Margaret Farmer from the National Institute for Experimental Arts curates as part of the Curating Cities project.
In Natural Fuse by Haque: Design + Research, carbon-sinking plants are networked into an analogy for climate change. Viewers may borrow a Natural Fuse unit comprising a planter box and appliance to use in their own homes. Before they use the appliance, they need to check online to see if there is enough energy in the network. If there is, they may proceed with a clear conscience. If not, they face a choice: do they go ahead anyway and risk another planter box receiving a fatal shot of vinegar?
Utilising abandoned objects left by local residents for council pick-up, the Slow Are Collective (Dylan Martorell, Tony Adams and Chaco Kato) present an installation made from household refuse and document the hidden world of fellow jumble scouts, who collect and repurpose these discarded items.
Viewers can earn their television privileges by pedalling Magnificent Revolution Australia’s bike-operated home cinema, to see short films, including the story of the world’s first carbon-neutral festival CO2penhagen, and can later participate in a bike-power workshop.
Makeshift bring a new social practice to Surry Hills and Darlinghurst with 6 Jars, forming a collective that exchanges home-made food.
With Object’s Project Space operating as the exhibition hub, Try This At Home unfolds into the public space surrounding Object, and to spaces of the viewer’s own choosing, supprted by the exhibition’s online presence at We Try This At Home Exhibition, which will be online during the exhibition.
Try This At Home is a partner exhibition to We Make This City the City of Sydney temporary public art program taking place in Taylor Square from November 2011 to May 2012. It is the first exhibition in the five year Curating Cities research project, investigating how art and design can effect sustainable urban transformations. Within this research project, the role of Try This At Home is to explore methods of community engagement and participation, with the results to inform future exhibitions. Curating Cities is an initiative of the National Institute for Experimental Arts, COFA, UNSW, in partnership with Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design and The City of Sydney.
Try This At Home is an associated event of Art & About Sydney 2011, produced by City of Sydney.
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