How TAC created a place to remember as a grim reminder of year’s road toll, via Grey Melbourne
December 3 2012, 11:37 am | | 14 Comments
TAC, via Grey Melbourne, created a 60m long table complete with 257 empty chairs sits as a grim reminder of this year’s road toll.
Each empty place remembers a life lost on Victorian roads.
Tribute tweets and instagram shots were directed to #aplacetoremember.
As the road toll rises chairs were added to the table.
Over the time of the installation 6 chairs joined the table.
14 Comments
this is a really lovely idea
Saw it on Saturday night. Impossible to ignore.
Looked great. Very powerful. Sad.
There was a large crowd gathering and parents were explaining it to their children.
Well done Grey.
A much more hard hitting approach here.. Love it!
Walked past this on Saturday night, was quite impressive.
I was showing some friends around Yesterday.
Saw the table from the Sky Deck. Went down to ground level to get a closer look.
The words and the high chair made me cry.
Great idea.
I like it – it’s great!
Such a powerful thing to see.
A timely reminder to us all to stay safe.
All those chairs. All different. The families broken apart. Heartbreaking.
Old chairs. Baby chairs. Walking sticks.
I was there too and I have been looking for somewhere to write about it.
Gave me goosebumps.
Oh to use your powers for good. It must feel unbelievable.
Well done team. Great piece of work that will hopefully get public to change behaviour.
Great stuff.
This is not Knox’s first outing with chairs.
Some readers might recall a series of chair sculptures out the back of 474 St Kilda Rd.
The newspaper did a story on it. There were a few formations. Years ago.
This one’s much better though. Looks great. Certainly kicks you in the guts. I saw it on my way to our Christmas party. Well done all involved.
Very nice
Very nice. Simple. Moving.
Catching up on my Aussie gossip and I see this!
Very compelling and equally as sad.
The # is worth looking at. The photos and the comments, too real.
The dark side of me wishes it saw it in the flesh.
Top idea. I hope it reminds people to drive safely.
Have a safe holiday.