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exploring taste—santa margherita gruppo vinicolo places—the creative city of sydney

FROM INDUSTRY TO forgotten areas, reversing the trend of the seventies when buildings considered
old or unsuitable were demolished and new ones built in their place. Now,
INNOVATIVE ART SPACES however, these spaces are being recovered, generating an urban and artistic
fusion that has lead to a newfound appreciation of both the constructions and
the neighborhoods they are found in.
The largest island in Sydney Harbor, Cockatoo Island, is perhaps the perfect
example of this transformation. In the mid-nineteenth century it was used as
a detention center and many buildings were built by the prisoners themselves.
Words AZZURRA GIORGI Almost no one escaped, few could swim and it was said there were sharks in
Railway workshops have become contemporary exhibition spaces and the water. The prison did not last long and at the end of the century it was
markets, abandoned prisons transformed into venues and movie sets. In recent transformed into a reformatory for children. It later became a workshop for
years, Sydney has decided to invest in the redevelopment of its run-down and the construction and repair of ships, becoming the largest structure of its

THE CREATIVE

CITY OF SYDNEY 3. 1.
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photography Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

In Sydney there are already many locations that have been transformed from abandoned and dilapidated
factories to new exhibition spaces, attracting artists and tourists from around the world. Some are still
under construction, others are being designed, one thing for sure is that Sydney’s industry has never 1. 2 – 3.
been so lively. The work of South Korean artist Lee Bul Artists Emma McNally and Alexis Teplin during the
preview for Biennale of Sydney at Cockatoo Island
at the Turbine Hall at Cockatoo Island in 2016
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