Category: Built Environment

Carbon Arts is launching a new exhibition in the Fed Sq Atrium in Melbourne today – the 29th of September – showcasing eleven artists proposals for a public artwork responding to the sustainability of a buildings. The exhibition runs to 6 October, please come check it out, and find out who the $30K commission will be awarded to. Here are some more details and a sneak peek on the web: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/1200buildings/Pages/1200BuildingsPublicArtCommission.aspx

July 22, 2011 to July 31, 2011

Walk, ride, drive and tram through this free outdoor digital art gallery. Light and images as animations, digital stills, digital art, and projected site- specific works transform Gertrude St, and show different perspectives on the theme Hidden.

Some of the Festival’s showpieces are installations revealing the hidden history of Fitzroy. These emotionally and spatially moving works reveal Gertrude Street’s important and sometimes hidden Indigenous history.

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July 22, 2011 8:00 pm July 30, 2011 7:00 pm

Projector Bike is a mobile projection system; comprising a three-wheeled cargo bike, high output video projector, sound system and a deep cycle battery. This highly mobile and flexible system enables us to tour the streets and project onto a wide range of surfaces.

Taking cinema to the streets we work with local filmmakers and artists to bring cutting edge image making to the buildings and back streets of the city.

Melbourne and Geelong

July 24, 2011 11:00 am

Come for a tour of Violet Town sustainability initiatives with local permaculture designer and teacher David Arnold, and see how much even a small rural community can achieve in just a few years.

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July 27, 2011 12:00 pm

What are today’s big challenges and how can we mobilise design thinking to find solutions? The Design Research Institute (DRI) Design Challenge Forum brings together designers, experts and the public looking for passionate and informed discussion about the issues that effect their daily lives and future plans.

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July 28, 2011 12:15 pm

The Australian Design Alliance wants to show how designers can help to change the world with economically-sustainable solutions to big picture policy issues from climate change to urban design, health and immigration issues. This event is for everyone with ideas about how design can make a difference to Australia’s future.

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