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Australian cultural identity is evolving & diversifying at breakneck pace and nowhere is this more evident than the Preston Market. For 40 years it has been one of the first ports of call for new arrivals, cutting across socio- economic divisions and now it is faced with a development revamp. MARKET CROSSINGS is a searing & colourful look into the gentrification of Melbourne’s most vibrant cultural melting pot.

“Hundreds of thousands of lines of movement and history, criss-crossing in every which direction, with the Preston Market sitting square in the middle.” – Victoria Stead

MARKET CROSSINGS is a collection of stories & testimonies by the traders & patrons of the Preston Market alongside researched insights into the social functions of live markets. This publication was developed over two years during the Market Value Project, an innovative cultural development project which enabled participants to express shared values.

The documentary film included in the book captures character portraits of small business owners & employees, the figurative economic canaries in the coal mine. During the global financial crisis as the traders struggle to keep their roller doors open, the developers are forced to temporarily suspend their multi million dollar plans.

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Landed in Barcelona with our lives in zipper stretched bags and our kids on our backs, we found a tiny one room flat in El Raval. Moving to a new city fluctuates between dream & nightmare, but many residents here are newly arrived & learning a new culture.

We asked people to take three photographs of the neighbourhood, then to choose one image & write their thoughts.

Background:
El Raval is an area historically infamous for its nightlife and cabarets, as well as prostitution and crime, El Raval has changed significantly in recent years. It is currently the home to a very diverse immigrant community, 47% of its population was born abroad, ranging from Pakistanis and Indonesians, to a more recent Eastern European community, especially from Romania. El Raval is also becoming one of the hippest up-and-coming neighborhoods of Barcelona where many artists live and work.

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“Being inside it feels that I am in the cage or inside jail.
The travelers and the scenes outside look like moving pictures.”

photographer, Krishna (Nepal)

In November 2009, a multimedia exhibition was presented to an audience as a 30-minute tour through the labyrinth of closing shops. Animated tales of family histories play on monitors propped up on counters, where salami should be. Each turned corner reveals a moving image embedded on its steel walls. Peeking behind the façade of the markets, the audience witnesses stories of conflict, family, trade and incidental humour.

Providing opportunities to linger is identified as one of the essential attributes that enables a Market to function as a site of social interaction. This is then a chance to loiter and linger with purpose, to take time to soak up the distinctive culture that exists in a market place and to proudly showcase the resulting artwork.

Through filmed stories, projections, and digital snippets we explored ways in which collective storytelling became a community-forming activity.

The Preston Market in Melbourne has been standing for over 40 years in the centre of a growing multicultural precinct. When developers earmark the area for serious demolition and re-development, the traders are faced with an ongoing uncertainty to their own futures.  Engaged in a multi-faceted project, an arts company focuses on the people of the market to explore issues of history, displacement and personal realisation.

director, Stuart Liddell
executive producer, Brian Cohen
TRAX 2010

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The market’s life story is being written all the time; even the smallest gesture adds to it. Play Tag! is an exploration of the market through a narrative game of tag. This film is based around the exquisite corpse exercise whereby each line of a story is collectively assembled.

director, Tintin Wulia
executive producer, Tara Prowse
camera, Stuart Liddell & Tintin Wulia

“In our street Sant Antoni Abat, we sell
mobile phones & food very cheap – and it’s very good.
We have a church here as well.”

photographer, Saleem Butt

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Singing Santa, magical girls and a car ride on an easy Saturday morning: a glimpse of the amazing landscapes that shapes Julie’s world.

director, Tintin Wulia
executive producer, Tara Prowse

camera, Stu Liddell & Tintin Wulia
starring, Julie Le

“The Raval is a world apart, where the Paella retains
it’s spanish identity, although not its cultural one.”

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“At the door: The young married couple, Chavi & Miguel,
are part of the group of chefs here.”

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“A Romanian waiter and a Dominican companion at the table,
a pulsing place of narrow streets with many origins.”

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All for just one apple…

director, Brian Cohen
executive producer, Tara Prowse

camera, Brian Cohen & Naz Allen
cast, Lisa Piccione, Alice Chaw, Jai Singh & Jamie

Charandev Singh is a Darebin local and Preston Market fan.

director, Brian Cohen
executive producer, Tara Prowse
camera, Brian Cohen, Tintin Wulia & Stuart Liddell