Laneways By George!

Pingu — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:39:46 +0000

Laneways By George is a Hidden Networks project to transform and explore the potential of City laneways with creative, innovative and inspiring high quality temporary artworks. It runs from Oct ‘09 through to Jan ‘10. I took the opportunity to check this temporary artwork out on a gloomy Monday arvo. Admittedly, I just didn’t understand some of them – but it did make me intrigued enough to walk down some of Sydney’s CBD lanes I never knew existed!

I took these on my Blackberry (3.2 mp) so the quality isn’t great – but here are a few that stood out…

Infinity Forest

Penfold & Hosking Place

A green oasis in the city. In the space between firs escapes, vehicle ramps and back doors, discover timber walls that conceal a forest within.

The Meeting Place

Little Hunter Street

This installation encourages interaction as strangers walking through must engage with each other to navigate through this compressed lane.

The Urban Barcode

Abercrombie Lane

Suspended above the Lane, white fluorescent tubes light up the code below painted in black.

I Dwell in the City and the City Dwells in Me

Bridge Lane

Emerging from these old and worn brick walls this installation is described as prosthetic skin emulating human skin and emotions. It includes an audio component like a slow thudding of a heartbeat flowing through the walls.

Seven Metre Bar

Underwood Street

On current trajectories polar ice cap melts will drown Underwood Street. This collaboration shows the landscape at 7m above sea level.

Forgotten Song

Angel Place

From the canopy of bird cages above Angel Place the songs of lost birds chirp.

You can pick up a walking map from Custom’s House – you have to ask for it at the concierge because they’re a bit stingy with it. But it maps out all 8 Lanes where installations are built – very helpful if you’re not failar with all the back laneways that run through Sydney streets!

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