Chippendale area will play host to the Underbelly Arts: Public Lab + Festival.

From July 8-17, the Chippendale area will play host to the Underbelly Arts: Public Lab + Festival. Over 100 of Sydney's most exciting emerging and experimental artists will take over various spaces next to the site of the old Carlton United Brewery on Broadway in Chippendale, to develop works and performances that will be presented on Saturday July 17 at the ticketed Underbelly Arts Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part fringe festival, part band-camp; this is your chance to get behind the scenes of art in the making. 

 

 

From creating pop-up gallery spaces along Kensington Street to transforming the Clare Hotel into a theatre, Underbelly Arts Lab + Festival will offer a rare opportunity for people to scratch the surface of Sydney and discover some of the art and ideas that are ripe in warehouses, bedrooms and makeshift spaces throughout the city. Expect interactive installations, a DIY 3D film-reviews project, brutal 1900s street dance, voyeuristic engagement with the online world, random performances by a mass a cappella choir and much more!

 

 

In the lead up to the Festival, the public can get behind the scenes of the creative process with daily tours of Fraser Studios and even get involved by attending Project Participation Sessions for artworks that require public input. 

 

 

On July 10, the Lab Saturday Program will take place from 2-7pm, putting artist, audience and process under the microscope.

 

 

Just 5 minutes walk from Central Station, Underbelly Public Arts Lab + Festival will take place in the thriving arts precinct around Chippendale. 

 

 

See www.underbellyarts.com.au  for details of the Underbelly Arts Public Lab Tours, Project Participation Sessions and updates for the Lab Saturday Program.

 

 

Tickets to Underbelly Arts Festival are FREE but strictly limited – so don’t miss your chance to let Sydney’s creative underbelly seize your imagination.

 

 

Events

 

 

Underbelly Arts Public Lab, July 8-15

 

 

Celebrating the creative process in the moment, the public is invited to get amongst Sydney’s most experimental and emerging artists as they devise, rehearse, construct, workshop and develop their ideas.

 

 

Public Lab Tour Times (tours depart Fraser Studios):

 

 

Thursday 8 July – 6pm & 7.30pm

 

 

 

 

See www.underbellyarts.com.au for details on Project Participation Sessions.

 

 

Free

 

 

Underbelly Arts Lab Saturday Program, July 10

 

 

2-6pm

 

 

The Clare Hotel + Public Tours departing from Fraser Studios

 

 

Celebrate art in the making with free tours, Project Participation Sessions plus a thought-provoking talk program at The Clare Hotel from 3pm. See website for further details. 

 

 

Free

 

 

Underbelly Arts Festival, July 17

 

 

2-10pm

 

 

Chippendale Arts Precinct, Kensington St & Surrounds

 

 

For just 1-day, Underbelly Arts Festival will showcase the work of over 100 artists as developed during the Public Lab. Immerse yourself in a world of music, sculpture, installation, performance, sound art and film-reviews. The Chippendale Arts Precinct, Kensington St and surrounds, will be alive with digital art, puppetry, a DIY 3D production, and more! The Festival experience will be a specially crafted journey. By purchasing a ticket, you will be invited to view work throughout the day and you will need to register for some performance sessions.

 

 

Tickets:            $18/22 + bf