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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS... SEMESTER 2 DIGITAL STUDIO INSTRUCTORS || DAGMAR REINHARDT
THE SYDNEY FESTIVAL CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE OF CELEBRATION AND INCLUSIVENESS OF THE CITY EVERY JANUARY IN SYDNEY. THE CENTRAL LOCATION OF THE GARDEN PROVIDDS AN OPPROTUNITY, WHERE PEOPLE, MOVEMENTS, AND THE SCENERY CONGLOMERATE AS SPECTACLES AND SPECTATORS AS IT DOES IN A PERFORMANCE. OUR AIM IN DESIGN IS TO RETHINK THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE VIEWER AND THE PERFORMANCE AND INLUCDE THE AUDIENCE, THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY AS A PART OF SPECTACLE, PART OF THE PERFORMANCE AND THE CARNIVAL. WITHIN THE SITE OF THE FESTIVAL GARDEN, THE MIRRORED FACADE WORKS TO COMBINE ‘THE FAMOUS SPIEGEL TENT’ WITH THE SYDNEY FESTIVAL’S DESIRE FOR AN ACTIVE, ANIMATED AND MODERN FESTIVAL ENVIRONMENT. THE STRUCTURE BECOMES AN INSTRUMENT TO ENLIVEN THE AREA AND THE CITY. THE PLAYFUL REFLECTIONS VISIBLE ROM THE STREET AND HYDE PARK, WOULD INVITE PEOPLE TO INTERACT AS WELL AS CONNECTING THE THEATER TO ITS CITY ENVIRONMENT, THE FRAGMENTATION AND DISTORTION OF THE MIRROR, THEN PLAYS WITH BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY AND FICTION. INITIAL CONCEPT IMAGE