Squatspace Redfern Waterloo Tour of Beauty 2016

This project consisted of a bus (or bike) tour of the inner Sydney suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo. The tour highlighted particular sites which were threatened by the Redfern Waterloo Authority's plan to "revitalise" the area.
Each tour lasted 4-5 hours, and tourists were addressed by various representatives of the local community - for example, from the Aboriginal Housing Company, the local Indigenous Women's Centre, the Settlement Community Centre, the REDWatch activist group, architects, designers, and the Indigenous Social Justice Association.
Each speaker presented his/her perspective on the rapidly gentrifying suburb. The tour asked: what was to be lost and what was to be gained by the process of urban transformation? How could it be done better? And how would it affect people on the ground?
About 20 tours were run during the period 2005-2016.
THis video has been commissioned by SquatSpace and shot+directed by Waywards Films

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The!nEjoyed- you created unreal ,

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Ironic but heartbreaking how it's such a tiny pocket of land that Indigenous Australians were "allowed" to buy, seeing they have been the rightful symbiotic custodians of this continent for over 40-100,000 years! Pink Flloyd- The Wall 🌀✋🐾👋🌀 (leave those kids alone)