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Just back from the International Cities Towns and Communities conference in Townsville where he delivered his talk ‘Cultural Placemaking; Bringing...
Cultural Capital is pleased to announce that we have entered a Strategic Alignment with Urbis. The partnership fuses Cultural Capital’s...
We’ve been having a fantastic time working with Bidjigal artists Marilyn Russell and Aunty Esme Timbery. The daughter and mother, well-known for...
I finished my last blog by saying that skilful practitioners of cultural placemaking help places generate meaning for the people who...
Sense of place. Genius loci. Terroir. These terms speak of profound, enduring relationships between human cultures and the places that have sustained...
If I say Bilbao and then Hobart, what comes to your mind? For many, the answers respectively will be The Guggenheim and MONA. Cultural...
Last week I spoke at two conferences on opposing sides of the country. First, the 11th International Urban Design Conference in Sydney...
Congratulations to Woods Bagot for winning in two categories at the Australian Interior Design Awards 2018 for Wynyard Walk. The awards are best...
Sometimes Australia seems like one big railway infrastructure project. With a forecast 8 million people moving to our major capital cities in the...
Congratulations Chris Fox! Inaugural winner, Outstanding Project of the Year National Trust NSW 2018 Heritage Awards Cultural Capital worked with...
We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with art producers Mothership. Based in Rotterdam, Mothership have produced more than 300 projects...
In December I wrote a piece about Adelaide’s long established Central Market, set to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year. Now I’ve come to...
Now showing on Wynscreen! GARRAYWARRA (FIND, SEEK, LOOK FOR) 2017, duration 24 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South...
Now showing on Wynscreen! PAST JOURNEYS OF THE NEAR FUTURE 2017, duration 6 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South...
I’m reminded that sometimes life dishes up just the lesson we need – right when we need it – as an unplanned trip finds me in Adelaide Central...
Now showing on Wynscreen! LOCOMOTION 2016, duration 10 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Now showing on Wynscreen! HISTORY'S PAGE 2016, duration 2 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Chris Fox Interloop 2017 Wynyard Station, Sydney Commissioned by: Novo Rail Program Alliance for Transport for NSW In 2016 Cultural Capital...
Now showing on Wynscreen! ZOOMING SYDNEY 2017, duration 90 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Now showing on Wynscreen! THE QUEEN'S ROAD 2017, duration 8 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Cultural Capital's Creative Director Mark McClelland will present at this year's 17th ICTC Conference in Melbourne. Mark's paper will engage...
Now showing on Wynscreen! THE UNKNOWABLE 2017, duration 12 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Now showing on Wynscreen! WUNYA'GALI (THE OTHER SIDE) 2017, duration 5 hours (5 x 1 hour episodes), looped Commissioned by Transport for New...
Now showing on Wynscreen! BLACK OPAL 2017, duration 13 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Now showing on Wynscreen! THE WORLDS WE STITCH TOGETHER 2017, duration 5 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South...
We tend to think of rapid urbanisation as something that happens somewhere else, like China. But it’s happening here too, right in front of our...
SYDNEY METRO City & Southwest project We’re excited to announce that Cultural Capital will be working with the Sydney Metro City &...
Now showing on Wynscreen! THOUGHT TRAIN 2016, duration 50 mins, looped Commissioned by Transport for New South Wales Screening...
Since opening in December, Wynscreen has made a big impression at Wynyard. Works from our first two artists; En Route by Sue Healey and Locomotion...
What happens when a major developer of transport infrastructure makes a commitment to integrating contemporary art into their projects? We’ll...
The most recognizable characteristic of Australian urban development is the adversarial nature of its process. Every day brings highly publicized...
Cultural Capital is growing our presence in Brisbane, a city with an appetite for urban development that makes a positive contribution to its...
At New York’s High Line a handful of vendors operate from trailers clustered between its southern entrance and the new Whitney Museum of American...
It is universally understood that the quality of public realm determines the liveability of cities and towns. Accessible to all, public realm is the...
Lately I’ve been thinking about Undesign. I know that’s a strange word and perhaps someone has a better one. One way or another, I’ve spent...
The Australia I inhabit has become a place where order and conformity are admired while deviation from the norm is generally unwelcome. Quite how we...
As a pretty regular traveler over Sydney’s Anzac Bridge I’ve watched the Edwin Davey Flour Mill site with interest over many years. Although...
We are delighted to announce that Artmap Studio has been appointed as the curator for the Wynyard Walk project (working title 'Wynscreen'). When...
Artmap recently travelled to Brisbane to see one of our projects in situ. Emblem by artist Geoffrey Ricardo is a 6.5m tall copper kangaroo that has...
above: worms - aarhus bay, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist, Gary Deirmendjian Denmark's largest visual arts event, the fourth Sculpture by the...
Artmap's Creative Director Mark McClelland and Studio Manager Amanda Jelicich-Kane returned last week from a trip to Luanping County in Hebei...
Artmap Director Harry Partridge gave a compelling talk last month on the nature of public art at a cultural event hosted by Chinese Architects and...