Anita Bacic's location-specific mobile work an/other time

For two years Hobart-based artist Anita Bacic has been meeting with people from West Moonah (formerly known as Springfield) and Moonah to capture their stories about post WW2 life as part of her Rediscovering Springfield project in Australia. A look back at what it was like living in the ʻ50s, ʻ60s and ʻ70s in the area from a migrant perspective in a Tasmanian context.

The end result of this community engagement is an/other time art walk. Bacic encourages people to participate by walking along the streets of Moonah starting at the Moonah Arts Centre. To experience the work one uses an iPod or iPhone with a custom made app created by Tim Nugent. The app is available on the Apple app store: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/an-other-time/id985476954

an/other time has a particular focus on migrants in the second half of the 20th Century. It is a location-specific media project that uses mobile devices, combined with printed maps to allow users to unearth stories while walking along Albert Road, Hopkins Street and Main Road in Moonah.

The work an/other time adds another chapter in the history of Tasmania. It shares the personal untold stories from the post WW2 migrants who came to Tasmania in the mid 20th Century. Their contribution to the building and adding to this state is not often talked about or acknowledged in Tasmaniaʼs history.

This work aims to do much more than simply re-tell stories from the past; it encourages the participant, to extend, personalise and reconsider experiences while they interact with both their mobile device and the street. This interaction invites the participant to reconsider or re-imagine the past as they look at and experience the now. This blending of perceptions of the present with ideas of the past, can prompt questions like, What was it like? What was there? Who lived/worked there?

Original music by Teresa Drozdz and audio visual work by Angela Strk can be experienced in an/other time

To experience the work go to:
Moonah Arts Centre
23-27 Albert Road, Moonah, Hobart

Opening hours are:
Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm, and Sat 10am – 2pm.

Until June 1 there are devices one can loan. After June 1, download the app and go to the Moonah Arts Centre for your first installment of the work.

More information about the Moonah Arts Centre and how to get there: http://www.moonahartscentre.org.au/events/another-time/