Alterations: The exhibition

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: 'Alterations: the Exhibition' explored the theme of 'Alternations' in clothes, identifies and spaces. The project was inspired by Dandenong's rapidly mutating public and commercial spaces and the multicultures that animate them. Four artists, including Carter, were involved. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION: Paul Carter researched, co-produced and directed a number works in different forms. The four video sequences in 'Loops' document a series of urban improvisations that explore the relationship between graffiti writing, the arabesque, choreogragphy and urban revolution. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: The Walker Street Gallery is funded by the City of Dandenong, the local government body the cares for one of Melbourne's fastest-growing and most diverse municipalities (home to people from 140 different countries). Paul Carter conceived the exhibition as a project that would speak to 'Alterations', a landscape design/public art work devised by Carter and landscape architects RushWright as part of the $290 million Dandenong Municipal Buildings, Library and Civic Square project (see http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/civic-centre-heart-for-dandenong- 20121023-283dh.html). The civic square project includes Carter's ground pattern - a translation of topographical, clothing and locally-sourced patterns into a new design. It will open in March 2014.研究背景：《“变奏（Alterations）”主题展》围绕服装、身份与空间三大主题展开探索。该项目的灵感源自丹德农（Dandenong）快速变迁的公共与商业空间，以及赋予这些空间活力的多元文化。参展艺术家共四位，其中包括保罗·卡特（Paul Carter）。 研究贡献：保罗·卡特（Paul Carter）开展了相关研究，并联合制作、执导了多种形式的多部作品。其“循环（Loops）”系列中的四段影像序列，记录了一系列城市即兴创作实践，探索了涂鸦创作、阿拉伯式花纹（arabesque）、编舞与城市变革之间的内在关联。 研究意义：沃克街美术馆（Walker Street Gallery）由丹德农市（City of Dandenong）资助，该地方政府辖区是墨尔本发展最快、最多元化的行政区之一，聚居着来自140个不同国家的民众。保罗·卡特将本次展览构想为契合“变奏（Alterations）”主题的项目，该主题同时也是卡特与景观建筑师拉什赖特（RushWright）共同设计的景观设计/公共艺术作品，作为耗资2.9亿澳元的丹德农市政大楼、图书馆及市政广场项目的组成部分（详见http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/civic-centre-heart-for-dandenong-20121023-283dh.html）。该市政广场项目包含卡特设计的地面图案——将地形、服装及本土取材的纹样转化为全新设计的作品，该广场将于2014年3月正式开放。