title: OddSocks at the Melbourne Fringe Festival: a methods paper for using an arts installation in promoting public health.
abstract: Installation art involves using everyday objects and spaces in an unusual way to gain attention and encourage interaction. While arts-based projects have the ability to inform and provoke interest, few have focused on public health. Oddsocks was conceived as a public health installation as part of the annual Melbourne Fringe Festival, with a primary aim to raise awareness concerning the importance of exercise and foot health. Promoting such underserved public health issues creates specific challenges which have been typically under-reported. This methods paper focuses on how these challenges can be met through arts-based initiatives and arts-based inquiry.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Chaplains Office, Office of PVC (Equity & Student Services), La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia. priscilla.robinson@latrobe.edu.au
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McIver
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rumbold
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Colliver
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rumbold
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D001154:Art; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D014739:Victoria