Concrete Playground

Ongoing Events

artfreemusicperformingVerge Festival 2010

Verge is strange. That's one of the best things about it.  A silent room churns with frenetic dancers, hopping and bobbing to a common beat. Comedians push to entertain a... Read More »

artfilmfree808.838 / grandfather paradox

Ms&Mr are a fortunate unity. A two-person singular-entity pursuing a single-minded dual obsession with sentimental film and science fiction. Continuing to write their shared history, lived in the parallel dimension... Read More »

artfreeMimi Kelly

Mimi Kelly's works linger in your mind. Combining a gorgeous subject, a glossy fashion aesthetic, slasher movie gore and silver-lined photographic paper, these New Works imprint in subtle ways. Kelly... Read More »

artfreeBrook Andrew: The Cell

You'll need to take off your shoes, store anything sharp and change into one of the hooded suits that hang beside The Cell before you're allowed into it. This reflects... Read More »

artfreeShane Cotton: Smashed Myth

Trouble's brewing in Shane Cotton's Smashed Myth. In just over 40 square metres of canvas, Cotton (the renowned Maori artist of, most recently, Biennale of Sydney fame) has made a... Read More »

artfreeGrove

In the Bible, people are made from ribs and soil. In Mexico, it's corn. In Japan, a baby gets found in a stalk of bamboo. Loss and grief aren't usually... Read More »

artfreeThe Indian Empire, Multiple Realities

Exploring the delicate nature of contact between cultures, The Indian Empire, Multiple Realities draws together various representations of India and foreigners in India. In bringing together both local and outsider... Read More »

artfreegetawayJames Turrell: Within, without

James Turell, a Californian artist who has worked with light and perception as his media and subject matter since the 1960s, apparently studied perceptual psychology, mathematics, astronomy and geology at... Read More »

Playground Blog

How Do You Like Your Coffee: Decaffeinated or Defecated?

We’re a perverse lot, us humans. Tread on a footpath turd or discover an unflushed log and we’ll emit high-pitched girly squeals. But we’ll quite happily fork out big bucks... Read More »

Twitter Updates

The Concrete Playground Daily is out http://paper.li/PLAYGROUNDnews - featuring @TEDchris @GOOD @nytimesarts
4 hours ago
Lots of photos of Hungover Owls! via @lostateminor - http://su.pr/1Earxr
5 hours ago
This is your Friday night date film - http://ow.ly/2ylgC
6 hours ago
A library where you borrow people instead of books - http://ow.ly/2ylt6
7 hours ago
But HOW do you dance without music? - http://ow.ly/2yluW
8 hours ago
This weekend in Sydney: http://bit.ly/dD804z
9 hours ago
Starting next Friday: literally HUNDREDS of plays, bands, exhibitions and other miscellaneous performances at your doorstep -...
10 hours ago
The Concrete Playground Daily is out http://paper.li/PLAYGROUNDnews - featuring @GritFX @BrekkieOnBridge @dailytelegraph @GOOD
10 hours ago
@ascolour No probs, cool project!
10 hours ago
Calling all friends and well-wishers of Bon Iver et al. Here is your new favourite band - http://ow.ly/2ylpz
11 hours ago