Kaldor project looks at sound as a medium

Like a message in a bottle, a colonial rotunda above The Rocks in Sydney is used in tandem with Mozart's music to transport viewers and evoke a journey across the high seas.
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Photograph Peter Greig; supplied courtesy the artist and KPAP

Sydney audiences always wait with bated breathe for the unveiling of the next Kaldor Public Art Project, which not only dramatically changes the city’s landscape temporarily – think of such projects as Jeff Koons’ Puppy (1995), Gregor Schneider’s intervention at Bondi Beach (2007), Jonathan Jones’ work in the Botanic Gardens (2016) and all the way back to Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Coastline (1969) – but have also significantly impacted the way we think about contemporary art practice, such as the live performance survey, 13 Rooms (2013) and groundbreaking works such as Gilbert & George (1973).

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina