Held at 107 Projects in Redfern Feb 6 – 8 This first lab development kicked off in the heart of Redfern, not far from the projects original intended site in North Eveleigh. At the end of last year our negotiations … Continue reading
Held at Milkwood Permaculture Farm, Mudgee NSW March 29 – April 1 This second stage development was held in the bosom of permaculture in Mudgee with our partners Milkwood Permaculture’s Nick Ritar and Kirsten Bradley. This stage was dedicated to … Continue reading
Yurt Empire is an attempt to graft an artist’s colony and economy onto a site undergoing urban renewal. It is a live art work about housing and living, a series of performative encounters and a discursive space exploring the the behaviour … Continue reading
“Baadlands: an Atlas of Experimental Cartography brings together a series of projects that use mapping as a way of revealing, challenging or engaging with the politics of space in a globalised world. The exhibition focuses on a series of undeveloped, unused … Continue reading
“We all love it here. It’s like a bohemian theme park. And we all look the part. We all get some support and encouragement for doing what we do… [while the rest of the country is undergoing a process of Talibanization]”
“If every artist in America’s workforce banded together, their ranks would be double the size of the United States Army.”
“Ecology is a self-perpetuating economy” Milkwood Permaculture, Mudgee
Community Land trusts (CLTs) are community owned and directed form of housing. Unique to this model is removal of the right to sell the property on the private market. Once you elect to buy on a CLT you only … Continue reading
May – August, 2013 In this next phase our main focus is on the brokering of the site we intend to use in green Square. There will be a number of outcomes that manifest as part of our process in … Continue reading
Stay tuned for our provocative conversation nights in August – October
THE LOT (Hugo Moline, Heidi Axelsen, Adriano Pupilli) is a collaborative spatial design practice based in Parramatta. Hugo Moline, Heidi Axelsen and Adriano Pupilli make up the core team of THE LOT. We operate in different combinations with a wide … Continue reading
Matt Prest is a performance maker. With a background studying performance and installation art, his work focuses on the experiential possibilities of theatre as live performance. He holds a BFA in Sculpture, Performance and Installation, from COFA, UNSW and has … Continue reading
Clare Britton is an artist who works to create original, visual theatre- applying her experience as designer, performer and theatre maker. Clare is Co-Artistic Director of My Darling Patricia. A founding member of the company, Clare has collaborated to create … Continue reading
Chris Fox is a contemporary sculptor who combines interventions, hybrid objects, drawings and models with architecture. His training as an artist and architect is often apparent in his projects. He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally and has received a … Continue reading
Tessa Zettel is a writer, artist and educator. She works across disciplines as a redirective practitioner to imagine or enact other ways of living that are generative of sustainment, dialogue and new economies. Tessa is a co-founder of Makeshift, a … Continue reading
Zanny Begg works in a inter-disciplinary manner as an artist, writer and curator. She is currently the director of Tin Sheds Gallery and her recent curatorial projects include The Right to the City, Tin Sheds Gallery and There Goes The … Continue reading
Sumugan Sivanesan’s practice encompasses curatorial projects, texts, performance lectures, videos and music to discuss histories of anticolonialism, citizenship and the subjective body. Recently he has produced work for Momentum/Berlin (2012), Yautepec Gallery (Mexico City 2011), 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian … Continue reading
Pia van Gelder is an electronic artist, curator and teacher. Van Gelder develops performances and installations by working with media machines, both custom built heirloom technologies like the audio-video modular synthesizer, and common electronic devices which are hacked and opened … Continue reading
Katie Hepworth is an artist and cultural geographer with a background in architecture and urban studies. She was awarded her PhD in 2012 (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UTS) and her current research is looking at the intersections between … Continue reading
Rudy Ardianto is a visual artist, creative director, graphic designer & illustrator who has lived and worked between Java and Sydney for the last 15 years. Born in Indonesia, Rudy moved to Sydney in 1996, where he studied Graphic Design … Continue reading
Craig Johnson was born in Metairie/New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He migrated to Sydney in 2008 and recently completed a PhD in Photovoltaic Engineering at UNSW. He has been involved with a variety of community and … Continue reading
Adam Kennedy is a Sydney Permaculture instructor, guerrilla gardener and emerging artist, who loves anything to do with soil, growing good things to eat, hidden spaces in the urban context, mapping, collaboration, interventions and unplanned interactions. Adams role as Milkwood … Continue reading
Jennifer Hamilton is a scholar and artist. She holds a PhD in English literature and is a Visiting Fellow with the Environmental Humanities research group at the University of New South Wales. Her research explores early modern literary and dramatic … Continue reading
Rebecca Conroy is a maker and doer who shifts between directing, writing, producing, producing and organising across site based events, performance, curation, and discursive practices. From 2007-2010 she was the Director of Bill+George an artist led space in Redfern which … Continue reading
Alexandra Crosby is a designer, researcher, writer, and interdisciplinary artist. Alexandra worked with Rebecca as the Co-Director of Gang Festival (2005-2008). In 2013 she completed her PhD investigating site based creative community events in contemporary Indonesia. In 2009 Alexandra was … Continue reading
Paul Osborne is an experienced Production Manager who has worked on a range of events including The Sydney Royal Easter Show (2003 -2008); Darling Harbour/The Rocks Program including Australia Day, Aroma Festival; Festival of the Moon Princess – Chinese Gardens … Continue reading
Tiani Chillemi is a communication specialist with a keen interest in interdisciplinary practice, independent media and audience engagement. Working across various marketing, publicity and production titles, Tiani has developed audiences for ISEA 2013, Time Machine, Rolling Stock and Anode art … Continue reading
Anique Vered is a cultural broker, curator and arts administrator working with diverse stakeholders to foster innovation and connected communities. Anique specialises in bridging relationships between government, creative practitioners and community organisations, and is interested in site-specific creative programs involving … Continue reading
David Harris (Toecutter) is a noisician artist known as Toecutter, electronic music producer, cultural interventionist and self directed Yurt Builder and Designer. For the last 15 years he has been initiating and collaborating in diverse projects as stop-motion animation, anti-dance … Continue reading