The exhibition is selected from entrants across Australia and is a significant opportunity for both emerging and established photographers. The exhibition will run from 14 August - 27 September at the Tweed River Art Gallery.
Facing Australia has been successful in attracting Arts NSW funding to create new project called A Short History of Hair which will include The Face of the Hairdresser. Scheduled for exhibition in 2010 at the Albury LibraryMuseum
What we look like in the year 2050? Using projected population statistics, artists from the Facing Australia project have created two composite portraits that give us some insight into our future identity.
The Faces of sydney portion of the project is now complete.
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Planning for this project is underway in collaboration with the community of Brewarrina. This remote township located in North Western NSW will generate one of the most distinctive portraits to date.
Australia’s largest outback city, Kalgoorlie Boulder WA, is the focus of Facing Australia’s next project. Projected image release date December 06.
Over 1500 inner Sydney residents have collaborated with Facing Australia to create a series of composite portraits that will represent the iconic suburbs of Redfern, Haymarket, The Rocks, Millers Point and Surry Hills. The final works will be launched during the City of Sydney’s major cultural event Art & About from the 6 - 14 October.
Media contact for The Face of the City of Sydney
Maya Catsanis 02 9265 9553 or 0409 045 425