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The School of Architecture, Design and Planning was always a supporter of the workshop, but it was not until 1989 that Tin Sheds officially became part of the university, presenting art workshop classes. In 2004 Tin Sheds moved into new purpose-built workshops and a gallery in the school, at 148 City
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A few medical and engineering students began to use their expertise with computer graphics, and to experiment with electronics and movement; Brook encouraged them to push the boundaries, and Flugelman introduced them to sculpture. This experimentation gave rise to the
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The Earthworks Poster Collective was based at Tin Sheds for the whole of its existence, from 1972 to 1979. During this time, Tin Sheds was officially known as the Sydney University Art Workshop.
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students David Smith (b.1945) and Jim McDonnell (b.1948). Along with Flugelman, the students created "conceptually ambitious and humorous works" such as
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The Tin Sheds Gallery hosts exhibitions and issues publications relating to national and international architecture, art, design and urbanism.
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This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (Melbourne University Press), 2012.
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sheds in the university grounds. Officially designated as a place for students to study and practise the methods of the
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was coordinator of Tin Sheds from the beginning until 1973. He became a lifelong friend of Brook.
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was involved with the workshop, and wanted to change the name to Fine Arts University Workshop.
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known as Optronic Kinetics in 1970, which used science and technology to experiment with art.
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Under a hot tin roof : art, passion, and politics at the Tin Sheds Art Workshop
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and other forms, leading to the emergence of Optronic Kinetics in 1970.
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Art workshop and later gallery at the University of Sydney, Australia
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University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
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Tin Sheds was the only experimental art workshop at the time;
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Others involved with the organisation of Tin Sheds include:
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Britton, Stephanie; Maughan, Janet (22 January 2019).
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A collection of Optronic Kinetics' work was gifted to
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as an autonomous and informal venue on the grounds of
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This is an edited transcript of a recorded interview.
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student, later a well-known writer and curator), and
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Index

Optronic Kinetics
art workshop
Sydney
New South Wales
University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Earthworks Poster Collective
Donald Brook
Marr Grounds
Joan Grounds
Sydney University
CSR
old masters
conceptual art
24/7
Bert Flugelman
Bernard Smith
computer graphics
Darlington
sculpture collective
Julie Ewington
fine arts
electrical engineering
Flinders University Museum of Art
Inhibodress
Mike Parr
Peter Kennedy
Vivienne Binns
Chips Mackinolty
Marie McMahon
Frances Phoenix

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