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Reflection Post

This project has been experimental and loosely structured, I heavily relied on community engagement. It was a risky move to rely on the material of the project to reach others and grow it into something bigger than just my own input.

I think the looseness to the structure of the project stemmed from not really knowing what I wanted to achieve with it. I sought of embrace this fact. I put out content I though people would respond to, to further community engagement and to see what others had to say. This provided the backbone of the project, I ended up aggregating ‘untold’ stories within the G.I community to share what’s happening in Glen Innes.

The collaborative and flexible approach to this project allowed for spontaneous and reactive content. I did not have a set list of interviewees who were to be involved, and this was also the first time people reached to get involved with a uni project. Each interview happened organically.

The only the thing that was set in this project was not compromising the authenticity of this project to further certain narratives or agendas, I just wanted to give people a wallflowers insight to the changes happening in G.I.

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Ok that’s a lot of work

Didn’t realise how much work we made for ourselves until multiple people passing by stated “WHAT you have to make 30 more of those”.

Yes we did make 30.

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Video that shows the progression throughout the 10, 20, 30 year future starting at the present. To create it I had a different model for each time frame, but had them hidden beneath the grey floor. When I needed a certain model I would just swap it for the current one. This would happen in 1 frame so that it appeared to be one model growing. Created in blender using cycles render.

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Glen Innes: Untold

Here is the website I’ve done to supplement the social media page and blog. Each platform give users the opportunity to engage with the content on a different level.

Because I’ve just (mostly) finished I haven’t had the opportunity to push this as much as I’ve wanted. I do plan to add to the website and promote through my blog and social media page.

(I am looking into purchasing a ‘proper’ domain name)

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Names: Veronica, Benji, Vera & Olalini

Veronica, Benji, Vera & Olalini are all cousins. I went to St. Pius X school with them in Glen Innes. All of them lived on Melling Street, which has been decimated under the housing redevelopment plans. This interview reminisces fond memories of what Melling Street used to be and what Glen Innes stood for. The interview underlines the connection to Glen Innes is deeper than just living here but stresses the importance of community identity.

The housing redevelopment literally trampled over this families childhood/well being, effectively telling them that the bonds and connections that they’ve established growing up in this neighbourhood meant nothing.

Unlike the other interview this was done as group. Veronica, Benji, Vera and Olalini highlight the extensive changes that Melling Street has undergone in a short space of time.

This group interview shows how young people who grew up in Glen Innes are impacted by the housing redevelopment in Glen Innes.

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'Tamaki youths are great'

Several Tamaki community groups are banding together on a social media campaign to share a positive light of youth in the area.

Momma I’m Famous

G.I. Untold gets mentioned in this article

Here’s an article that documents the social change campaign that I was apart of through the G.I. Untold project.

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Closing in on 1k likes

The support for this project has been overwhelmingly positive. There was a need for a project like this and I felt that I needed to tell the story of what’s happening in Glen Innes.

People have been sending me material, encouraging messages and donations for my interviewees. I see this page of a collection of stories, almost like an archive as a tribute to was Glen Innes is/was.

Collaboration, friendships and future projects have come as a result of this project. I am enjoying working in this space both digital and location wise.

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My Street, My Story

I came into this project knowing work needed to be done in Tamaki about the housing situation, but I was quite naive about how and why. Progressing with this project allowed me to form a more cohesive message and formulate a clearer direction of this project.

From talking with others (interviews) and interacting with other on social media I was able to gain a fuller picture of how I felt about all of this as well as get a better feel for the general consensus about the Tamaki Housing redevelopment.