Privilege (house)
Brian Fuata
13-15 August 10-5pm, Friday 16 August 2-8pm, Saturday 17 August 10-5pm
Nandewar Place, Airds.
Join artist Brian Fuata as he develops and presents a structured yet highly improvised performance that sonically reconstructs a recently demolished house. Set on the remnant concrete foundation of a vacant block of land in Airds, Brian will translate his research from the local area into a textual language for a performance score, in a weeklong open event, to an audience seated on rostra across the road.
Dreamers who seek treasure
Tanya Schultz
13-15 August 10-5pm, Friday 16 August 2-8pm, Saturday 17 August 10-5pm
Nandewar Place, Airds
Visit Dreamers who seek treasure, a colourful multi-layered wallpaper mural created by artist Tanya Schultz working together with the local community. Created through a process of photographing objects that have been donated, lent and created by local residents, the work will playfully and optimistically fill up the inside of a recently vacated house in Airds. Based on an ancient folk tale that describes a dreamer who seeks treasure in a faraway land but finds it at home, the project explores the things we cherish and that define our familiar spaces.
The Academy – What’s Your Game?
Elizabeth Woods
Friday 16 August 2-8pm. Table tennis demonstrations 3pm – 4pm.
Saturday 17 August 10-5pm. Table tennis demonstration 11am – 12pm and 3pm – 4pm.
Nandewar Place, Airds
Interact with The Academy, a community art project that takes on a Club House format. As part of her residency and work-in-development, artist Elizabeth Woods will transform the interior of a house into a drop-in centre for table tennis action, complete with table tennis trophies and memorabilia, and table-tennis demonstrations by the NSW Table Tennis Association.
Mobile Cooking Hearth
Robert Ern Yuan Guth
Friday 16 August as part of Airds OutLoud 4-8pm (located at AB Central car park, 15 Riverside Drive Airds), Saturday 17 August as part of Temporary Democracies, 10-5pm (Nandewar Place, Airds )
Experience a community art project like no other, all while enjoying some good conversation and free food. Initiated and built by artist Robert Guth together with members of Airds/Bradbury Men’s Shed, the Mobile Cooking Hearth is made using the hearts of the private kitchens from demolished houses, transformed into a transportable communal cooking facility that will become a permanent part of Airds community.
Site Narratives
Rebecca Conroy
Site Narratives is an online space created by Rebecca Conroy for Temporary Democracies. It will include critical writings, curated documents, transcribed