Concrete Culture

SquatSpace has been invited to be part of an exhibition at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney. This is the gallery where it all started, back 3 years ago, when for the curated show Disobedience SquatSpace organized the first two Redfern/ Waterloo Tours of Beauty. As part of the current show, Concrete Culture, yet another Tour will be offered.

CONCRETE CULTURE Asian and Australian projects at the intersections of art and architecture, private and public spaces Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan(Philippines/Australia), Ou Ning (China), SquatSpace (Australia), Richard Goodwin (Australia), Ashok ukumaran (India)

Curator: Felicity Fenner Exhibition: 29 May–5 July 2008*  Forum: Monday, 23 June 2008, 9.20am–5.45pm Extra/Ordinary Cities: The Cultural Dynamics of Urban Intervention

Convened by the Centre for Contemporary Art & Politics, UNSW and the Biennale of Sydney with Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in connection with a Linkage Project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC)

Bookings: www.bos2008.com/app/biennale/event/8

Tour of Beauty: Sunday, 22 June 2008, 1pm-5pm There are some *strictly limited* places on the Tour of Beauty bus – please book immediately. Bookings – email info@squatspace.com.

Meet at ID Gallery, Selwyn St, Paddington, NSW Load into our special tour bus (book in advance), or arrive on your bicycle(no booking required).

COST: We don’t like to charge for the tour, but we would request a donation of $5 or $10 depending on your means, to help cover the cost of the bus, fuel and driver. If you can’t afford it, come along anyway as our guest!