Slidenight

Slidenight Series 4

The month of April – the Great Dane's birthday month, will be a busy one as we begin and end a short season on, in and around the work and the legacy of one Mr (Aussie) Jørn Utzon.
Enjoy!

What is Slidenight?

Slidenight is a slightly analog forum for creative people, from writers to botanists, painters, photographers, journalists to architects, landscapers, beatniks, artists..and anyone interested... Tuesday nights we get together to have a few beers, spin a little vinyl and project some images. The idea is that you will get to see and meet some inspiring people and catch up with friends at the same time and make yourself at home –it's that kind of event, if you can't make it this week, get along to the next one. Everyone is invited so please forward this link on to your friends...the more the merrier!

The Slidenight Brief

Slidenight is about journeys of the feet or ambulations of the mind. It is about insight, deviations, process, wrong turns, informality. It is as much about what moves and inspires as what pops out at the end. It hopes to be democratic, candid and casual. We challenge our 'speakers' to deviate from the middle of the road, veer towards the footpath and mount the kerb. Oh, and Slidenight is also about sangria...

Past slidenights included the inspiration of
Richard Goodwin + Sam Marshall (patron saints of slideshows), Choi Ropiha, Peter Lonergan, Richard Francis-Jones, Farnan Findlay, Zoe Wishart, Andrew Ashton, Janet Laurence, Shelley Indyk, Craig Allchin, Mark Gerada and Garth Paterson.

See 2004 program here
See 2005 program here

For more information or to subscribe to the list, suggestions etc email slide@sydneyarchitecture.org

Updated 23rd March2006

sydney architecture walks

SAW - utzon walk

2006 Autumn Program

UTZON
Download review of Utzon series here (640KB)
	Celebrating the work and influence of Jørn Utzon, Slidenight and the Historic Houses Trust bring you a series of talks to coincide with Jorn Utzon’s birthday in April 2006, developing on threads cultural, political and architectural. Every Wednesday in April there will be a talk and discussion followed by light refreshments in the courtyard of The Mint or the Museum of Sydney foyer. All talks 6-8pm \| General $20 Concession/HHT Members $15 \| Includes refreshments \| Bookings essential telephone 8239 2211
Wednesday 5th April Utzon 1: unrealised dreams; the Bayview Houses Richard Leplastrier Introduction: James Weirick Between 1958 and 1966, Jørn Utzon designed a series of houses for his family at Bayview on Pittwater. Though never realised, these houses confirm that ideas explored on a monumental scale in the Sydney Opera House could be equally potent at the size of the individual dwelling and anticipates Utzon’s remarkable series of houses on Majorca. Sydney architect Richard Leplastrier worked for Jørn Utzon between 1964-66, mostly on the Bayview Houses. Through drawings, images & stories, Leplastrier will bring these buildings to life. 6-8pm \| Museum of Sydney \| cnr Phillip & Bridge Streets, Sydney
Wednesday 12th April Utzon 2: vs. the Liberal Government Bill Wheatland with Sylvia Lawson Introduction: Elias Duek Cohen “Went to Yucatan. The ruins are wonderful so why worry. Sydney Opera House becomes a ruin one day” [Utzon postcard to Bill Wheatland from New York] Bill Wheatland was Utzon’s assistant during his latter years in Sydney. Working closely with Utzon’s junior counsel, Neville Wran, Wheatland coordinated Utzon’s legal case for unpaid fees against the Askin Liberal Government. Touching on threads architectural and political, Sydney writer and author of the ‘The Outside Story’, Sylvia Lawson, will discuss with Wheatland these years and the events and intrigues surrounding this unique piece in Sydney’s cultural and political history. 6-8pm \| The Mint \| 10 Macquarie Street Sydney
Wednesday 19th April Utzon 3: after Sydney: Denmark, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Majorca Alex Popov Introduction: Paul McGillick Sydney architect Alex Popov worked for Utzon between 1968-78 before returning to Australia to set up his own much-awarded practice in 1982. Popov will take us through Utzon’s post-Sydney work, describing projects in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Denmark, before taking us to Majorca where the promise of the Bayview Houses were fully realised. 6-8pm \| The Mint \| 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Wednesday 26th April Utzon 4: the legacy Peter Stutchbury, Chris Bosse, Peter Poulet Three wonderfully talented architects with clear but contrasting relationships to the work and methodology of the Great Dane are asked to unpack their own work in light of the work of Utzon. This final Slidenight asks ‘what is the legacy of Utzon’? 6-8pm \| Museum of Sydney \| cnr Phillip & Bridge Streets, Sydney

UTZON
Download review of Utzon series here (640KB)
	Celebrating the work and influence of Jørn Utzon, Slidenight and the Historic Houses Trust bring you a series of talks to coincide with Jorn Utzon’s birthday in April 2006, developing on threads cultural, political and architectural. Every Wednesday in April there will be a talk and discussion followed by light refreshments in the courtyard of The Mint or the Museum of Sydney foyer. All talks 6-8pm \| General $20 Concession/HHT Members $15 \| Includes refreshments \| Bookings essential telephone 8239 2211
Wednesday 5th April Utzon 1: unrealised dreams; the Bayview Houses Richard Leplastrier Introduction: James Weirick Between 1958 and 1966, Jørn Utzon designed a series of houses for his family at Bayview on Pittwater. Though never realised, these houses confirm that ideas explored on a monumental scale in the Sydney Opera House could be equally potent at the size of the individual dwelling and anticipates Utzon’s remarkable series of houses on Majorca. Sydney architect Richard Leplastrier worked for Jørn Utzon between 1964-66, mostly on the Bayview Houses. Through drawings, images & stories, Leplastrier will bring these buildings to life. 6-8pm \| Museum of Sydney \| cnr Phillip & Bridge Streets, Sydney
Wednesday 12th April Utzon 2: vs. the Liberal Government Bill Wheatland with Sylvia Lawson Introduction: Elias Duek Cohen “Went to Yucatan. The ruins are wonderful so why worry. Sydney Opera House becomes a ruin one day” [Utzon postcard to Bill Wheatland from New York] Bill Wheatland was Utzon’s assistant during his latter years in Sydney. Working closely with Utzon’s junior counsel, Neville Wran, Wheatland coordinated Utzon’s legal case for unpaid fees against the Askin Liberal Government. Touching on threads architectural and political, Sydney writer and author of the ‘The Outside Story’, Sylvia Lawson, will discuss with Wheatland these years and the events and intrigues surrounding this unique piece in Sydney’s cultural and political history. 6-8pm \| The Mint \| 10 Macquarie Street Sydney
Wednesday 19th April Utzon 3: after Sydney: Denmark, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Majorca Alex Popov Introduction: Paul McGillick Sydney architect Alex Popov worked for Utzon between 1968-78 before returning to Australia to set up his own much-awarded practice in 1982. Popov will take us through Utzon’s post-Sydney work, describing projects in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Denmark, before taking us to Majorca where the promise of the Bayview Houses were fully realised. 6-8pm \| The Mint \| 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Wednesday 26th April Utzon 4: the legacy Peter Stutchbury, Chris Bosse, Peter Poulet Three wonderfully talented architects with clear but contrasting relationships to the work and methodology of the Great Dane are asked to unpack their own work in light of the work of Utzon. This final Slidenight asks ‘what is the legacy of Utzon’? 6-8pm \| Museum of Sydney \| cnr Phillip & Bridge Streets, Sydney