Creative Director News
ONE THOUSAND DAYS TO GO!
Wednesday, 16 June, 2010Yes folks, it’s 1000 to 100 – that is, one thousand days on the dot until marking the 100th anniversary of Canberra’s name day.
In 1000 days we will be partying like there’s no tomorrow. Except there will be a tomorrow. In fact there will be, at very least, another one hundred years for this city to go on being an incubator for the nation in so many ways – and that’s why the way we are preparing for the centenary celebrations in a very particular way.
Of course there will be a party around the long weekend which will end in a grand celebration on the eve ( March 11th) of our birthday and on the day itself, but...
Canberra's 97th birthday wrapup
The events that surrounded Canberra’s 97th birthday were many and varied: some tried and true such as Celebrate in the Park, some brand new such as the extremely well-attended Symphony in the Park and Flipart, and some simply with a new twist.
Lights! Canberra! Action! was superbly situated in Garema Place this year and worked extremely well as an outdoor event. The prelude and interval interventions by Erth and Dislocate from Flipart added new diversions. Everyone commented that the quality of the entries into L!C!A! has escalated dramatically and certainly all finalists were well received by the large crowd....
So, today’s Canberra’s birthday?
Friday, 12 March, 2010So, today’s Canberra’s birthday? Mmm, what does that mean exactly? It can’t mean the birth of the land, since that happened millions of years ago, pre-Gondwana even. And it isn’t dating the era when it was traditional owners exclusively caring for this land, that’s at least 20,000 years ago, nor even the arrival of inland settlers who started tending the land in the 1820s. No, with the aid of the excellent booklets produced by our historian Dr Dave Headon, I learn that 12 March is the day when the Foundation stones were formally laid to proclaim the site of a new national capital city for the still newly federated nation of Australia. This day truly commemorates the birth day of a city, but a city with influence far beyond its own borders.
Robyn Archer joins Centenary
Wednesday, 8 July, 2009In a major step forward for the centenary project, Ms Robyn Archer AO has been announced as the Centenary of Canberra Creative Director. Ms Archer is a singer, writer, director, artistic director and public advocate of the Arts.
