We’re very excited over here at Rocks Pop-Up HQ… Tonight we join our colleagues from Empty Spaces Network and City of Sydney to delve into the wonderful world of accessing creative spaces.
Come join us at
VIVID Ideas Exchange
Tuesday 29 May, 6pm
More info on the event here…
Lights On! The Rocks Pop-Up during VIVID…
You got it… The Rocks Pop-Up has joined forces with VIVID to offer you a fresh taste of our creative mix.
So for you, a tasting plate to wet your appetite…
places + spaces
Photographic exhibition by Shane Rozario alongside performances every night of VIVID from this Sunday including:
Sunday 27 May - The A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Orchestra
Monday 28 May – Shane Rozario photo exhibition launch and some music by Damian Wright
Tuesday 29 May – Daniel Holdsworth + Aidan Roberts + Des Miller
Wednesday 30 May – Michaela Davis and the Involuntary Orchestra
Thursday 31 May – Eastside’s POP UP Radio
Friday 1 June – Eastside’s POP UP Radio
Saturday 2 June – Eastside’s POP UP Radio
Sunday 3 June – Eastside’s POP UP Radio
Monday 4 June – Enigma Quartet
Tuesday 5 June – Lärm im Spiegel
Wednesday 6 June – Slide Albatross
Thursday 7 June – Hinterlandt
Friday 8 June – Felucca plus special guests
Saturday 9 June - Peter Hollo’s Utility Fog
Sunday 10 June - Peter Hollo’s Utility Fog
Ground Heritage, 47 George St
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Adam Sebire w/ the Sydney College of Arts and Head On Photo Festival
Roads to Nowhere is an exhibition of photographic stills & video shot in and around Dubai after the global financial crisis.
Ground, 47 George St
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/// Projects
Showcasing young and emerging visual artists and musicians from Sydney’s west and inner-west. /// curate exhibitions in makeshift spaces around the city.
Level 1, 47 George St
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&Company
&company is a broker of creative opportunities with a store and gallery showcasing emerging Australian design, and a workshop for getting your hands dirty and turning creative dreams into tangible realities.
Shop 25, The Rocks Square
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CATC Design School
A heritage interpretation window display of the historic hospital precinct by CATC Design School students.
Shop 27, Nurses Walk
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National Institute for Experimental Arts From 30 May
NIEA Experimental Space presents the works of current NIEA Pop-Up artists-in-residence Harriet Body, Andrew Newman, Rafaela Pandolfini and Josephine Skinner. Site specific installations will focus on the notion of experimentality and the practice of experimentation.
Level 1 Heritage, 47 George St
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galleryeight From 30 May
g8 pop-up is galleryeight’s satellite space, showcasing a range of site-responsive installations that relate to the unique locality of The Rocks precinct.
Shop 2.06 140 George St
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The Metcalfe Art Path
Retailers of The Metcalfe Arcade have again opened their doors to the artistic community. This time The Metcalfe Art Path features work by creative tenants of The Rocks and participants of The Rocks Pop-Up including Ken Done, Liz Gemmel (Craft NSW), Angus Zhao, Karyn Driscoll, The Red Room Company, Stella Rosa McDonald (National Institute for Experimental Arts).
The Metcalfe Arcade, 80-84 George St
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Pop-Rocks 6 – 9 June
Music NSW, The Rocks Pop-Up and VIVID Ideas collaborate to showcase Sydney emerging musicians.
Performance line up coming soon!
13 Cambridge St
Check out our event calendar here for full details on each event
Image courtesy Shane Rozario
Welcome and Launch of /// Projects debut exhibition
/// is the creation of Luke Burcher and James Cooney, two artists who attended Sydney College of the Arts together, and wanted to make sure that the art of their peers wasn’t going unnoticed.
Their aim is to organise artistic projects showcasing young and emerging visual artists and musicians from Sydney’s west and inner-west. With limited galleries to exhibit in Sydney, the idea behind /// is to curate exhibitions in makeshift spaces around the city, providing artists with an opportunity to explore different ways in which their work can be displayed.
Both Burcher and Cooney will be exhibiting along with Western Sydney artists Nathan Howard, Ben Lang & Hannah Fenton, all of whom are promising young artists to look out for.
The opening will also feature musical performances by Big Dumb Kid and Charles Buddy Daaboul (No Art), two up and coming Sydney acts that have both released records this year to critical acclaim.
/// Projects Launch
Wednesday 23 May, 6pm
Level 1, 47 George St The Rocks
Exhibition continues to 11 June
Image courtesy Hannah Fenton
Are you looking to raise your profile online? Have heard about LinkedIn but want to know whether it can really help you and your business to reach clients and grow your network?
Find out how with Shona Mackin from socialface as she discusses what’s involved with LinkedIn and how to make it work for you. LinkedIn can be a great tool to promote both your personal brand and your business. In this session we will look at how you can integrate LinkedIn into your social media strategy.
This is an 18 part series being hosted by She Inspires and generously sponsored by the NSW Business Chamber and Australian Gift and Homewares Association (AGHA). The series is in line with the NSW Business Chamber and AGHA’s goal to support their members and the industry with practical programs and educational seminars. The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority is the location sponsor, kindly providing charming venues as part of The Rocks Pop-Up that are full creativity and inspiration.
For more information and to book tickets visit http://www.sheinspires.com.au/social-media-events
Associate Degree in Creative Industries tickle your fancy?
The University of Western Sydney is calling for applications for its mid-year intake into the Associate Degree in Creative Industries.
The course starts 25 June 2012 and runs until 4 October 2013. Applications close 1 June 2012.
For more information visit: www.iamcreative.com.au
Exposed exhibition opening and performances tonight
Word Travels, unleashes a line-up of exciting May events in their new Rocks Pop-Up space. Their program kicks off with Exposed, a unique photographic exhibition featuring some of Australia’s best spoken word artists.
Spoken word artists work in a vital medium; passing on knowledge, ideas and
stories throughout history. Working in an equally powerful and timeless
medium, Chris Peken has created a series of thirteen portraits, using just light,
shape and shadow, with each poet scrawling their words on their flesh.
Exposed Opening Night is the launch of the exhibition followed by performances by featured artists Benito Di Fonzo, Candy Royalle, Skye Loneragan, Geoff Minards and Miles Merrill.
Tonight, Friday 11 May, 6pm
Level 1, 47 George St The Rocks
Image courtesy Chris Peken
There’s still time to book for &Company’s short courses!
Workshops include
· Introduction to power tools – make an urban planter box
· ABCs of Letter press
· Letterpress express
· Waxcarving and casting in silver
· Silver jewellery intensive
Visit www.andcompany.com.au/workshop/classes-courses/ for full details
Tony Gorman’s Monday Day club performance this afternoon!
“Each time we play something is found, a collective space is arrived upon, and so the journey begins anew even as it continues”.
The Monday Club grew from a chance meeting between Tony and Steve. A shared desire to explore sound was enough to start things moving - starting with long notes (to quote Tony - “is there anything they CAN’T do?”), it has quickly become something more. It’s never been a conscious directing of events, but more an unfolding as the process deepens…
The sources of this music are varied, elusive and not easily named - the spaces between words, and thoughts; the subtle stirrings of shifting time; flashing inspiration, raging and at once subsiding; a sense of space becoming sound becoming space…
Tony Gorman’s Sunday Club
Sunday 2pm
places + spaces Level 1, 47 George St The Rocks
Image courtesy Ian Hobbs
More information at http://www.mondayclub.com.au/
Adam Sébire’s “Roads to Nowhere”with Head On Photo Festival opens this Friday
Roads to Nowhere is an exhibition of photographic stills & video shot in and around Dubai after the global financial crisis.
Adam Sébire (b. 1970, Melbourne) is a photographer and filmmaker with numerous documentary credits to his name. He is now using multi-screen documentary to explore climate change-driven sea level rise in a postgraduate degree for Sydney College of the Arts (University of Sydney).
Roads to Nowhere premières as a collateral exhibition of the Head On Photo Festival 2012 and is presented in conjunction with The Rocks Pop-Up curated by Ryszard Dabek for Sydney College of the Arts.
Adam Sébire’s “Roads to Nowhere”with Head On Photo Festival
Wednesday 2 May – Monday 11 June
Opening Friday 4 May, 6pm
47 George St The Rocks (side entrance)
Visit http://www.adamsebire.info/roads/ for more info
Image courtesy Adam Sébire
Romance Was Born pops-ups with a KAPOW!
That’s right folks, Romance Was Born are joining our Rocks Pop-Up community this week to host their Fashion Week Industry Showroom.
Tenaciously opening 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia like the thunderous force of their comic inspirations, Romance Was Born are now transforming 47 George St into a super hero playground, complete with a gigantic paper-pop up set straight from the pages of a beloved MARVEL comic book.
So, swing by 47 George St to see their latest ”super-sonic” designs in a must-see window display!
Please note: The window display only is viewable by the public, the showroom itself is by appointment with industry members.
For more information on Romance Was Born visit www.romancewasborn.com
Romance Was Born would like to thank Mei + Picci for their sponsorship and providing mannequins for the showroom.
Image courtesy Lucas Dawson - www.lucasdawson.com
