EDGE Art on the Streets

Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Laneways, side streets and corners will come alive under projections, paste ups and street art during EDGE Sydenham.

From Friday, 2 August, streets and studios across Marrickville, St Peters, Sydenham and Tempe will exhibit some of the best creativity the Inner West has to offer.

Perfect Match street art:

• City Feathers by Karen Farmer, MUD Australia, 80 Chapel Street, Marrickville
• The Island by Fintan Magee in collaboration with SSI Ignite program, 251 Addison Road, Marrickville
• The Mothership by Daisy Knight, Mothership Studios, 18-22 Sydney Street, Marrickville
• Behind the Pink Curtain by Brad Robson, Create or Die, 7 Farr Street, Marrickville
• The Wetlands by Krimsone and Nargy, 1 Grove Street, St Peters

Esem Projects are documenting the creatives and the creation of art behind the scenes. Titled Labour of Love, they will celebrate the spirits of

Sydenham’s art makers with giant projections beaming across the streetscapes.

• Factory walls, Sydenham

See art with your ears at Tributary- a soundscape experience depicting the Inner West. The immersive experience takes the audience on an auditory ride in this unique directional sound scape.

• Monster Mouse studios, 9 Gerald Street, Marrickville

Look out for Street Theatre and pop ups day and night over both weekends of EDGE Sydenham:

• The Monstrosities by Matriak Theatre where enormous shaggy creatures lurk the streets in search of creativity
• CybHers by Deep Sea Astronauts where gender, technology and power collide in this object-costume work which blurs borders and the binary extinct
• The Sleep Walkers by Gabrielle Bates and Kassandra Bossell where artists are lost in a desolate cityscape void of artists and creativity
• The Side Project comprises of surprising pop up performances along streetscapes and creatives space by an all-star music collective

The WRAPPED Art Project is a partnership between Council, Lendlease Tyco Joint Venture and Roads and Maritime Services as a graffiti and tagging deterrent. The projects also add to Council’s public art gallery. There are 22 cabinets spread over 13 locations that will be wrapped with vinyl printed with artwork.

• Works by Brad Robson, Bunkwaa, Rhiannon Hopely and Emily Valentine will be displayed on traffic cabinets across various locations in Sydenham and Marrickville

EDGE Sydenham takes places across two weekends, 2-4 August and 10 August, taking in the industrial creative spaces of Sydenham and filling them with art and performance.