We are excited to announce that changes are afoot at Underbelly Arts HQ. After 4 Festivals in 5 years we have grown into something that we are very proud of. And we have thought a lot about what we want to become. We want a sustainable future. We want to deliver a high standard to [...]
Editor: Dylan Behan Camera: Matt Woodham & Alex Parker Timelapse footage: James Ricketson Stills: Catherine McElhone Music: Ollo
It’s going to be pretty hard to capture such a big day in just one blog post, but we’re going to give it a go…. After many months of hard work Festival Day came and went….as did over 2500 people – an Underbelly Arts record! It was so much bigger than we expected and we [...]
Wow, what a ripper! We need a day or two to properly digest what an incredible day we had (and then write about it for you)…so until then, here are a few photos from one of our guest photographers, Catherine McElhone, to tide you over. Her photos give a great overview of the day…but don’t [...]
To celebrate the last day of The Lab, we’ve got a special guest blog post from Sabrina Sokalik! ‘Or take a stroll through that tunnel over there and see who you find on the other side…’ If a mysterious woman offers you two options; either go back the way you came or take the road [...]
The second last day of tours was a great one. It’s so fantastic to see the way these works have progressed from concepts to artworks in under three weeks! While some people are adding the finishing touches, others are still working hard on their work to make it as wonderful as it can be for [...]
Another jam-packed day at The Lab yesterday. Lots of people took advantage of the cheap Sunday ferries and came out for what was a glorious sunny Sunday. As the end of the Lab draws near, many of the projects are getting closer to completion and it’s great to see things taking shape! Rob and Petra [...]
Today was a glorious sunny day, perfect weather for making the trip to Cockatoo Island to explore some art. Turns out many people thought the same, and we had a great day of packed tours, workshops and open project sessions! The day kicked off with a workshop run by Stuart Buchanan from wearethenest.com on social [...]
Another day at The Lab and what a day it was! We met with some of the artists to check in with their projects and we’re pretty excited at how quickly things are developing. Applespiel are working on a project called ‘Awful Literature is Still Literature I guess‘ and they’re taking over the Festival Bar [...]
Swanbrero received a very important item for their project couriered all the way from Brisbane today but you’ll have to come out on Festival day to see it in action! Meanwhile the Underbelly Arts team have been busy planning the Festival and scheduling performances – it’s a very delicate process as each project has [...]
Today we ran a joint tour with the Rocks Pop Up Project. Guests spent the morning checking out the artists in residency throughout the Rocks and the afternoon on a tour of Underbelly Arts. One of the visitors found out about the tour because she googled how to fold an origami boat, how about that! [...]
Case Study received their first care package from a family who attended their Open Project Session on Sunday. Contents include milk, chocolate cookies, soup, the newspaper, string, playing cards and pegs – all necessary items for a new society starting up on an Island! [...]
