This article in the SMH summarises a feeling I got when visiting the recent Ken Unsworth show at Cockatoo Island: the island is undergoing a change – from little used post-industrial wasteland to quirky and gigantic arts venue. (It was originally a penal colony.)
Here are some photos I took when last there for the Unsworth exhibition (the first showing the huge doors to the Turbine hall, behind which were Unsworth’s installations). I look forward to visiting the Kentridge multimedia work I Am Not Me, The Horse Is Not Mine, which has recently opened there.
Addendum:
- BLDBLOG on Urban Islands.
- Urban Islands in July at the Island.
- More images at Flickr.
