Freerange Volume 6: The Untitled Issue

Chopped and tweaked by:

Byron Kinnaird
Sweaty Toothed Madman
byron@projectfreerange.com
Barnaby Bennett
Powder Monkey
barnaby@projectfreerange.com
The editor would like to acknowledge
the fine editorial assistance of
Emma Johnson

Published by Freerange Press Ltd

Aotearoa, Atlantis, Australia.
Cover image: Nils Koenning. Austraphobia. See p52.
Copyright has been asserted by the authors.
Please contact us for details.
Related material may appear on the FR website
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First e/printing September 2013
ISBN 978-0-473-22763 (softcover)
ISBN 978-0-473-22764-7 (digital edition)
ISSN 1179-8106 (softcover)
ISSN 1179-8114 (digital edition)

If I really knew how to write, I could write something

that someone would read and it would kill them.
William Burroughs, apparently.

No Words.

The Untitled Issue began with the idea that we should

try the Freerange Journal without any words. It seemed
auspicious that we were half way through our run of
twelve issues, so we banned what was most precious to
us these beautiful things, words.
We wondered what it might look like if we took our
hands off the keyboard and let this crowded portrait
speak for itself. I thought it might be like holding up a
mirror, but its more like pulling back the curtains.
We hope you enjoy the view.

Byron Kinnaird
Editor / Sweaty Toothed Madman

Contents
Introduction
Byron Kinnaird

Untitled 8
Brooklyn, Venice, Florence,
Vatican City, Rome
David Smiley
Buddha Section
Christchurch, NZ
Barnaby Bennett
My Way In; Yes, Its a
Spontaneous Crumpet
Launceston, Tasmania
J. E. Schell Waite
Brisbane Interiors
Mark Taylor

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With Without
Brooklyn, New York
Katherine Roberts
The Most Famous
Williamsburg Charter
High School
Bushwick, New York
Matthias Nuemann

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Atmosphere
Istanbul, Turkey
Bridget Lensen

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Liberty Riot
Melbourne, Australia
Kerry Lennon

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Statues 44
Versailles, France
Joseph Larkings

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Creatures of Dreams
London, Brighton,
Barcelona, Copenhagen
Byron Kinnaird

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Austraphobia
Ongoing project, Australia
Nils Koenning

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Old Man by the Sea

Melbourne, Australia
Rose Hyland

SIBLING 28
Melbourne, Australia
The Lost, Erased, Unseen
& Forgotten
Waiuru & Manawatu
Geordie Shaw

Life Between a Rockfall

and a Floodplain
Christchurch, NZ
Scott McKenzie

Robots 64
Melbourne, Australia
Brooke Gibson
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Heidelberg Project, Detroit 68

Ross T. Smith

Wrestling 76
Melbourne, Australia
Alexandra Clark
Quality Sleep
Paris, France
Alain Bruner

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Cadaver 84
Damien Yip
Ladder and Crane
Scotland & Paris
Cathy Marshall
Invasive Urbanism Interim Material
Christchurch, NZ
Sean Bollinger

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burials 90
Thailand
Douglas E. Pope
Cheap & Choice Award 96
Blank Paper
Freeranger of the Issue 98
Gerald Melling (1943-2012)
All Hands On Deck 100
Contributors

David Smiley

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J. E. SCHELL waite

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geordie shaw

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katherine roberts

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Matthias Neumann

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KERRY LENNON

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JOsEph LARKINGS

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BYRON KINNAIRD

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NILS KOENNING

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ROSE HYLAND

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BROOKE GIBSON

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ross t. smith

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alexandra clark

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alain bruner

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cathy marshall

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Sean Bollinger

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douglas E. Pope

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Cheap & Choice Award: BLANK PAPER

east of Porirua East

Vanishing sun.
Swift orange flak
on Waitangirua hills.
Winds enjoying the spaces
between buildings.
Between people.
Distances.
The spanning
of them.
The length of an arm.
What children
will make
of it.
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Freeranger of the issue: gerald melling (1943-2012)

SKYBOX
1
The skys the limit
the box contains
no secrets
not held clear.
An artful lodgers
box of sticks
is here laid up
to rest.

G. J. Melling
An Artful Lodger,
Thumbprint Press, 2005.
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All Hands On Deck

Byron Kinnaird / Sweaty Toothed Madman

David Smiley
station2station.tumblr.com
Melbourne, Australia
J. E. Schell Waite
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Professor Mark Taylor
Head of Architecture
University of Newcastle,
Australia

Barnaby Bennett / Powder Monkey

SIBLING
SIBLING is a design collective that
works at the intersection of architecture,
urbanism, cultural analysis and graphic
communication. www.siblingnation.net
Melbourne, Australia
Geordie Shaw
Architectural graduate, eternal optimist.
www.geordieshaw.com
Wellington, NZ
Katherine Roberts
A grand dabbler and writer about
designerly things.
Brooklyn, New York
Matthias Neumann
Principal of normaldesign, works as
designer, educator, curator, and lover of
things erratic. www.normaldesign.com
New York
Scott McKenzie
Designer of sociable shapes, antistatus quo advocate, aspiring architect.
Currently attempting to unbreak a bit of
Christchurch.
Christchurch, NZ

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Bridget Lensen
Istanbul, Turkey
Kerry Lennon
Illustrator and producer of things, seeks
world domination.
kerrylennon.com
Melbourne, Australia
Joseph Larkings
josephlarkingsarchitecture.wordpress.com
Newcastle, Australia
Nils Koenning
While Nils commercial work focuses
on the extraordinary structures of a
highly conceptualised and carefully
crafted architecture community, much
of his personal work explores everyday
environments and landscapes, often
concerned with questions of place and
identity, memories and belonging.
www.nilskoenning.com
Melbourne, Australia
Berlin, Germany
Rose Hyland
Melbourne, Australia
Brooke Gibson
Constructor and drawer of things that do,
move, inspire, intrigue and distract.
Works occur in studio and range from
drawing, painting, collage and installation.
brookiegibson.tumblr.com
Factory 7, Melbourne, Australia

Ross T. Smith
Educator in architecture.
www.rosstsmith.co.nz
Melbourne, Australia
Alexandra Clark
www.alexandraclark.com
Melbourne, Australia
Alain Bruner
International Architect, Designer,
and occasional Lecturer.
Paris, France
Damien Yip
Drawings and thoughts
www.damienyip.com
www.brollystudios.com
Melbourne, Australia
Cathy Marshall
cargocollective.com/cathymarshall
Melbourne, Australia
Sean Bollinger
www.seanbollinger.com
www.dostuffstudio.tumblr.com
Phoenix, Arizona
Douglas E. Pope
Film & Polaroid Photographer
justmanlovestruck.tumblr.com
London / Melbourne

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