Curating Cities

Curating Cities researches the current and potential contribution of public art to eco-sustainable development, focusing on the world’s best practice and  potential benefits to Sydney and cities in general. Founded on a radical concept of curatorship, the project proposes that instead of curating art, we use art to curate - literally to care for space. Applying this concept, the project seeks to establish how the arts can generate and promote  environmentally beneficial behaviour change and the development of green infrastructure. Project events include workshops, conferences and exhibitions.

The project kicks off with Try This At Home and the upcoming Curating Cities:Sydney-Copenhagen exhibition (17 Nov - 18 Dec 2011 ), conference (22 Nov 2011) and workshop (21 Nov 2011) at Customs House.

Curating Cities is an Australian Research Council ARC funded Linkage project. Linkage Partners: City of Sydney, Object Australian Centre for Design and Carbon Arts. Partner investigators: Associate Professor Adrian Parr (University of Cincinnati) and Ms Jodi Newcombe (Carbon Arts & The Climate Group).