Sydney

Drawing along the train lines by Wendy Murray

Ecologies of Forgotten Urban Ecosystems

A collaborative project with Professor Dieter Hochuli and Associate Professor Kurt Iveson.
Focusing on active and abandoned railway corridors, and water storage and distribution infrastructures, this project will: document the animal and plant species that have found home in the city thanks to the fencing of these infrastructures; analyse the implications of these ecologies for the planning and management of existing and future urban infrastructure.

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Sydney OPERA HOUSE : Draw the House by Wendy Murray

Draw the House

With Todd Fuller, Antonia Pesenti, Wendy Murray and Shireen Taweel

Create a range of drawings inspired by one of the world's most iconic buildings.

Once a month join like-minded creative souls to explore the Opera House and its surroundings through the eyes of an artist. Working with a different artist each month, explore various drawing techniques, and perspectives inspired by one of the world's most iconic buildings. 

You will also learn from an expert Tour Guide about the influence of visual arts in the Opera House history, including the beautiful tapestries that grace our venues and foyer spaces. 

Drawing is practical as an architectural and engineering blueprint, but it is also a tool for creative expression and making meaning, visually documenting what we see or imagine on paper, for others to view, interpret and enjoy.

From the very beginning, drawings have played a significant role in the Opera House’s history – a global architectural competition saw entries from all over the world, where a relatively unknown Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, became the winner of a new National Opera House for Sydney. Utzon’s original and somewhat controversial design was an imaginative sculptural response that the judges were convinced would be ‘capable of becoming one of the great buildings of the world’. 

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Subterranean Geographies in Australia Symposium by Wendy Murray

Subterranean Geographies in Australia Symposium - An online event
2 - 25 February 2022
Series of commission drawings by Wendy Murray for this exciting symposium. The Geographical Society of NSW and the School of Humanities and Languages’ Environment and Society Group at UNSW are delighted to present papers that reflect on critical and creative approaches to Australian Subterranean Geography.