In 2005, Melbourne Fringe produced four large scale, high profile events for the Festival.

Human Momentum
Human Momentum was a stunning public art event located at Federation Square. In partnership with world renowned bamboo design company Bambuco, Human Momentum was designed to boldly, loudly and publicly empower young people's understanding of their physical potential. What resulted was a giant interactive bamboo playground propelled into motion by human energy. The structure housed five water contraptions, including a see- saw, a double swing and a bell pull that were attached to water pumps. As people young and old played on the contraptions they pumped water throughout the structure creating a visual reward of water flowing throughout the structure, down water falls and beautiful cascades.

Aerial performances by internationally acclaimed Dislocate supported by a troupe of young people with childhood obesity wowed the audience and attracted an estimated 100,000 people to Human Momentum, including 11,000 kids and adults who enjoyed playing on contraptions and setting it into motion

SOIL
Slowly but surely the steps of Old Treasury were over come by images of scar trees, mandalas and natural fibres, coloured soils, bark and leaves. SOIL brought together some of Melbourne's leading visual artists, Australian indigenous elders and young people and the community, to research, design and develop an image that represented a sense of place within the slow continuum of time.
Using natural fibres as the paint palette, from coloured soils, sand, bark and leaves, the communities created a giant mandala overtaking the steps of Old Treasury, Melbourne. While the soil took hold, the community of Melbourne were invited to watch and/or participate in the transformation of one of the city's oldest institutions.
Kimba Thompson, Maree Clark, Ricardo Idagi, David Bridie, Byron Scullin and Bernardo Costa Duarte, in collaboration with the community, created the visual and aural installation to inspire understanding of the environment and of indigenous cultures.

Fringe Furniture
In 2005 Fringe Furniture turned 21 and was again held at the prestigious Melbourne Museum, offering high profile opportunities for artists and designers.
Fringe Furniture expanded as a forum for ideas and concepts, while fostering the development and extension of Australian furniture designers. Through partnerships with industry professionals, designers were awarded mentorships, training and vocational opportunities for architects, interior designers, manufacturers, galleries and high end retail businesses.
Inspired by Frank Gehry's Wiggle Chair, Fringe Furniture and VISY presented Wiggle Out Of This - 14 Hour Chair Project as part of Fringe Furniture. Established architects and interior designers created a chair each out of cardboard within the challenging time-frame of 14 hours, over 2 days.

Fringe Ideas/Fringe Family Day
Fringe Ideas - Designed and Constructed by Kids was an exhibition from some of the youngest creative thinkers in Melbourne. Showcasing designs and prototypes from primary school students, this exhibition responded to the theme ‘sustainable design', offering an exciting re-imagining and transformation of our future, culminating in Fringe Family Day. This dynamic, hands on day invited families and kids to stretch their imaginations and join professional designers and artists to participate in master classes and to create a construction extravaganza, using nothing but human energy and ingenuity.

Visit the 2005 season site.