Now and When: Australian Urbanism at the Object Gallery

Australia’s exhibition from the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale will be appearing at a number of Australian and overseas locations throughout 2011.

The exhibition features spectacular architectural visions of Australia’s potential urban future in 2050 and beyond, along with 3D stereoscopic aerial views of three Australian urban landscapes of the present. 

The NOW component, by photographer and co-creative director John Gollings, features a sequence of 3D aerial images of Melbourne, Sydney and Surfers Paradise, contrasted with the giant mining pits at Kalgoorlie and Newman.

The WHEN component, overseen by co-creative director Ivan Rijavec, features a nine minute sequence of ‘ideas’ from seventeen architectural collaborations of possible future urban spaces – including floating cities, submerged cities, and new desert spaces.