Forty laneways will be flooded with light, music and art installations to help revitalise the CBD this summer as part of a COVID-19 recovery plan to keep artists in work and lure people back to the city.
The six-month project, covering the CBD, North Melbourne and Carlton, will employ at least 150 people and kick off once it's safe and allowable under lockdown restrictions.
Executive producer Lachlan MacDowall, from the University of Melbourne, said he hoped that some infrastructure, such as light boxes or music platforms, could become permanent fixtures. "We're really trying to be sensitive to the character of the city ... sometimes they have a bit of rich history, and we don't want to tidy them up too much, where the character of the laneways is really important and needs to be respected," he said.
He thinks it could be a safe way for people to engage with the city, because they are in the open, dispersed, and will be freely accessible at all hours of the day.Tattersalls Lane in the CBD is on the list of 40 city alleys to be included in the project."This project will create jobs now, support our local businesses and traders and help attract more people into the city in the future."
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