How do you imagine a city? Thousands of square kilometers of concrete crawling across the landscape, the population divided by administrative boundaries and distance. Density driving up neon- tipped spires, character invested in landmarks. The logic of street planning grown beyond any easy comprehension of the whole; short cuts, late night delis and free parking becoming matters of local expertise.

We understand a city through the places we know. We create a map of the easiest routes to school and work and to the supermarkets and video stores around our home. We arrive in stranger postcodes pursuing adventure or obligations. Location becomes the frame for memories and stories. An alley may remember a kiss. An intersection always rings with carousing. A bus stop is haunted by the saddest passenger.

Concrete Dialogues is a narration of the stories seeping from the sidewalks and the silences of Perth. From roads that have been swallowed to suburbs newly born, the city's young writers expose a side of the street you may not have known. The project aims to redraw the street directories with text, filling grid coordinates with prose and points of interest with verse. This is the beginning of a different map of Perth -- through this selection of talented writers, take a brief journey into a postcode you've never visited, or meet a character you may have glimpsed before. Let new highways and backroads unfold, and put your own mark on the map.

Take a journey through the streets you know and the suburbs you don't, or contribute your own creative work about a little known alley or a tree that was etched with a primary school kiss. There are many ways to navigate through the works in Concrete Dialogues, but the main one is the map just to your left.

Like any good map, this one is here to help you explore. Simply navigate around using the arrow and zoom controls, or just hold down your mouse inside and drag it about. As you move, markers will appear where works are located -- click on the marker to get more info, and hit "Go" to load up the work.

We want to make sure you don't get lost, so as you journey, you'll leave a trail showing where you've been.

When you're looking at a work, be sure to check out the arrivals and departures in the far column -- these show where the places from which other explorers of the city have arrived at the same place as you, and where their journey took them afterwards.

This map is a collaborative expression of the city, and your contributions are a vital part of its living, breathing whole. It's free, easy, and we also think kinda fun, to submit your work here - just head here for more info.

Concrete Dialogues is a rare opportunity for young writers in Perth. It is somewhere they can exhibit their work and come into contact with other writers. Follow the journey of other site users, create your own journey through the streets and short stories, or contribute your own writing about a school in Whitfords, a riverbank in Rossmoyne, a carpark in Darlington... The city is your blank page. Scribble all over it.