Join us at the 2023 Un[contained] Arts Festival this winter!

The Un[contained] Arts Festival is once again returning to deliver three days of excitement to surprise and delight our community along Belgrave Street, Kogarah.

The festival will feature an array of immersive art installations, dynamic live performances, and mouth-watering food.

Un[contained] will be an accessible event, inviting people from all walks of life across all abilities to take part in a celebration of our city’s creativity.

Artists include Aaron McGarry, Amy Claire Mills, Nathan Starchild, Curious Legends, UNSW Illuminate, Ox King, Darren Charlwood, Tim Andrew, Pulsing Heart and many more!

Friday 23 June - Sunday 25 June 2023 4.30pm-10.00pm

Kogarah Town Square, Belgrave Street

Artwork sneak peek

Eddy by Pulsing Heart (@pulsing.heart)

Eddy is a participatory sculptural instrument empowering audiences to create a percussive soundscape through collaborative play. The 15-metre-long wall of glossy white spheres is a visually striking, tactile and aural spectacle that becomes the vibrant nucleus of any public space.

Each sphere in Eddy is filled with a different material from ping pong balls or metal bearings, to bottle caps and coins. As the audience spins the spheres by hand, they discover the unique analogue sound each one creates. As more spheres spin, the percussive reverberations layer to create an evolving soundscape, guided by the public.

Antarean Pyramid by Nathan Starchild (@starchildart)

As above, so below. This sacred geometric pyramid construction is designed to call in the energies of the star Antares, the red beating heart of the Scorpius Constellation. Inside you will be guided by “The Light Being” to explore your own creativity, creating a unique piece of light up LED jewellery out of reclaimed and recycled materials to take with you.

Hatched by Curious Legends (@curiouslegends)

What lives in YOUR trash? Hatched is the latest show from Curious Legends, featuring 2 adorable Ibis Chicks - Nellie and Sid - making their way in the world. Hatching from a wheelie bin, these baby bin chickens will light up the night with their antics, clowning, and glowing illumination.

Modelled after the humble bin chicken - much maligned by Australian culture - the Ibis is reimagined in this playful performance by Curious Legends. Perhaps we have more in common with bin chickens than we realise...

Dinners Past by Rhiannon Hopley (@rhiannonhopley)

An immersive installation that explores remembrance and placemaking through projection, sound, and scent.

By evoking memories of lost and past moments, of shared meals with friends and family - the noise, the discussions, the disagreements, the quaint and peaceful moments, the celebrations and milestones - the installation creates a sensory experience that invites viewers to connect with the work with a sense of familiarity, remembering those who have passed while continuing to make new memories with those they love, connecting with new friends, and others who are yet to join us at our dinner table.

HEXADECA

Created by Adelaide based design studio, Pulsing Heart, HEXADECA encourages indulgent play, regardless of your physical ability, age, or culture.

This architecturally designed, music making playground invites you to engage with art in a tactile way.

The project was commissioned by WOMADelaide and premiered in 2022 to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. HEXADECA has since toured across Australia to festivals and public spaces including a ten-day presentation in Fed Square, Melbourne.

Food, Drinks and Dessert:

PourSomeSuga Fairy Floss and popcorn specialising in designer fairy floss that is skilfully crafted in style of popular characters in a variety of different colours and flavours. They also create glow fairy floss in many designs.

Sweet Street Serving up fresh Lokma and waffle sticks loaded with a variety of sweet toppings. Lokma (fried crunchy dough balls) are mixed and fried on site to order and our waffle sticks are pressed on site also before being loaded with warm chocolates and toppings.