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Record Nr.

UNINA9910660391403321

Autore

Bennett Jill <1963->

Titolo

Curating Sydney : imagining the city's future / / Jill Bennett and Saskia Beudel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, NSW : , : UNSW Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-74224-710-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

746.92

Soggetti

Art, Municipal - Australia - New South Wales - Sydney

Urban beautification - Australia - New South Wales - Sydney

Urban renewal - Australia - New South Wales - Sydney

Electronic books.

Sydney (N.S.W.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Imagined City; Castles in the Air; An Ecological Vantage Point; Curating the City; Creative Communities; The City Image in Practice; The Road to Circular Quay; Road Trip; Part 2: Expansive City; Unbound Flow; Sydney and Waste; Woodlawn; Energy and Agency; Connection to Systems; Part 3: Waterway City; Invisible Waters; Beginning from Nowhere; A Well-Worn Pathway; Subterranean Water; Water Shapes the Early City; Closer Views of the Harbour; City Rivers; Alexandra Canal; Urban Water Ecologies; References; Credits; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What happens when artists are asked the questions usually addressed to planners and administrators?In Curating Sydney artists, architects, writers, designers and curators come together to reimagine the city. In a series of cutting-edge art and design projects they envisage a future where public art plays a vital role in the life of the city - from quirky installations to architectural innovations and works that focus on environmental health and sustainability.Highly illustrated with visionary concept drawings and public artworks, Curating Sydney offers a new view on the future of the city - on