( All images from Hunter Franks' Neighbourhood Postcard Project http://www.neighborhoodpostcardproject.com)

“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete."- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Every piece of wood holding the 30-foot yacht Collective Spirit together has a story behind it, having once been someone’s treasured possession. Between February and August 2011, Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters of performance art group Lone Twin travelled the south coast of England, inviting individuals to donate wooden objects they had a special attachment to. The items ranged from the everyday to the esoteric; from tennis rackets and rabbit-shaped toy puzzles to train sets and guitars- including a splinter of a guitar once played by Jimi Hendrix.  These cherished relics of people’s lives were painstakingly pieced together to form something much greater than the sum of its parts- a "living archive of stories and memories", and a seaworthy vessel that thereafter sailed the south coast, collecting more stories and experiences on the way.

The travelling exhibition People Make Places invites members of the public to express how they feel about the cities they inhabit, within the tiny confines of a matchbox. Conceived by visual artists and identical twins Leanne and Naomi Shedlezki, the project has travelled to major cities such as Edinburgh, Melbourne, Sydney and Berlin, amassing over 2000 matchboxes along the way. The entries the project has yielded are incredibly idiosyncratic; it’s amazing how much creativity can be crammed into a humble matchbox. They’re filled with miniature dioramas depicting local landmarks and individual escapades, odds and ends of train ticket stubs, souvenirs and collages made from local leaflets— tiny building blocks of cities that reflect the vibrance, quirkiness and diversity of the urban experience.