Thu, 20 Jan - Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Artspace Sydney, Woolloomooloo
Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen gets around. His experimental film Earth — designed to be accompanied live by the music of Yasuhiro Morinaga and Stefano Pilia — has toured the world. It made appearances at the Venice Film Festival and Cannes, and more traditional art shows at Fukuoka and São Paulo. After these exotic excursions, Earth is […]
Wed, 26 Jan, 2011
The Rocks
This Australia Day the mother of all street party venues, The Rocks, will host a whole day of free music down the sharp hills and smart alleyways of one of Sydney's oldest disreputable neighbourhoods. A long list of artists includes the Hungry Kids of Hungary, the funereal Christa Hughes and the Honky TonkShonks and any amount of choral singing. At five, there's a flashmob singing 'Bury Me Deep in Love' by The Triffids, with which you can join in. So while some may go for other festivals, ferry races or more somber bites of history, why not spend your shoe leather tapping along to the action on The Rocks' sweetly cobbled streets?
Tue, 11 Jan - Sat, 15 Jan 2011
The Paper Mill, Sydney
Angel and Ash. The two streets the Papermill sits on polarise like the twin themes of its latest show — Un Fête dans le Papier (‘A Feast on Paper’) — which dines at the intersection of poverty and excess. The exhibition takes inspiration from francophones like Basquiat and Marie Antoinette. Though Antoinette probably never said “Let them […]
Tue, 4 Jan - Fri, 11 Mar 2011
Nicholson Museum, Camperdown
Exposed fuses together one hundred images of ancient and modern views of nudes, statues and classical methods of filthy art — exploring the connections and differences of images of the body in sculpture and photography.
Thu, 20 Jan - Sat, 22 Jan 2011
Minto Mall Carpark and Minto Streets, Minto
Residents and acclaimed local and international artists have collaborated to transform the streets of Minto into a stage to showcase contemporary theatre, dance, film and music for a community extravaganza worth making the trek for.
Thu, 13 Jan - Sun, 16 Jan 2011
Birbiglia started his career doing straight stand-up, but over time he unwound his routine to revolve around longer stories. His stories are funny, unwind slowly and, like his Sydney Festival show, they're all about him.
Tue, 25 Jan - Sun, 30 Jan 2011
In a 'war on anonymity' a team of experimental film makers take to the streets to capture random encounters with strangers and project them, unedited, on four screens in an exploration of spontaneity, immediacy and realism.
Thu, 6 Jan - Fri, 11 Feb 2011
The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney
"It's vaudeville" said Groucho Marx when he saw Alice Cooper live on stage. Old-style stage variety - a bit like cabaret in a theatre - vaudeville began to wane as big acts like Marx made their transition from the music hall to the screen. This year's Sydney Festival offers the return of one of last years' stars; a show which pulls together stage variety like vaudeville of old, Smoke and Mirrors. Lacking the pure sex and swearing of understated previous festival acts like Spankrock, Smoke and Mirrors matches the lithe singing style of iOTA together with buff acrobatics, rough voices and a tough house band. Tiny though the Spiegeltent is, you'll be amazed how much Smoke and Mirrors can wedge of itself into its confined circular spaces.
Fri, 17 Dec - Sun, 26 Dec 2010
Moon Age Gallery, Surry Hills
It's hard to fit so much work into such an efficient space, but these two talented artists have left you just enough room get a good look and their beautifully executed, original works.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 - Sun, 16 Jan 2011
Object Gallery, Surry Hills
In music, a nocturne is drawn from the night or other dusky moods. At the Object Gallery‘s Project Space, Janet Lawrence and Lee Mathers are exhibiting their own nocturnal visions. Lee Mathers’ four pieces form a single image of sky and stars. She uses a series of clear, luminescent fairy lights to paint out words and […]
Wed, 22 Dec, 2010
Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
Formed from a collection of real African traditions and seasons, Kwanzaa isn't religion, it's heritage all the way. This party will be rolling the seven-day festival into one big, principled omnibus of sound.
Wed, 15 Dec - Wed, 22 Dec 2010
The Paper Mill, Sydney
The four artists showcasing their work in this latest exhibition at the Paper Mill have looked inside and turned back to their instincts for inspiration. While the name may be flippant, the works themselves are anything but.
Wed, 15 Dec - Sat, 18 Dec 2010
A trio of Sydney's top designers aren't content to stick to the tradition of starting sales after Christmas, and insist on giving you your Boxing Day joy a little early.
Fri, 3 Dec - Sun, 19 Dec 2010
MOP, Chippendale
Silhouettes, projected images, vodka and condoms - three artists play with profiles and perceptions in this effecting and at times confronting exhibition.
Wed, 8 Dec - Sun, 12 Dec 2010
aMBUSH Gallery, Waterloo
This collaborative exhibition matches wall-based art with cotton-based style, encouraging you to walk away wearing the treasures of the exhibition on a t-shirt of your very own.
Tue, 30 Nov - Sun, 12 Dec 2010
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
This is the third time that John Waters has toured his biographical combination of music and words about the life of superstar ex-Beatle, John Lennon. Waters wears Lennon easily, catching his rhythms and attitude. His builds a Lennon who is likeable, human and irreverent. He strips the fame from him and returns a likeable man in midst of a whirlwind. The real Lennon had little of the slow gravitas often adopted in the glare of public life. He just seemed to be himself. This critically acclaimed production gives you some idea of the man behind some of the most timeless tunes ever written, and what they meant to him. By end of the show, John Waters owns the meaning of John Lennon, if only a version of it. Lennon as a whole person, and taking up a person's space. No more, no less.
Tue, 30 Nov, 2010
Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
With a strong, clear new voice cutting its way out across the heavily engineered landscape of pop, this Britpop princess is sure to pack a punch during her Sydney tour.