Curating Sydney : imagining the city's future

Bennett, Jill 1963- (author.). Beudel, Saskia, (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781742247052
ISBN: 174223335X
ISBN: 9781742233352
ISBN: 1742247105
ISBN: 9781742247106
Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 pages) : color illustrations
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Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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 ; Roadtrip -- Expansive city. Unbound flow ; Sydney and waste ; Woodlawn ; Energy and agency ; connection to systems -- 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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.