Curating Sydney : imagining the city's future / Jill Bennett and Saskia Beudel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Jill, 1963- author.

Beudel, Saskia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Municipal--Australia--New South Wales--Sydney.

Art, Municipal.

Urban beautification--Australia--New South Wales--Sydney.

Urban beautification.

Urban renewal--Australia--New South Wales--Sydney.

Urban renewal.

Sydney (N.S.W.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happens when artists are asked the questions usually addressed to planners and administrators?In Curating Sydney artists, architects, writers, designers and curators come together to reimagine the city. In a series of cutting-edge art and design projects they envisage a future where public art plays a vital role in the life of the city - from quirky installations to architectural innovations and works that focus on environmental health and sustainability.Highly illustrated with visionary concept drawings and public artworks, Curating Sydney offers a new view on the future of the city - on

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Imagined City; Castles in the Air; An Ecological Vantage Point; Curating the City; Creative Communities; The City Image in Practice; The Road to Circular Quay; Road Trip; Part 2: Expansive City; Unbound Flow; Sydney and Waste; Woodlawn; Energy and Agency; Connection to Systems; Part 3: Waterway City; Invisible Waters; Beginning from Nowhere; A Well-Worn Pathway; Subterranean Water; Water Shapes the Early City; Closer Views of the Harbour; City Rivers; Alexandra Canal; Urban Water Ecologies; References; Credits; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781742247106

1742247105

OCLC:

915159047