As bike polo players, we have a different take on the urban environment around us, when we see a car park, we think of what it could be, after the cars have gone home to sleep. We are competitors in a sport that is still developing, largely unknown to mainstream society and not planned or accomodated for in a traditional way. Melbourne Bike Polo is being featured in an exhibition and symposium as part fo the current State of Design festival.
Matchpoint.Melbourne!
Melbourne’s major sporting events attract worldwide attention; however, social sports in the inner city are also thriving but go largely unnoticed. Matchpoint.Melbourne is an urban research and design project that suggests how the framework for our everyday sporting activities could be more consciously designed to reveal a dynamic new facet of the city’s well recognised urban culture. In this way, the project aims to connect Melbourne’s branding initiatives to projects of real social substance.
Exhibition Opening: July 1, 2010, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: July 2–18, 2010, open daily 5-8pm, with extended events
July 15 Symposium & Bike Polo Demonstration, 3-7pm, Party, 7pm
Venue: RMIT Building 45, 33 Lygon Street (opposite Trades Hall)
Matchpoint.Melbourne 2008 presentation in Austria from Thomas Fussenegger on Vimeo.
