Community Capsule
That nutty smell of sourdough as it rises. The extra time to tend to that new veggie patch. A slower pace. Juggling a new way of life, amongst online meetings and laundry baskets. Pregnancy at near term within suburban confines. Day 85 of isolation at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. A smile from the eyes behind a mask. That distant friendly exchange between neighbours. Spotting teddy bears and rainbows as you explore the nooks and crannies of your local streets.
Community Capsule is Melbourne’s first modern-day time capsule. As a pilot program, it celebrates our collective sense of community, connection and resilience that arose through the pandemic and transpired within our 5km radiuses and beyond.
Community Capsule is coming to Fed Square from 19 May, bringing together a:
- ticketed launch event on 19 May
- free exhibition between 20–28 May
- ticketed community storytelling event on 26 May
Community Capsule Launch
19 May – ticketed
Melbourne’s Community Capsule will be launched, featuring a range of speakers and a performance by the Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir – an initiative developed during lockdown to spread music therapy and a little joy.
Get your tickets here.
Community Capsule Exhibition
20-28 May
Fed Square is hosting Community Capsule within the Fracture Gallery, featuring images from photographers Bri Hammond’s isolation portraits and Julie Ewing’s (Lifeworks Photography) Across the Fence series, as well as artefacts from the State Library of Victoria’s collection.
Community Capsule Story Corner
26 May – ticketed
Come and pay homage to our collective spirit. Listen to original stories of community, connection and resilience at Community Capsule’s Story Corner.
Or have a go at telling your own. Community Capsule is welcoming storytelling registrations by Monday, 19 May. With your registration, simply share a synopsis of what your story is about and what you learnt, realised or how your experience shapes how you think and live.
You do not need to share your story to attend Community Capsule’s Story Corner. Get your ticket and register a story here.
Storytellers are encouraged to prepare to speak for around 5-7 minutes. Be ready to speak from the heart, not a script.
‘A slower pace of life, more family time and a sense of gratitude for all that we do have’. – Lianne McMillan, contributor to Julie Ewing’s Across the Fence Photographic Series
‘…When people are chasing all their own wants and their needs, they then forget to aid the needs of others, needs such as medical, home, food. Once people stop chasing money so much they’ll do what brings them happiness, creativity and passion’. – Adamah, contributor to Bri Hammond Photography Isolation Stories – Public Housing
Community Capsule is an initiative run through Committee for Melbourne’s Future Focus Group and is funded by the City of Melbourne’s Dusk till Dawn Activation Grants Program. For media and general enquiries, contact Commcapsule@gmail.com.
Ticket profits
Ticket sales profits from the launch event and Community Capsule Story Corner will go to: