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10x10 PROJECT
Dates:
4 - 13 June 2010
Venue:
Various Locations in Sydney
Some of Sydney’s most respected creative minds, including Sass & Bide’s Sarah Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, Dinosaur Designs co-founder Liane Rossler, and film critic Margaret Pomeranz, have contributed to an inspiring ...
Adam Hinshaw and Elisa Lee - GPS Create PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Elisa Lee and Adam Hinshaw, working as GPSCreate, are a commercial and creative partnership formed in the mid 90’s era of CD-Rom multimedia. Elisa and Adam continue to work together today to create innovative and interactive new media projec ...
AGENTS + MANAGERS CREATIVE FUTURES
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
A decade of self-publishing and online distribution has encouraged creatives to be their own agents, deal-brokers and bookers, but can you really succeed without specialised support? Presentations explain the new role of management, and the ma ...
Alex Munt - Director, LBF PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Alex Munt is writer-director of 'LBF' - a forthcoming indie 'pop-art' feature film based on the novel by Cry Bloxsome (XO Films). He is a Lecturer in the Department of Media, Music & Cultural Studies at Macquarie University and ...
Andrew Dowe - Alchemy Equities PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Andrew Dowe is an accredited Australian Small Scale Offerings Board member. He has a Bachelor of Industrial Design with Honours. Highly commended Finalist in Australian Design Awards. Master of Commerce in Marketing and International Business. And ...
Andrew Moffitt and Mark Moffitt - MOFFITT.MOFFITT. PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
In 1998 we began our careers in creativity at the College of Fine Arts (COFA) UNSW where we studied a BA in Design which covered a range of different fields including graphic, object, motion, and environmental design. We went on to care ...
Barry Mowszowski - Ogilvy Sydney PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Barry is a highly awarded creative strategist whose career has been spent working in boutique creative agencies in San Francisco, New York and Sydney. The highlight of his 7 years spent working in the US was his role in establishing Dro ...
Ben Peacock - Republic of Everyone PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ben is an author, cancer survivor and co-founder of do-good communications agency, Republic of Everyone. In his job as a Creative Director, he has worked all over the world, launching the Toyota Prius into Euro ...
Brooke Johnston and Sarah Thornton - The Finders Keepers. PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Finders Keepers are design and art markets dedicated in supporting young emerging designers and bringing new contemporary design to the forefront in Australia. Their bi-annual event started at CarriageWorks in Sydney's innerwest in 2008 an ...
Cameras PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Cameras offer a distinctive sound. With two songwriters sharing lead vocal duties, they intertwine a dizzying intensity with a haunting atmosphere. CAMERAS find their sound in the anthemic crescendo of Arcade Fire meeting the smoky ...
Chris Bosse - LAVA PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
German-born architect Chris Bosse is director of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture and Adjunct Professor at the UTS. LAVA was founded in 2007 with offices in Sydney, Stuttgart and Abu Dhabi. Whilst Associate Architect at PTW Arc ...
Chris Brennan-Horley - University of Wollongong. PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chris Brennan-Horley is a geography PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong. His research interests involve developing new methods for mapping creative industries in urban and regional locations. Most recently, he completed in-depth mapping ...
Chris Gibson - University of Wollongong PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chris Gibson’s research projects combine geographical methodologies and cultural theory in the study of creative industries, regional development and sustainability. He is a Chief Investigator on several major Australian Research Council pro ...
Chris Searl and Campbell Milligan - Monster Children PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Various Locations in Sydney
Monster Children is a split between art director Campbell Milligan and photographer Chris Searl. After having worked in magazine publications for over eight years, Campbell has a strong knowledge for what the market lacks and what the readership w ...
Chris Ying - McSweeney’s (USA). PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Founded in 1998 by Dave Eggers, McSweeney’s is an independent publishing house based in San Francisco. Their namesake quarterly fiction journal, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, has featured work by Roddy Doyle, Jim Shepard, Stephen King ...
Clare Stewart - Sydney Film Festival PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Clare Stewart is Festival Director of Sydney Film Festival. In 2008, SFF introduced of an international Official Competition for films that are ‘courageous, audacious and cutting-edge’ which was won by Bronson in 2009 and&nbs ...
Cloud Control PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
2010 has already been a busy year for Sydney psycoldelic/folk quartet Cloud Contol. After their single "Gold Canary" cracked the BBC's alternative music channel Radio 6, the band headed into the famous Albert's Studio with Yo ...
Coalition of the Willing PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
'Coalition of the Willing'is a collaborative animated film about an online war against global warming in a 'post Copenhagen' world. ‘Coalition of the Willing’has been crafted by a network of 24 artists from around t ...
CREATION + CURATION CREATIVE FUTURES
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
What are the ethical and practical considerations when showcasing other people’s work? Presentations offer guidance on how to balance audience expectations with creative vision and how to program for diversity, innovation and authenticity. ...
CROWDS + COLLABORATION CREATIVE FUTURES
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Crowd-sourcing, social networks and new platforms for collaboration change the way we create, communicate and engage in commerce. Presentations explore the space for communities, culture and business in the crowded cloud. Speakers Matt Fay ...
Dean Sewell and Andrew Quilty - Oculi PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
In 2001, a select group of award-winning photographers, united by their commitment to documentary-storytelling, formed Oculi. Oculi was purposefully formed as a collective compounding the individual’s strength and honesty of imagery within ...
Dom Alessio - Triple J Home and Hosed PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Dom Alessio plays guitar. There’s a chance you’ve never heard his bands though. That’s because he’s had more success when he’s spruiking other people’s music rather than his own. Dom is one half of the team that ...
Douglas Lance Gibson - Mountain Fold PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Mountain Fold is a new music quarterly based in Sydney, Australia. It is an interview-based magazine concentrating on both Australian and international acts. While primarily music focused, Mountain Fold also acts as a forum to discuss art, fi ...
Flutter Lyon aka Robyn Wilson - View of Courage Studios PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Robyn Wilson is a dynamic creative director and live performer working across projects in experiential design, costume and fashion design, large scale graphics and live sound and video works. She has directed a plethora of projects for her own Vie ...
Georgie Swift and Milenka Osen - TMOD PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Georgie Swift and Milenka Osen created TMOD after completing their Design studies together at The College Of Fine arts (COFA, UNSW) in 2007. TMOD is a driven by a desire to design without constraints, merging boundaries and challenging the e ...
Husein Alicajic - 2ndsight PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Recently awarded Best in Show at the 2008 Promax awards and Best Unproduced Movie Trailer at the 2009 International Golden Trailer Awards in Los Angeles, Huseinʼs depth of knowledge, experience and natural talent allows him to apply his collab ...
James Hackett - Hackett Films PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
James Hackett is an Animation Director constantly sought out for his expertise crossing the line between animation, live action and experimenting with the latest production technologies. James founded Hackett Films in 2003, after 10 yea ...
Joseph Allen Shea - IZROCK PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Joseph Allen Shea is an independent curator, publisher and gallerist. Believing everyone should be able to view and be touched by art, Joseph works primarily with self-taught artists and those who began working outside the art world establishment. ...
Laura Scrivano - Rapid Response PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Rapid Response uses theatrical composition techniques to create short, responsive, site specific performances that subvert, challenge and entice audiences. Collaborating artists work with a theme or current issue, a list of ingredients, set tasks ...
Liane Rossler - Dinosaur Designs' Pacific Islands Project PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Liane is a co-founder of GreenUps, Sydney Green Drinks, Co founder & Gritter at Knitty Gritty & Loopy, and Co founder & Collaborator of Pacific Islands Project (PIP). She is a member of The Voiceless Council, an Amb ...
Margaret Pomeranz - ABC TV PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Margaret is currently the co-host with David Stratton of At The Movies on ABC TV, where they moved in July 2004. Margaret has served as a member of the Advertising Standards Board, is a past President of the Film Critics Circle of Australia, a ...
Matt Fayle and Pip Jamieson - The Loop. PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Matt Fayle and Pip Jamieson are the brains behind The Loop (www.theloop.com.au), an Australian networking & portfolio site for creative professionals. The Loop is a market-tailored alternative to existing international networking and employmen ...
Matt Jackson - Drawing Book Studios. PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Prior to running Drawing Book Studios Matt Jackson spent 5 years pin-balling between the Arts and Commerce faculties of Melbourne University ending the game with the highest score in Marketing communications and distinctions in Brand Management an ...
NETWORKS + CLUSTERS CREATIVE FUTURES
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
This session takes us back to street level: how does the city influence creativity, access and markets? There's an assumption that creative industries cluster in the inner city: is that in fact the case? Where do we find creativity in our ...
Parades PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Parades are a young art rock band from Sydney who wisely choose to create their own music with no outside input or interference. Parades’ debut album Foreign Tapes is out now via Dot Dash Recordings.The album is expansive and ambitious ...
PVT (DJ Set) PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
THE transformation of common metals into gold was a central feature of alchemy, the ancient study of elements and their metamorphosis into new forms. Alchemists rejected the magic that explained the world, moving instead to new methods ...
Rachel Botsman - Author, "What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption" PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Rachel is the co-author of the upcoming book What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption (Harper Business, October 2010). She consults, writes, and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through current and emerging ...
Ralph Myers - Belvoir St Theatre PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ralph Myersis one of Australia’s foremost set designers. He has designed for most of the country’s major theatre companies including extensively for Company B Belvoir and Sydney Theatre Company as well as Melbourne Theatre Company, Bel ...
Rebecca Carrasco PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Rebecca has received many awards as a Writer & Art Director including Golds at The One Show, One Show Entertainment, Cannes, Clio and New York festivals. Her work has also won at D&AD and The Andys and she has been invited to judge interna ...
Rebekah Cambpell PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Rebekah Campbell is one of the Australian music industry’s best known names – or best kept secrets. It depends who you are. To record companies, artist managers, and most of the artists, she’s a familiar and at t ...
Rhoda Roberts - Vibe Australia PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Rhoda’s involvement in the arts is extensive. She was the founder and Artistic Director of the annual International festival The Dreaming based at Woodford QLD, she was the Artistic Director of Sydney Dreaming Festival and the former Artisti ...
Richard In Your Mind PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Richard In Your Mind was originally conceived as a recording project by former roommates Richard Cartwright (guitar, vocals, harmonica, sitar and other assorted instruments) and Conrad Richters (bass, synth, guitar) in 2006. The band qui ...
Rick Chen - Fund Break PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Being a new Australian crowdfunding website and community for creative projects and ideas, Fundbreak provides project creators with a platform to present their ideas to a worldwide audience. Co-founder Alan Crabbe and Rick Chen are very posit ...
Rob Belgiovane - Belgiovane Williams Mackay (BWM) PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Rob Belgiovane is a founding partner and Executive Creative Director of Belgiovane Williams Mackay (BWM). The agency recently received the prestigious AdNews magazine ‘Creative Network of the Year” award. ...
Ross Dawson - Future Exploration Network PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and authority on business strategy. He is the Founding Chairman of four companies including leading future think-tank Future Exploration Network, an ...
Sass & Bide PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Sass & Bide is one of Australia's most loved fashion brands, recognised globally for modern, distinct designs. Sass & Bride is the namesake label of Sarah-Jane Clarke (Sass) and Heidi Middleton (Bide), This duo broke the rules, followe ...
Sean Ashby - AussieBum PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Sean is not the average businessman; in fact he is not the average anything. Arguably this is the reason aussieBum has become more than a brand – it has become an Australian cultural icon. Since starting the company 9 years ago, the men& ...
Seekae PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Since independently releasing their debut album “The Sound of Trees Falling on People” in December 08’ Seekae instantly impressed their audiences selling out of their initial pressing. This compelling release ...
Shady Lane PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Pop/electronic four piece from Sydney SHADY LANE mix simple folk songs and atmospheric pop with experimental electronica, field recordings and a few noisy beats. After a highly successful album release in 2009, the band has shared ...
Sixty40 PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Led by Directors Matt Taylor and Mark Simpson, Sixty40 is a studio of design and animation ninjas working with a long list of ecstatic customers, including MTV, Channel [V], Disney Channel, Comedy Channel, ABC Kids, Reach Out, Warp Records, Kmart, ...
Songs PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Songs are walking the hard path back to modernism with a shrug. The Sydney based band make echo heavy drone pop that gives modern music the cold shoulder. Squeezing into the gap between pop, minimalism and no wave, the sound of Son ...
St Augustine Academy PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Alvin Manalo and Adrian Amores are the team behind the dynamic label Saint Augustine Academy. The pair have proven to be the perfect combination of creativity and business acumen needed to survive the unpredictable fashion industr ...
TECHNOLOGY + BEHAVIOUR CREATIVE FUTURES
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Big social and technological game changers redefine human habits and shape our behaviour. Presentations offer direction on how content creation, distribution and marketing can adapt to new desires and capitalise on opportunity. How can the cre ...
The Noise PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Described by FBi Radio as “fantastic classical musicians… a million miles away from classical music”, The NOISE is one of Sydney's most exciting new bands. To hear The NOISE at one of their improvised live sh ...
The Paper Scissors PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
They are four men that make up a band. They have one self-titled EP and an album titled 'Less Talk More Paper Scissors' under their collective belt. Both received critical acclaim and various accolades in Australia.
Tim Jones - Seymour Centre PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Tim took up the reigns as the Artistic Director and General Manager of the Seymour Centre, University of Sydney in January 2009. Since arriving he has re-branded the Centre and established a new artistic direction, engaging more with the Univ ...
Two Thousand PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
TwoThousand http://www.twothousand.com.au is a website and weekly eNewsletter for people who believe the best things in Sydney are often hard to find. It’s compiled by a gaggle of writers who spend most of their time and almost al ...
Ute Noll - On Photography (Germany) PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
5 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ute Noll has been in the editorial and photography business since 1994. Ute started off at the innovative and award winning youth magazine "jetzt" of the daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Munich, she worked for the develo ...
CREATIVE FOR A CAUSE PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Dates:
7 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
How does the “triple bottom line” (people, planet and profit) present an opportunity for the creative industries? The panel examines how creative businesses can go beyond corporate social responsibility to make sustainability, inclusio ...
CREATIVE SYDNEY FESTIVAL BAR
Dates:
7 - 12 June 2010
Venue:
Creative Sydney Festival Bar
Meet peers and creative leaders, or learn about the latest events and opportunities at the CREATIVE SYDNEY FESTIVAL BAR, MCA Foundation Hall. Open 6 -10pm every evening from 7 – 12 June.
Right-brain business models SYDNEY SESSIONS
Dates:
7 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Using the Pecha Kucha style of presentation, participants will take us on a speedy (6 minute and 40 seconds, to be precise) tour of their right-brain business models: innovative ways of making and promoting projects with advice from the front ...
Inside the creative process SYDNEY SESSIONS
Dates:
8 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Projects and films exploring how, where and why we create, and taking us inside the creative process. Participants include Paola Morabito, Darren Price,Tim Rayner, Simon Robson (Coalition of the Willing), Stephen Goddard and Keith Saunders (BIG: S ...
LOCAL TALENT/GLOBAL MARKET PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Dates:
8 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Sydney as the world’s studio: what makes Sydney a good base (or a tough place) for global business? The panel explores the ways Sydney creatives reach an international audience. Speakers include Sean Ashby (AussieBum), James Hackett (Hac ...
CREATIVE/COMMERCIAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Dates:
9 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
How do you strike the balance between a pay cheque and a passion project - and do the two have to be mutually exclusive? The panel discusses how side-projects and side-stream income sources can finance creative risk. Speakers: Andrew Moffi ...
I, Robot SYDNEY SESSIONS
Dates:
9 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
A lo-fi, hi-tech celebration of robots, sci-fi and radical visions of the future, featuring hi-tech wizardry from Dorkbot, literary challenges from Even Books, and live performance from Australian Theatre for Young People’s Fresh Ink playwri ...
Scratching the Surface SYDNEY SESSIONS
Dates:
10 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
This Sydney Session features “Scratching the Surface”, an installation and live painting event exploring the quality and temporary nature of public art in Sydney, featuring artists Beastman, Max Berry, Numskull, Phibs and Roach. T ...
THE NEW NICHE PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Dates:
10 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Going deep, not broad, to connect with your market: how do creative businesses and practitioners maintain authenticity while expanding audiences? The panel explores the shift from niche to major markets in skate, surf and cycle cultures. Speak ...
A Foreign Light SYDNEY SESSIONS
Dates:
11 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
This unique performance event brings together Parades (Dan Cunningham, Tim Jenkins, Michael Scarpin, Jonathan Boulet and Alyx Dennison), filmmaker Husein Alicajic, performer Flutter Lyon (Robyn Wilson), The NOISE string quartet, and new ...
MAKING IT HAPPEN PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Dates:
11 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
What do you need to know before you take on a large production, establish an event or start planning to get your work out there? The panel offers advice from promoters, producers and creative practitioners who carve out their own opportunities and ...
Yiying Lu - Yiying Lu PARTICIPANTS
Dates:
11 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Yiying is known for creating the iconic "Fail Whale" illustration used by social networking service Twitter, which has been featured in the BBC, the New York Times, CNN, Sydney Morning Herald, the National Public Radio (US), W ...
CREATIVE CONNECTIONS
Dates:
12 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
Building a business or establishing a career in the creative industries requires guidance and a network of contacts. This focused networking event exposes opportunities and information sources, and (on registration) connects creative practitioners ...
DEBATE: IS SYDNEY FALLING BEHIND OR LEADING THE WAY? DEBATE
Dates:
12 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
What does creative culture mean in Sydney? What are the wants and needs of Sydneysiders – and are they being met – in our night life, cultural institutions and entertainment quarters? Leading figures debate the state of Sydney&rsqu ...
SYDNEY SESSION #6 SYDNEY SESSIONS
Dates:
12 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
KITCHEN STADIUM: A feast for the senses: a battle to create the best culinary dish, 2 teams will go head to head sampling and creating soundscapes while cooking mystery dishes at the same time! Presented by Siberia Records - including Da ...
WRAP PARTY WRAP PARTY
Dates:
13 June 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art
aka BLOCK PARTY: Featuring some of Sydney’s best bands, performers and DJs, this free music event is our wrap party, on the final night of Creative Sydney. If you've registered for the party, join us in the MCA Foundation Hall and p ...