Abstract
![CDATA[Sydney’s alternative sector and the management of commercial performance spaces has had a turbulent history, frequently marked by disputes between owners, local residents and councils over sound regulations and licensing laws. This regulation and a range of other factors have contributed to the counter practice of irregular venues within Sydney’s underground scenes. The alternative Sydney arts, performance and grassroots community scenes have been operating as a system of unofficial venues that run without relevant licenses. Artists and musicians etch out an existence in these spaces, away from the norms of the commodified licensed venue experience. My research utilises photography to capture these temporal spaces as they shift, relocate and reform in the face of imminent closure or exposure. My research paper will question the ways the fluid, adaptable, creative and alternative dimensions of Sydney’s irregular performance spaces can be revealed and explored through my photographic phenomenological investigation. This paper also addresses how Actor Network Theory as a research methodology can contribute to an understanding of both the networks these spaces form and how they inhabit the wider city networks that sustain, nurture but also potentially threaten them.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of Rethinking Urban Inclusion: Spaces, Mobilizations, Interventions International Conference, 28-30 June 2012, Coimbra, Portugal |
Publisher | University of Coimbra |
Pages | 747-752 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Event | Rethinking Urban Inclusion: Spaces, Mobilizations, Interventions - Duration: 28 Jun 2012 → … |
Conference
Conference | Rethinking Urban Inclusion: Spaces, Mobilizations, Interventions |
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Period | 28/06/12 → … |
Keywords
- alternative spaces (arts facilities)
- performance art
- Sydney (N.S.W.)