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Last month I wrote about a new event I was co-organsing with the awesome Melinda Garcia. And last week we delivered. Idea Bombing Sydney was a great, and unexpected success, and attracted more than 150 people to hear about art, architecture, wine, food and everything creative in between! Read a full recap of the night here.
We are the supermarket generation, but if we want to, how do we re-learn how to grow food? Community gardens are one answer – connecting community, promoting sustainability and growing local food for local people.
When designing and activating community gardens I focus on the following key areas; community, design, management and safety.
Read more HERE via PlaceFocus blog.
There is so much is happening in Sydney at the moment! We have events, talks and a new strategy aimed at building the creative life of our city! Part meet-up and part pop-up bar, Idea Bombing Sydney is a unique fusion of creative endeavours. The first edition of Idea Bombing Sydney will be hosted at Alaska Projects, an art gallery within an underground car park of Kings Cross.
Focusing on “How can your city inspire your creativity?”, this is a night to talk, think and dream, an event for coming together to share ideas and hear about innovative projects, activities and news happening in and out of Sydney.
PRESENTERS
- Glen Cassidy & Mike Smith, Cake Wines
- Emilya Colliver, Art Pharmacy
- Stephen Moore, Roberts Day
- Alex Iljadica & Joanna Baker, Youth Food Movement
WHEN, WHERE, HOW…
Wednesday 15 May
Alaska Projects
Level 2 of the Kings Cross Car Park,
9A Elizabeth Bay Rd Elizabeth Bay
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Download a copy of the brochure HERE.
Want to start in #IdeaBombing in your city? Get in touch and we’ll send you an info pack.
Richard Roxburgh summed it up best when discussing creativity in Sydney at last night’s City Talk -
“we’re young, beautiful and hot – we love crackers – but what do we want to be when we grow up?“
The City Talk titled ‘What creative life do you want for Sydney?’ comes a week after the City released it’s draft Cultural Policy and Creative City Discussion Paper. While Richard gave the guest introduction, the keynote speaker was Carol Colleta, CEO of ArtPlace America. Both speakers, and the panel discussion afterwards, discussed many aspects of culture, community and art. A couple of key points from the panel:
Watch the full podcast of the City Talk here. (Highly recommended!)
If on twitter search #sydcitytalk to join the conversation.
You can also listen to an interview with Carol Colleta from fbi radio here.
And have your say on Sydney’s Cultural Policy here.
If you missed my presentation last night in Canberra you can download the pdf version here:
> When Planning do what the kids do! by John O’Callaghan [PDF]
I joined the panel with Dr Alison Taylor and Patrick Fensham and spoke about two trends happening around the world; 1. return to the city & 2. counter urbanisation. While my PPT explored the global context of these trends, Alison and Patrick provided in-depth local case studies and some interesting findings on supply vs demand, opportunities for mixed housing and key drivers for migration. It was a great discussion and thanks to everyone who came and asked questions. Thanks also to SGS Economics and Planning and PIA for the opportunity to speak and a great event.
Download the other presentations here.
For the PIA Congress 2013.
If viewing this post via smart phone please click on the heading or ‘Continue reading’ below for access to the presentation information sheet. The below information sheet highlights key findings from the six initiatives as part of the City of Sydney Social Activation Program 2012. Zoom in to view or click on the information sheet to download.
Also if interested – click here for some short videos on the popup ping pong and chair bombing initiatives.
