Open Fields

Overview

In order to feel incredibly grateful to our early ancestors you only need to think about their persistent curiosity and hazardous experimentation with food. How many lives, throughout the history of the human family, must have been lost to determine which mushrooms are poisonous and which varieties are safe? Imagine the process of sorting out which berries cause the belly to swell and explode and which ones satisfy the desire for sweet nourishment.

This trial and error process lies at the heart of collaborative projects, where the measurements of others must be shared with a range of other measurements also taking place. For information we must allow for formation. Open Fields is an "inaugural academic camp" inviting researchers, academics, artists, practitioners and idea-enthusiasts to partake in a cross-pollination event occurring at both the University of Technology and Serial Space, Sydney. The ambition here is to present a range of proposals, prognostications, ideas and works in a multi-disciplinary feast.

Catch the full program of performances, presentations, installations, exhibitions, screenings, Wednesday's opening night festivities and Friday night's live zine printing and assembly.

To win one of two conference passes to Open Fields click 'Suggest to friends' on our Facebook page, tell some of your peeps about Concrete Playground, then confirm your entry on the wall.