Sun speckles amongst wild grass in nature

Program Sydney Design Week 2023

Material Cultures

The design of contemporary artefacts can provide a powerful platform to interrogate our material, cultural and technological (hi)stories. Projects that engage with the past, through the exploration of material and extraction, or through our relationship to ancient cultures, can reframe deep-rooted chronologies and reveal new meanings.

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Eco Systems

Ended 24 Sept 2023Sydney Design Week

Micro Cycles

Ended 24 Sept 2023Sydney Design Week

Connected Threads

Ended 24 Sept 2023Sydney Design Week

Photofields 2023

Ended 24 Sept 2023Sydney Design Week

Communal Cities

Ended 24 Sept 2023Sydney Design Week

Amodern Talks at Ace

Ended 22 Sept 2023Ace Hotel Sydney

Events

Objects testify

Ended 22 Sept 2023UTS Gallery

Renee So: Provenance

Ended 19 Nov 2023UNSW Galleries

Kwangho Lee: Cutting Lines

Ended 15 Sept 2023

Unknown

Hysteresis

Ended 24 Sept 2023Material Labs

Pavilion of Sand

Ended 16 Sept 2023UTS Gallery

Diggermode: A film from ‘Australia’

Ended 20 Sept 2023UTS Gallery

AGGREGATE/ABSENCE

Ended 22 Sept 2023UTS Gallery

Urban farm planter boxes amongst trees

Urban farm planter boxes amongst trees

Shadows of tree branches on fabric

Shadows of tree branches on fabric

Sun reflected upon ripples of dark water

Sun reflected upon ripples of dark water

Shadow of figure against pillar with sunset superimposed inside shadow

Shadow of figure against pillar with sunset superimposed inside shadow

Close up of eyes looking upwards with the corner of a screen reflected in the eye

Close up of eyes looking upwards with the corner of a screen reflected in the eye

digital oysters

digital oysters

Amodern Talks at Ace

Amodern Talks at Ace

Sydney Design Week 2023

Ended 24 Sept 2023Across Sydney

Five black 3D printed woven chairs in various shapes presented in a row.

Five black 3D printed woven chairs in various shapes presented in a row.

'Amodern' sits above a shadow of a figure amongst pillars of a building

A model of a lime kiln or limestone burning furnace made from timber and metal. The front of the model reads ‘Periodical Oven For Lime Burning. Scale 1/10’.

A model of a lime kiln or limestone burning furnace made from timber and metal. The front of the model reads ‘Periodical Oven For Lime Burning. Scale 1/10’.

sand with stick and barricades within it

sand with stick and barricades within it

A black and white image of a large screen depicting a landscape. The screen is placed in front of a rock wall.

A black and white image of a large screen depicting a landscape. The screen is placed in front of a rock wall.

Statue of figure without feed or head sits with extended legs, glazed stoneware

Statue of figure without feed or head sits with extended legs, glazed stoneware

A timber framed chair with a shiny, black, uneven material.

A timber framed chair with a shiny, black, uneven material.

Ended 24 Sept 2023

Sydney Design Week

Country Always

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Material Cultures

Powerhouse Renewal

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

2024

Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Parramatta

Parramatta

2023

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