Richmond Railway Station. Image courtesy of Yarra City Council.

Preserving The Ephemeral

Street Art and Urban Space Public Forum+Tour

Sunday 22 August, 11am – 1pm Fitzroy and 3.00pm – 5.00pm at the University of Melbourne

Richmond Railway Station. Image courtesy of Yarra City Council.

Preserving the Ephemeral – a collaborative initiative between City of Yarra and The University of Melbourne – is a public forum to discuss the relationship between street art and architecture; the regeneration of urban space; and the merits or otherwise of street art conservation.

Program

Guided Tour of Melbourne Street Art: Sunday August 22, 11am – 1pm, Fitzroy, $39 per person (Bookings essential contact Anthony White for more information about the bookings).

Public Forum: Sunday 22 August 2010, 3.00pm – 5pm, James Hardie Theatre, Architecture Building at The University of Melbourne. Free entry

The tour and forum are part of a University of Melbourne three-day conference – Interspaces: Art + Architectural Exchanges from East to West

For more information: www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/interspaces%20.html

Or contact Dr Anthony White. Email: a.white@unimelb.edu.au. Phone: +61 3  83443408

Michelle Zemancheff, Arts & Cultural Services City of Yarra. Email: Michelle.Zemancheff@yarracity.vic.gov.au. Tel: +61 3 9205 5359