The Journal of Public Space ISSN 2206-9658 2018 | Vol. 3 n. 2 https://www.journalpublicspace.org ISSN 2206-9658 | 149 City Space Architecture / UN-Habitat A situated practice Fiona Hillary RMIT University, Australia fiona.hillary@rmit.edu.au Abstract A situated practice explores one artist’s approach to navigating the shifts and changes inherent in the public space of the post-industrial city and suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Collaborative, ephemeral, site-specific, relational works in three specific sites; Station Pier in Port Melbourne, automated pedestrian crossings throughout the city, and at the Western Treatment Plant, the sewerage facility on the western edge of Melbourne’s urban sprawl, explore everyday public sites to stake a claim for the imagination. Engaging with the work of critical theorists including Rosi Braidotti, Franco Bifo Berardi and Donna Haraway I am interested in how the abstraction of ordinary experiences and spaces allow artists and audience to co-constitute the possibility of something other, triggering fleeting transformative acts of imagination. Through this body of work, I am learning how to leave the marks of care for the future and ‘stay with the trouble.’ (Haraway, 2016, p.10). Keywords: situated practice, public art, post-humanism, refrain, rhythm, resonance, everyday, borders, urban future THE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC SPACE To cite this article: Briggs, R. (2018). Using drawing as a tool to explore public space. The Journal of Public Space, 3(2), 149-166, DOI 10.32891/jps.v3i2.1113 This article has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Public Space. Please see the Editorial Policies under the ‘About’ section of the journal website for further information. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/