Change Maker
- Royal Australian Mint
Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) - 2025
After the design comes the making, where imagination meets engineering.
People step into a production line of arcade-like machines, pressing, rotating and stamping through each stage of minting. Every movement tests precision, timing and rhythm, the same focus needed to produce millions of identical coins for circulation.
The work reveals the quiet beauty in repetition, where accuracy becomes art and perfection is made again and again.
Technology
Five modular Flutter games run on arcade-style hardware built from industrial components and sensors for durability and reliability. Each unit connects via MQTT to sync gameplay and scoring, using clear, tactile controls that make the experience instantly understandable and easy to maintain.
Each station has a custom designed and fabricated post that houses a modular microcontroller system allowing connection of various sensors and controllers.
Credits
- Arantxa Uria Gámez, Visual Artist
- Claire Evans, Strategic Director
- E2, Architect
- Elena Matienko, Sound Artist
- Evan Davies, Technical Director
- Jarrod Lambert, Technical Coordinator
- Lee Hung Nguyen, UX Design
- Lumicom, AV Install
- Madi Talbot, Designer
- Monarch, Build + Project Managment
- Nick Lewis, Grabphic Design
- Pablo García Lucio, Visual Artist
- René Christen , Technical Director
- Shunji Davies, Project Director
- Tom Siddall, Creative Director