Green architect to speak at Sydney Architecture Festival

Internationally renowned architect Dr Ken Yeang will present a public talk as part of the 2012 Sydney Architecture Festival, at 6pm on Thursday 25th October at the University of Sydney.

Dr Yeang (based between the UK and Malaysia) is best known for his signature green architecture and masterplans. He is regarded as the innovator of his energy efficient 'bioclimatic skyscrapers', high rise buildings that incorporate climate-responsive principles in order to create low-energy buildings. One of Dr Yeang's most notable green buildings, The Solaris in Singapore (pictured), is currently shortlisted for the UK's prestigious Lubetkin Prize, to be announced this October.

New Bill Henson exhibition opens tonight

Bill Henson Untitled 2011/12

Bill Henson, widely regarded as one of Australia's leading contemporary artists, will unveil an exhibition of new works this evening at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Running until 13 October 2012, the exhibition continues the substantial body of work created by the artist who is renowned as a master of light and dark and for his powerful and evocative photographs. The exhibition features mostly figurative that 'explore our relationship to the classical roots of European civilisation' and a few sculptural images.

World renowned dance group Rosas to perform in Sydney

Belgian dance group Rosas (Photograph: Anne Van Aerschot)

The 18th Biennale of Sydney and Carriageworks will present the Australian premieres of En Entendant and Cesena, two performances by world renowned choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's dance ensemble Rosas. Four performances will be held at Carriageworks between 11 and 15 September 2012.

En Entendant takes a new step in the exploration of combined music and dance, taking audiences to a place where twilight merges into night. Cesena, a counterpart performance to En Entendant, heralds the start of a new day and is choreographed in collaboration with the musical director Bjorn Schemeizer. Dancers and singers in Cesena explore the limits of their ability and artist Ann Veronica Janssens has collaborated on the set design.

Daniel Crooks new solo exhibition

Daniel Crooks #14 (Chris) Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery

Daniel Crooks’ inaugural exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney opens 22 August, featuring dramatic, photographic portraits, up to 4m x 4m in size. For almost a decade Crooks has been at the forefront of cutting-edge Australian video art. 

Following successful presentations in the MCA's Marking Time exhibition and in Parallel Collisions at the Adelaide Biennial, this exhibition will feature photographic and video works that manipulate the very notions of the portrait, the landscape and of space and time. Crooks’ engaging and mesmeric street scenes reflect the complexity of urban life; the laneways breathe - contracting and expanding; creating a seemingly impossibly world of perpendicular streets.

13th International Venice Biennale of Architecture

Eight Sydney architecture students have been awarded the annual Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship that will support their travel to the 13th Venice International Architecture Biennale, running from 29 August until 25 November 2012. The architecture students awarded the 2012 Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship are: Harry Catterns; HY William Chan; Jonathan Combley; Michael Ford; Tracey Hau; Linda Matthews; Jennifer Mc Master; and Joanne Taylor.

The students each receive a scholarship valued at $5,000 to support their course of study, research, or other activity that must involve travel either within Australia or overseas. This year, all scholarship recipients will travel to Venice for a period of one to two weeks during the Architecture Biennale, which is recognized as one of the world’s most important events on the global contemporary architecture calendar.

Kaldor Public Art Projects bring Allora & Calzadilla to Melbourne

MoMA performance of Allora & Calzadilla's work

Kaldor Public Art Projects will present a performative work by internationally renowned artist duo Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla as their 26th public art project. 

Project 26 will be presented at the State Library of Victoria from 16 November until 6 December 2012, offering Melbourne residents and visitors the chance to view this major work that was described by the New York Times as 'a 'fully-fledged, crowd-pleasing masterpiece'. 

The artist duo will present their acclaimed work Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on 'Ode to Joy' for a Prepared Piano, a performance in which they integrate sound, performance and sculpture. This work was previously presented at MoMA in 2011. The artists are currently exhibiting work at Documenta 2012 and represented the USA at the recent Venice Biennale in 2011.