Free community events this weekend….visit Marrickville’s oldest cottage, be breathed at by a mechatronic dragon or grab your skateboard for some hi-fi lowlight. This weekend Creative Trails ends in a fire fuelled finale event when dancing flames will light the way as the Fire Garden by Tortuga Studios illuminates the night sky and an electronic wonderland of movement and art at ElectroSK8 at Sydenham Skate Park.
The free community event on Saturday, 10 August will honour the proud working past of Sydenham and St Peters with industrial artists inspired by metal and fire. This all ages event will also host livemusic, DJs, interactive art, food trucks and more.”
Mayor Byrne said the program also featured a mammoth opening night on Friday, 2 August with cutting EDGE art projects and exhibitions at Monster Mouse, Makerspace and Create or Die studios in Marrickville.
Saturday, 10 and Sunday, 11 August
- The Fire Garden by Tortuga Studios
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“Fire’s real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences” Fahrenheit 451
Part fronded beauty, part jungle beast, the Fire Garden is set to roar into life as the sun slinks over the horizon. Over 40 artists, fire-based installations, interactive works, sculptures, projections, live music, DJ’s, camp fires and more beneath the jet trails at Sydenham Green.This free art event will ignite your senses and possibly blow your mind !
Described as ‘a vagabond plot of wild beauty,’ The Fire Garden is brought to you by Tortuga Studios, St Peters largest and longest running warehouse arts space, alongside some of Australia’s most eclectic industrial artists, including Dillon MacEwen, Garth Knight, Alien Proof, Rachael Lafferty, Jasmine Poole, Icarus Productions, Murray Adams, Rogue Simian and more.Where: Sydenham Green Park, Railway Road, Sydenham
When: Saturday 10 August, 4pm to 10.30pm
More at Tortuga Studios websiteFire Garden Program
5.30-6.15pm DJ Lexx feat. @outrageous entertainment
6.30-7.15pm The Loud Hailers
7.15-7.25pm Icarus Productions – stilt immolation
7.30-8.15pm DJ Mashy Pea
8.15-8.30pm Nik Nak vs Abstract Doll
8.30-9.30pm White Knuckle Fever
9.30-10.30pm DJ Jenn Moore
10.30-10.45pm IKARA live burn performance
Explore Tortuga Studio’s fire-fuelled garden, with its otherworldly mechatronic creatures, raging Mad Max machines, and whimsical auras of flickering light. Brought to you by over 40 artists, makers, musicians and performers, it stands as testament to the talent forged in the warehouse arts spaces of the inner west.
Enjoy an ongoing evening program, including major fire installations:
Bhima the Dragon – Grant Robinson
Rope Tree fire installation and performance – Garth Knight
Fire Wick installation and performance – IKARA
Mekazoic 3D metal Scuptures with Fire Effects – Dillion McEwan
- Roller Derby demo from Inner West Derby League.
An adrenaline pumped roller derby demo from Inner West Roller Derby League
Where: Sydenham Green Skate Park, 25 Railway Road, Sydenham
When: Saturday 10 August, 4 to 5pm - ElectroSK8 skate and art performances.
Over 24 artists in partnership with the University of Sydney Design Lab. Humans, creativity and technology collide transforming the concrete playground of the skate park into an electronic wonderland of movement, technology, art and light.
Where: Sydenham Green Skate Park, 25 Railway Road, Sydenham
When: Saturday 10 August, 4.30 to 10.30pm - Community day celebrations in Marrickville
The following events all take place at Centre Management, Marrickville Metro, 34 Victoria Road, Marrickville
Community day
A free community celebration at one of Marrickville’s oldest original cottages dating back to 1860. Restorative works have returned the cottage to its full glory. Free event. All ages. Refreshments served.
When: 10am to 12.30pm
Artist Talk with Liz Shreeve
Liz talks about her public artwork in development for Smidmore Street. Learn about the creative process for this work embracing the history of the site– Aboriginal communities, the woollen mills, the migrants and families who built and shaped the textile industry for which Marrickville became famous. And now, contemporary Marrickville.
When: 10.30am
Free art workshops
Free Art workshops. Open to all ages. Create a colourful artwork reflecting your life and stories.
When: 11am to 12.30pm
More at the Marrickville Metro website
- Heaps Gay after party at Red Rattler Theatre
LGBTQIA Party Starters, Heaps Gay, have curated a melting pot of queer artists to bring site specific works reflecting on changes to queer spaces with gentrification. FEMMEBOT, an immersive party experience at Sydenham’s famous The Red Rattler Theatre
Where:The Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham Street, Marrickville
When: Saturday 10 August, 9.30pm onwards
Limited capacity tickets $19 – $30
Ticket details at HeapsGay Facebook page