Experimental

Public Art Park 2023

Site-responsive public art, performances, workshops and more created for Fringe.

FREE EVENT
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A blurred photograph of people looking at abstract art from Public Art Park 2023 in a light purple monotone.
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Image Credit: Emma Byrnes

  • Presented by: Testing Grounds

In public: Experiment / Think / Collaborate / Test / Collect / Run / Talk / Cook / Develop / Share / Dance / Gather / Learn / Mark / Make

Public Art Park brings art in public to Melbourne Fringe 2023, a site-wide program at Testing Grounds featuring numerous projects through the Festival.

A discussion of ideas about public art is critical to this program. So, what is public art anyway? What duty and obligation do we have when we occupy public space with creative works?

Whose narratives and stories are told? What histories are foregrounded? What futures are speculated? What is the relationship with an audience, with the public? What agency does public art have? How does it engage with the temporal, durational, spatial? How does it relate to site and to place?
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  • Duration: Come and go as you please

  • Event Accessibility: Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible, English no barrier

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Testing Grounds - Market Square
    Market Square, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000

    Wheelchair Access

    Testing Grounds - Market Square is wheelchair accessible. Accessible bathrooms are available during Queen Victoria Market operating hours next door.

    Testing Grounds is an outdoor site that sits entirely not he ground level with access from three different streets. There are four main public indoor spaces that all have low access ramps and a ramp to the toilet block also.

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  • Free Event

*Prices are subject to change without notice. Standard terms and conditions apply.

Sessions: In Person Events

Tuesday, 03 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Thursday, 05 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Sold Out
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Friday, 06 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

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Saturday, 07 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Sunday, 08 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Monday, 09 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Thursday, 12 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Friday, 13 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Saturday, 14 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Sunday, 15 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Monday, 16 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Thursday, 19 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Friday, 20 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Saturday, 21 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Free

Sunday, 22 October 2023

12:00am

Testing Grounds - Market Square

Sold Out
 Past Event

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