The Australian Urbanism exhibition focusing on ‘possible futures for urban spaces’ attracted almost 68,000 visitors to the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) over the past two months and is set to open in Sydney this week.
The NOW and WHEN: Australian Urbanism exhibition formed part of the ‘Australia Digital Urban Portraits’ show, a Korea-Australia exchange program celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries.
It was the first time NOW and WHEN: Australian Urbanism had been seen outside Italy and Australia, and represented the next step in an ongoing tour planned for the show — which attracted a record 93,000-plus visitors to the Australian Pavilion at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale from August to November last year.
Saturation City, image: FloodSlicer
The exhibition now opens to the public at Object; Australian Centre for Craft and Design in Sydney’s Surry Hills from 2 July to 25 September 2011.
Object Gallery Exhibition Details:
Public Opening: Saturday 2 July — 25 September
Where: Object Gallery, 417 Bourke Street, Surry Hills
The exhibition features spectacular architectural visions of Australia’s potential urban future in 2050 and beyond, along with 3D stereoscopic aerial views of three Australian urban landscapes of the present. Audiences enjoy a new form of 3D stereoscopic technology beyond the latest cinematic releases.
Photography of Melbourne by John Gollings was displayed in the Institute’s NOW and WHEN: Australian Urbanism exhibition
The NOW component by pre-eminent photographer and Co-Creative Director John Gollings features a sequence of 3D aerial images of Melbourne, Sydney and Surfers Paradise, contrasted with the giant mining pits at Kalgoorlie and Newman.
The WHEN component, overseen by Co-Creative Director Ivan Rijavec and produced by FloodSlicer, features a nine minute sequence of ‘ideas’ from 17 architectural collaborations of possible future urban spaces — including floating cities, submerged cities, and new desert spaces.
