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Rebar is a San Francisco based art/design collective and interdisciplinary studio operating at the intersection of art, design and ecology. Founded by Matt Passmore, John Bela, Blaine Merker and Teresa Aguilera, Rebar’s mission is to create objects, spaces and ideas that inspire people to re-imagine the environment and our place in it. Rebar is known for guerilla-style public space interventions including Park(ing) Day , which transforms parking spots into mini one-day parks. Ultimately welcomed by San Francisco’s Mayor and its Director of City Greening, Park(ing) Day effectively initiated an urban design revolution in its home city and has since grown into a global movement. Rebar will present examples of their recent work and discuss the role of user-generated urbanism in shaping the contemporary metropolis. NatioNal iNstitute for ex perimeNtal arts Email [email protected] We b www.niea.unsw.edu.au NatioNal iNstitute for experimeNt al arts Date 21 September 2011 TIME 6-8pm (pre lecture drinks 5.30pm-6.00pm) Location EG02 Lecture Theatre, COFA Paddington, Corner of Oxford Street & Greens Road COST FREE REBAR Elasticity: User Generated Urbanism and the Adaptive Metropolis A Curating Cities Guest Lecture Curating Cities Curating Cities is a ve year project on public art and eco-sustainable development run by NIEA, the City of Sydney , Object Centre for Australian Craft and Design and Carbon Arts, funded by the Australian Research Council. Rebar at Laneway Ar t 2011 Rebar’s work Bubbleway will be featured in City of Sydney’s Laneway Art 2011 under the theme of Urbanity (Re) Engaged, curated by Amanda Sharrad and Justine Topfer. Bubbleway is an inatable social furniture system which will provide a space for social interaction in the historically-rich laneway of Bulletin Place. This work will be on exhibition until 31 January 2012. Laneway Art 2011, which opens 23 September is par t of City of Sydney’ s of Art and About program.
