hook, presenter and producer ABC Radio Gippsland.
Chris Moore-Sailors Grave Brewery with Bruce Pascoe
Important Details
Where: Gippsland Performing Arts Centre,
Latrobe Creative Precinct, 32 Kay St, Traralgon VIC 3844
Start: 10am
Finish: 2pm
Tickets : Free !
Bookings are essential - click here to book
*Gippsland’s identity as a clean, green, trusted food producer is encapsulated in the regional brand Gippsland Trusted Provenance, which is in its first phase of being rolled out across the region.
Managed by Food and Fibre Gippsland, the aim of this regional brand is to build more awareness for Gippsland’s produce and products and the region as a whole.
Anyone who grows or manufactures products predominantly using ingredients from the region, and has their business registered within the six shire boundaries of Gippsland as set out by the Victorian Electoral Commission, will be eligible to register as a user of the Gippsland Trusted Provenance brand.
