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RUSH · NIKE SAVVAS
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El ALAMEIN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN · ROBERT WOODWARD
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WIRELESS HOUSE · NIGEL HELYER
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TIED TO TIDE · JENNIFER TURPIN & MICHAELIE CRAWFORD
WE MAKE THIS CITY
Taylor Square Art 2011 - 2012
Presented by the City of Sydney and the College of Fine Arts.
A NIEA Curating Cities Project
DRIFT
David Cross
17 November - 18 December 2011
Thursday - Sunday
4-8pm
REKINDLING VENUS: IN PLAIN SIGHT
Lynette Wallworth
December 2011 - May 2012
CYCLE-IN CINEMA
Magnificent Revolution Australia
24 - 26 February 2012
Nightfall
A LEAF FROM THE BOOK OF CITIES
Makeshift
Saturdays, March 2012
TAYLOR SQUARE ART
2011-12
Presenting the history and challenges of Sydney’s Taylor Square in a new and energetic way, the temporary program Taylor Square Art gives local artists and arts organisations opportunity to create new work for the public to enjoy. Part of the City’s public art program, Taylor Square Art presents art that explores current issues including urban planning, sustainability, gay and lesbian rights and the public domain.
The thought-provoking collection of temporary art installations will help us engage with and develop conversations about Taylor Square. The City of Sydney supports the Oxford Street Cultural Precinct by creating prospects for local artists and arts organisations to attract new audiences through a range of dynamic and diverse programs. This is a key part of our Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan.
www.sydney2030.com.au
The City of Sydney is proud of its partnerships and collaborations with local artists, organisations and businesses. City Art acknowledges the support of the National Art School and UNSW’s The College of Fine Arts in the temporary art program.
We Make This City
Margaret Farmer Curator
Poetic and pragmatic, We Make This City is a form of urban acupuncture, tackling an urgentsocial question: Why, when so many of us are aware of and concerned about climate change, do we do so little to limit its effects?
Psychologists suggest that for many the problem is too great, too hard to truly confront; that others facing the problem experience states akin to grief, or may feel alone and inadequate in their efforts to take positive action; and yet others feel thwarted in their attempts by the apparent unsustainability of the urban environment or others’ lack of action. We Make This City takes these psychological states as cues and counters them, combating fear, risk and inertia with trust, beauty, community and action.
Featuring international, local and emerging artists, the diverse program of participatory works and events includes a bike powered cinema presenting an exciting range of film and new media; an inflatable installation that converts the water feature in Taylor Square into an intimate psychological journey; a colony of paste-ups and posters that connects through cutting-edge technology to the world’s coral reefs; and a site-responsive intervention and conversational hub operating on market days in March 2012.
Taylor Square Art Program presented by
Download the WE MAKE THIS CITY program HERE
Drift
17 November - 18 December 2011 Thursday - Sunday 4-8pm
David Cross
"Drift is part artificial wonderland, part physical ordeal, an artwork that asks audience members to rethink our experience and understanding of the urban environment...
REKINDLING VENUS:
IN PLAIN SIGHT
January - May
2012
Lynette Wallworth
Bringing an experience of marine life to urban Taylor Square, Lynette Wallworth's ReKindling Venus: In Plain Sight invites you to join a global network of people connecting to the plight of coral ecosystems around the world...
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CYCLE-IN CINEMA
Magnificent Revolution Australia
24, 25, 26th February 2012
Imagine a drive-in cinema with bikes instead of cars. Arrive early to plug your bike into a generator and take turns riding to power the performance, ringing a bell when you need a break...
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A LEAF FROM THE BOOK OF CITIES
Makeshift
March 2012
An unusual craft finds its way into a forgotten, subterranean space, making itself at home and crafting an experimental publication on re-crafting the city - typeset in situ and distributed as a series of short, provocative communiqués on the topic of 'Craft Futures...
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Windlines
Windlines - The Scout Compass of Discovery at Circular Quay by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford commemorates 100 years of Scouting in Australia
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EARTH V SKY
Visit Gebe Point at sunset to see the City's first wind turbine power lights projecting continuosly changing colour onto magnificent fig trees
