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Victoria's new Centre for Contemporary Arts November 2002
Volume 3, Issue 2
Over 1000 people joined the Premier, Steve Bracks, and the Minister
for the Arts, Mary Delahunty, when Victoria's newest arts space
threw open its doors to the public on Sunday 15 September 2002.
Ngargee, the contemporary arts centre at 111 Sturt Street, Southbank,
is the new home for three of Victoria's leading contemporary
arts companies - the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
(ACCA), Chunky Move Dance Company, and Playbox Theatre.
Ngargee (pronounced na-jee) is a Boonerwrung and eastern Kulin
word, meaning celebration - in story, dance and song.
The project is the first major project to be commissioned, funded
and built by the Bracks Government and forms the southern end
of Melbourne's contemporary arts precinct. Other projects in
the precinct include the redevelopment of NGV International
on St Kilda Road and the proposed Recital Hall and MTC Theatre
development announced by the Premier in February.
Designed by Wood Marsh Architects, the ACCA building is prominent
on Sturt Street and provides over 1300 square metres of gallery
and administration space. Chunky Move has 660 square metres
of rehearsal studios and offices, including amenities for the
dancers.
The new Playbox set construction workshop along Dodds Street
is over 1300 square metres and addresses many of the occupational
health and safety concerns of its existing workshop. The courtyard
amphitheatre provides an outdoor performance space and a focus
for future events.
The project has cost $11.5 M with $10.3 M committed by the Victorian
Government. Additional funding was sourced from major sponsors
- Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration, Monash University, Carlton
& United, Dimity Reed, BHP Steel and the Besen Family Foundation. |
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