Exhibitions on Cockatoo Island

Overview

I can still hear the rousing tune that plays to William Kentridge's video installation, "I am not me, the horse is not mine." Such is the infectious effect of this seven-screen artwork. One of the highlights of the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, Kentridge's work has been granted its encore, and will show for another nine months in its fantastically fitting location.

Nearby is the sentimental and haunting exhibit, A Ringing Glass (Rilke) by Australian artist Ken Unsworth. If you enter through the ballroom you are sick with the sense of discovering a relic, and the chill deepens as you move through the multi-roomed artwork past deconstructed instruments, suspended baby pianos, and antique children's beds. On an Island, the exhibition of National Art School students drawings, is shown in the wonderfully light Mould Loft on the Upper Island. Don't miss the metal drawing installation by Skye Wagner near the Unsworth installation.

The ferry timetable to Cockatoo Island is available here.

Image: Ken Unsworth, A Ringing Glass (Rilke), exhibition shot.