Carriageworks

Project Banaba Yuki Kihara And Katerina Teaiwa

From 1900 to 1980 a phosphate company, British Phosphate Commissioners, owned by Australia, New Zealand and Britain mined the island of Banaba in what is now the Republic of Kiribati.

Yuki Kihara Katerina Teaiwa

Friday 17 November 2017 to Sunday 17 December 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Ones Country – The Spine Of Our Stories Bangarra Dance Theatre

Bangarra returns to Carriageworks with a triple bill, commissioned and directed by Artistic Director Stephen Page. ONES COUNTRY – the spine of our stories will bring together the choreographic talents of Djakapurra Munyarryun, Elma Kris, Nicola Sabatino and Kaine Sultan-Babij in three new works.

Stephen Page Djakapurra Munyarryun Elma Kris Nicola Sabatino Kaine Sultan Babij

Friday 24 November 2017 to Saturday 02 December 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Day For Night

Performance Space’s much-loved Day for Night returns in 2017 with Australia’s finest queer artists, performers, DJs and musicians in a collision of club culture and contemporary art.

Saturday 28 October 2017 to Saturday 28 October 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Rhetorical Chorus (Lw) Agatha Gothe-snape

Inspired by a chance encounter with legendary New York conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner, Agatha Gothe-Snape explores the role of the physical body in transmitting and receiving knowledge.

Agatha Gothe Snape

Thursday 19 October 2017 to Sunday 22 October 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Dream Sequence Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Artist in Residence Brett Dean curates a program featuring some of the most thought-provoking composers of our time, Erkki Veltheim, James Hullick, Liza Lim and Đuro Živković.

Liza Lim Sydney Symphony Orchestra Erkki Veltheim James Hullick Đuro Živković

Sunday 15 October 2017 to Sunday 15 October 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Birdfoxmonster Erth And Studio Abird seeks love, fox plays dead, monster becomes machine.

birdfoxmonster is a multi-sensorial dining experience created through a new collaboration between Studio A and Erth.

Birdfoxmonster

Thursday 21 September 2017 to Saturday 30 September 2017
Art special_event in New South Wales, Australia.

Who Dreamed It? Ensemble Offspring

Australia’s leading Ensemble Offspring present three world premieres of new music by internationally renowned composers which will showcase Australian soprano Jessica Aszodi. Featuring an international co-commission by Lisa Illean, Unsuk Chin’s classic Acrostic-Wordplay and new work by Jennifer Walshe.

Jennifer Walshe Lisa Illean Jessica Aszod Unsuk Chin

Saturday 23 September 2017 to Saturday 23 September 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Sydney Contemporary

Sydney Contemporary, Australasia’s premier international art fair, returns with the country’s largest and most diverse gathering of local and international galleries. The third edition presents over 90 galleries from across the Pacific Rim alongside an ambitious 5 day program that includes curated projects, installations and panel discussions.

Thursday 07 September 2017 to Sunday 10 September 2017
Art fair in New South Wales, Australia.

1917: The Great Strike

2 August 2017 marks the centenary of one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts – the Great Strike of 1917. The strike began when employees at Eveleigh Railway Yards and the Randwick Tram Sheds downed tools in protest against new working conditions imposed during a time of war.

Raquel Ormella Tom Nicholson Franck Gohier Franck Gohier Will French Sarah Contos

Saturday 15 July 2017 to Sunday 27 August 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Gnarly Buttons Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The musicians of the SSO come to Carriageworks with an inspiring contemporary program curated by their chief conductor David Robertson.

David Robertson Sydney Symphony Orchestra John Adams Kate Neal Pierre Boulez Francesco Celata

Sunday 13 August 2017 to Sunday 13 August 2017
Art benefit in New South Wales, Australia.

Open Frame: Room 40

Australia’s post-everything imprint Room 40 presents the highly acclaimed Open Frame featuring Xiu Xiu, Elysia Crampton, Klara Lewis and Alessandro Cortini. Curated by Lawrence English.

Lawrence English Xiu Xiu Elysia Crampton Klara Lewis And Alessandro Cortini Klara Lewis Alessandro Cortini

Thursday 29 June 2017 to Friday 30 June 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

The National: New Australian Art 2017

A major exhibition partnership between three of Sydney’s premier cultural institutions, The National: New Australian Art is a six-year initiative presenting the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art over three editions in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Archie Moore Richard Lewer Justene Williams

Thursday 30 March 2017 to Sunday 18 June 2017
Art special_event in New South Wales, Australia.

Semi Permanent

Design for Change is the 2017 theme for Semi Permanent, the global creative and design thinking platform that inspires and enables creative minds.

Thursday 25 May 2017 to Saturday 27 May 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia is the world’s first destination for Resort Collections in the Asia Pacific region, with a focus on providing Australian designers a stage to connect with a global audience of buyers, press and consumers.

Sunday 14 May 2017 to Saturday 20 May 2017
Art special_event in New South Wales, Australia.

Songs From Northam Avenue

Toby Martin launches Songs From Northam Avenue inspired by the people of Bankstown, from David on Northam Ave to Michael K’s mixed business and coffee shop on Chapel Road South. Developed collaboratively with Bree van Reyk and artists from southwest Sydney, including Dang Lan and Mohammed Lelo.

Toby Martin Bree Van Reyk And Artists From Southwest Sydney Including Dang Lan Mohammed Lelo

Saturday 29 April 2017 to Saturday 29 April 2017
Art launch in New South Wales, Australia.

The Artist As Culture Producer: Living And Sustaining A Creative Life

Sharon Louden, renowned artist, educator and editor of The Artist as Culture Producer leads a conversation with Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief and Cofounder of Hyperallergic on how to sustain a creative life.

Sharon Louden

Wednesday 19 April 2017 to Wednesday 19 April 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Lady Eats Apple

We are finite in an infinite world: the punchline of existence is how little of it we’re given. Join us on a journey of mythical proportions with Back to Back Theatre’s new major work, LADY EATS APPLE.

Thursday 16 March 2017 to Saturday 18 March 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Mdlsx Motus

MDLSX is a confronting, empowering hymn to androgyny. Platinum-maned punk god/dess Silvia Calderoni uses her family’s home videos to blur fiction with her own life story. Part performance-art monologue, part DJ set featuring music from The Smiths, Vampire Weekend, R.E.M. and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This is a show that, like its subject, proudly defies classification.

Silvia Calderoni The Smiths Vampire Weekend R.E.M. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Thursday 16 March 2017 to Saturday 18 March 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Still LifeDimitris Papaioannau

A visual symphony fusing theatre, movement, art installation and philosophy. Inspired by surrealism, the myth of Sisyphus and the Theatre of the Absurd, a series of strange and spectacular feats unravel: a man wrestling with a block of concrete, a woman bursting out of a wall, human beings tussling with the earth.

Dimitris Papaioannau

Friday 27 January 2017 to Sunday 29 January 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Yellamundie National First Peoples Playwriting Festival

Experience new and distinctive voices in Australian theatre, Yellamundie National First Peoples Playwriting Festival is a biennial platform for emerging and established playwrights from across Aboriginal Australia.

Monday 16 January 2017 to Sunday 29 January 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Scent Of Sydney Cat Jones

As a first impression, smell is one of the most basic forms of identification. Can you really know a city by the way it smells? In this work, artist Cat Jones distills more than first impressions and seeks to capture the real substance of Sydney – its stories of landscape, democracy, resistance, competition, and extravagance.

Cat Jones

Saturday 07 January 2017 to Sunday 29 January 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Sydney Festival 2017 at Carriageworks

CRY JAILOLO EKOSDANCE COMPANY 7 – 10 JAN 2017

Saturday 07 January 2017 to Sunday 29 January 2017
Art special_event in New South Wales, Australia.

The Night Market Curated By Kylie Kwong

Curated by award-winning chef Kylie Kwong and inspired by the streets of Harajuku (Tokyo), Hongdae (Seoul) and AnFu Lu (Shanghai) the NIGHT MARKET will immerse you in the food, the pop culture and the sounds of contemporary Asia.

Kylie Kwong

Saturday 28 January 2017 to Saturday 28 January 2017
Art festival in New South Wales, Australia.

The Rape Of Lucretia Sydney Chamber Opera

For composer Benjamin Britten, the Roman tale of Lucretia’s tragic violation at the hands of the tyrant Tarquinius became the vessel for an operatic revolution. Sydney Chamber Opera presents this pioneering work to Sydney audiences for the first time this century.

Benjamin Britten Kip Williams Anna Dowsley

Saturday 19 August 2017 to Thursday 26 January 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Blood On The Dance Floor Jacob Boehme And Ilbijerri Theatre Company

When Aboriginal choreographer, dancer and writer Jacob Boehme was diagnosed with HIV he reached out to his ancestors in search of answers. In an unapologetic physical monologue he explores the legacies and memories embedded in our bloodlines and each person’s need for community and connection.

Jacob Boehme

Saturday 21 January 2017 to Wednesday 25 January 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Champions Form Dance Projects

In an adrenaline-fuelled choreographic match, a team of 11 female dancers make the moves of the football field their own, from the training drills to the victory dances, as contemporary dance and soccer collide.

Tuesday 17 January 2017 to Sunday 22 January 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Inheritor Album Company 605

With raw athletic power and explosive, urban-infused dance, six performers push themselves to their limits as they pull apart the roles of inheritor and predecessor, against a backdrop of animations, set within a soundscape.

Sunday 17 January 2016 to Sunday 22 January 2017
Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia.

Burrbgaja Yalirra Marrugeku

As part of a three-year mentorship program to support intercultural dance and performance Marrugeku’s Co-Artistic Directors, Dalisa Pigram and Rachael Swain alongside Koen Augustijnen will run a choreographic and dramaturgy lab for 10 artists from NSW and WA. Join them as they open the door for a public forum and open rehearsals.

Dalisa Pigram Rachael Swain Koen Augustijnen

Thursday 12 January 2017 to Sunday 15 January 2017
Art opportunity in New South Wales, Australia.

Imagined Touch Jodee Mundy Collaborations

Deafblind artists Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens provide an insight into a world without sight or sound, in a unique sensory performance. With restricted light and sound – and through intensified tactile communication – experience the artists’ stories in a profoundly different sensory environment. All performances are accessible.

Heather Lawson Michelle Stevens

Monday 09 January 2017 to Sunday 15 January 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.

Biographica Sydney Chamber Opera

A new production by composer Mary Finsterer and librettist Tom Wright performed with Ensemble Offspring. Based on the life of polymath Gerolamo Cardano (played by Mitchell Butel) – inventor of algebra, brilliant surgeon, gambler, philosopher and heretic. A contemporary opera, inspired by Renaissance music and thought.

Ensemble Offspring Mary Finsterer Tom Wright

Saturday 07 January 2017 to Friday 13 January 2017
Art performance in New South Wales, Australia.