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CitySwitch invites you to the closing Performances and Installations of the CitySwitch Newcastle workshop. Click here.
Click here for a printable Map and Schedule for the Performances and Installations.
"We have worked on the ground to create four catalytic interventions within downtown Newcastle."
Final Show.
FREE public performances and installations.
• Saturday 27th February
CitySwitch Lab invites you to downtown Newcastle to participate in free public installations and performances produced by team of architects, artists, and designers from across NSW and Japan for the 2nd international CitySwitch workshop on urban revitalisation.
• 1.30pm Sticky Streets
Tape art murals on the windows of 3 empty shops combined with impromptu street performance
Time: 1.30pm Come to Renew Newcastle Headquarters to receive instructions to be part of a huge ‘Flash Mob’
2.00-2.03pm 3 impromptu street performances [3-minutes long only!]
3 Locations: Loop Space 109 Hunter St; Corner of Market St & Hunter St Mall; Corner of Wolfe St & Hunter St Mall.
• 3pm Coal Tea Room
A fusion Japanese tea room installation and tea ceremony performance. Come and drink traditional Japanese tea!~
Time: 3.00pm-4.00pm
Location: Corner of Market St + Hunter St Mall, Newcastle
• 4pm Marking Wind Fans
An activated passage from the Hunter Street Mall through to the Harbour using hundreds of hand-made coloured wind fans.
Time: 4.00pm-5.00pm
Location: Hunter Street Mall Footbridge
• 5pm Finale Show
Each workshop team will give a public presentation of their creative outcomes from the week-long CitySwitch Newcastle workshop. The public are invited to review and comment on the works; we invite discussion and debate on the future of downtown Newcastle.
Time: 5.00pm-7.00pm
Location: Renew Newcastle Headquarters, 3 Morgan Street, Newcastle [inside old St Marks church]
• 7pm Closing Party
All people who attended the shows are invited to the Closing Party where drinks and food will be served.
Time: 7.00pm-11.00pm
Location: Renew Newcastle Headquarters, 3 Morgan Street, Newcastle [inside old St Marks church]
Workshop.
Newcastle CitySwitch Workshop 2010.
Feb 23-27, 2010, City of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Cityswitch hosts an international workshop on urban enterprise and vitality.
Find out more.
Links.
Related projects.
Renew Newcastle.
Back to the City, Newcastle.
By George! Hidden Networks, Sydney.