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MELBOURNE

CELEBRATING 50 YEARSOF

KALDORPUBLICARTPROJECTS

Tomarkhalfa centuryof theillustriousKaldor

PublicArtProjects,theorganisationhas

partneredwiththeArtGalleryof NewSouth

Walesto chroniclein detail 34 projectsfrom

overtheyears,someof thebiggestandmost

iconiclarge-scaleartworkspresentedin this

country.TheyincludeWrappedCoast, which

saw2.5kilometresof Sydney’sLittleBay

shroudedin fabricandropebackin 1969(then

thelargestsingleartworkevermade),andJeff

Koons’sPuppy, a 12.4-metre-tallflowering

terrieroutsidetheMuseumof Contemporary

Artin 1995.AGNSW’sNicholasChambers,the

exhibition’scurator,hasfondmemoriesof

beinginspiredbythelatteras a second-year

undergraduatearthistorystudent.“Itspoketo

a differentsetof possibilitiesforart,of outsized

ambitionandbroadpublicappeal.Themuseum

became a mere backdrop.” Chambers explains

thatforthearchivalcomponentof theexhibit,

onshowat AGNSW,“[Theexhibition’screator,

British]artistMichaelLandybeganwitha very

democraticidea...wherebyheassignedeach

projecta 4x4space,a kindof oversizedarchive

box.”Insideyou’llfindremnantsof theprojects

thatwillincludephotographs,letters,artist

sketchesandobjects,givennewlife.

There’llalsobemajornewcommissionsand

presentations,publictalksandotherevents

thatwillberolledoutoverthefollowingfive

monthsinto2020.They’llallbefree—

somethingChamberssaysis “crucially

important”,thoughsomewillrequire

registrationdueto demand.“Giventheright

opportunities,broadanddiverseaudiencesare

hungryforcontemporaryart,”headds.

“Thatartshouldbefreeandmadeavailable

to allis anideaverycloseto thegallery’sheart.”

(September7–February16,2020;

50years.kaldorartprojects.org.au)

EditedbyALEXANDRA ENGLISH

SYDNEY

IMAGINEwalkingintoa 100-square-metre
fieldof continuousrainfall.You’dexpectto getpretty
drenched,right?Well,youcanleaveyourumbrella
at home(oronthebus),becauseinRainRoom,an
installationbytheartgroupRandomInternational
recentlyacquiredbyJackalopeArtCollection,you
canbefullyimmersedinthedownpourandstay
completelydry.Motionsensorsinstalledina purpose-
builtwarehousestopwaterdropletsfromfallingwhere
you’restanding,makingfora surrealexperiencethat
bothconfusesanddelightsthesenses.Seeit at the
JackalopePavilioninSt Kilda,Melbourne,from
August9 untiltheendof theyear.Ticketsavailable
at jackalopehotels.com/art/rainroom.

THISYEAR’SMELBOURNE

WRITERSFESTIVAL’S

10-dayprogramis inspiredby

love.“Lovestirsourcreative

spirits,bringsustoourknees,

inspiressongsandsonnetsand

paintingsandvolumes,and

breaksusintotinypiecesand

gluesusbacktogetheragain

withgoldadhesive,”saysartistic

directorMariekeHardy.Musician

andwriterKimGordon(ofSonic

Youthfame,pictured)willgrace

ourshores,aswillauthorand

essayistSloaneCrosley(The

Clasp,LookAliveOutThere).

Whenyou’renotwearingyour

heartonyoursleeve,youmight

notbewearinganythingatall

— there’salsoa ‘nakedjourney’

throughtheStateLibrary

ofVictoriaplanned.

(August30–September8;

mwf.com.au)

MELBOURNE

KaldorProject30:

MarinaAbramović:

In Residence, 2015.

Wrapped

Coast,

One

Million

Square

Feet,

Little

Bay,

Sydney,

Australia

by Christo and Jeanne-Claude,

1968–1969.

WRAPPED

COAST

:SHUNK-KENDER/©

1969

CHRISTO;

MARINA

ABRAMOVIĆ:

FELIPE

NEVES;

RAIN

ROOM

:

BARBICAN,

LONDON,

2012,

COURTESY

OF

JACKALOPE;

KIM

GORDON:

DAVID

BLACK/COURTESY

OF

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL; SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY: COURTESY OF SHARON ADAMSON/TJALA ARTS

CULTURE