Linda Fiskus
Procurement Specialist - Queries regarding the online form
City Art
If you have any questions about this expression of interest please email us.
An opportunity to deliver temporary public art projects in the heart of the city.
Procurement Specialist - Queries regarding the online form
If you have any questions about this expression of interest please email us.
Thank you for your interest.
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Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.
Arundati Roy, The Pandemic is a Portal, Financial Times, April 2020
We’re seeking Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to create public artworks that reimagine city spaces and bring Sydneysiders back to the city.
Creative thinkers, artists and multidisciplinary teams with a strong interest in sustainability, communities and urbanism, this is a great opportunity for you to create a temporary public art project in the heart of the city by 11 January 2021.
This project is part of the City of Sydney and NSW Government’s $20 million fund to boost the city centre economy, support businesses and create jobs across the vital summer period.
Our once globalised city, now unusually empty, asks us to reconsider, reconfigure and regenerate public space and public life. The Covid-19 pandemic represents an extraordinary opportunity to pursue public art projects that interrogate, evaluate and reorient our civic spaces and how they influence people’s experiences of our city.
We’re seeking inventive projects unafraid to explore and inspire new experiences in reinterpreted public spaces, in particular laneways.
Bold, fresh, relevant and meaningful interventions that reflect on Sydney’s past, present and future will be favourably looked upon, as will proposals that respectfully include Aboriginal stories, knowledge and heritage.
Ideally, proposals will present a strong visual and sensory impact harnessing an increased sense of empathy for each other, the natural environment and contribute to the sustainability, health and wellbeing of people and city spaces.
Mural art can form a component of your concept, but we won’t accept mural or street art only.
View previous laneway artworks.
You can choose from the following locations:
If 2 selected proposals are received for the same location, we'll work with one of the teams to identify a suitable alternate location.
A briefing was held on Friday 6 November.
Download a copy of the presentation including the questions and answers discussed.
Projects are to be installed for a minimum of 1 month with a preferred time frame of up to 6 months.
We’re offering $50,000 including GST per artwork for up to 4 projects. This must include all costs associated with delivering, installing and removing the final artwork. Low impact works will be required to avoid length in achieving planning approvals and owners’ consents. We'll assist in this process and cover fees for acquiring approvals.
All applications must be made through the online form. Emailed submissions won’t be accepted.
Applications close 10am Monday 16 November 2020
To complete the form you’ll need to provide:
By applying to this expression of interest, artists are agreeing to the terms outlined in the public art commissioning agreement.
For all application queries regarding the online form, please contact Linda Fiskus [email protected]
For all queries relating to the artist's brief, email [email protected]