Bathurst Winter Festival: A festival with soul and impact
Studio ESEM have worked with Bathurst Regional Council for the past decade to grow and evolve the Bathurst Winter Festival as a much-loved community event. In this Insights piece we invite local community leaders to reflect on the value of the Festival to the community, its businesses and its artists.
The story so far: ESEM Projects 2012-2024
The story of Esem Projects continues to evolve (2012-2014) as we launch as Studio ESEM.
ULI Keynote: Creating Places for Purpose
Where has placemaking come from, and where is it going? In this keynote presentation by Dr. Sarah Barns for ULI India Place Innovation Forum, Sarah explores the key principles beyind purpose-driven placemaking and its importance to our future cities. Presented at the India Habitat Centre, Dehli, September 2023.
From Enlightenment to Enlivenment
How we imagine our places is also how we imagine their digital lives emerging. In this presentation to the State Library of Victoria Dr. Sarah Barns from ESEM Projects and RMIT University reflects on the role of enlivenment as a curatorial lens for creating digital programs in public spaces.
New neighbourhoods, new ways of communicating
Imagining new approaches to outdoor media
Creative placemaking and the arts of urban intervention
Chapter exerpt from Creative Placemaking: Research, Theory and Practice.
Reimagining Parramatta: A place to discover Australia's many stories
Negotiating the Arrival of Australia's Next Great City
From URL to IRL: Reflections on urban digital design
Article commission for Future West / Assemble Papers