Duration : Friday 1st Feb to Sunday 24 Feb – official events period
Location : Several locations were used during the course of the Chinese year celebrations.
· Belmore Park - site of the official launch and Chinese Markets from the 1st to the 3rd Feb.
· Chinese New Year Street Parade – Cnr of George and Park sts to Tumbalong Park Darling Harbour. The Parade begins and ends outside of the traditional Chinatown district of the city. Feb 10.
· Dragon Boat Races (Darling Harbour) 16th and 17th of Feb. Onshore food markets.
· Living Colour display – flower arrangements portray Chinese motifs throughout city locations. http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/cny/documents/SLC_Brochure.pdf 12 Feb to 23 Feb.
Spatial
Consequences : Chinese New Year celebrations included a number of different types of events with different spatial impacts. The ‘Street Parade’ engages directly with the space of the street. Like all street parades it invades the city in a more direct and confronting way than an event in a park or a sanctioned public gathering space. Street parades energise the city and provide a form of spectacle that disrupts usual uses. Music, dance and cultural symbolism make this event unique for its performative and ritualistic funcitons.
Other events held in Belmore Park transform the space completely and move a cultural event into a space that is occupied by people from many different cultural backgrounds. The proximity to Central Station creates easy access to the event for anyone travelling to the heart of the city. Although the physical and visual connections between the station and the park are limited and do not permit direct engagement.
Secondary
programmatic
events : The Chinese New Year celebrations are sanctioned by the City of Sydney. Street parades and Park events require official support. These events encourage a whole range of other non-sanctioned activities such as Chinese New Year banquets in the various Chinese restaurants across the city and performances. Many of these non-official events occur in Chinese sectors of the community. The main events do create an atomosphere of festivity within the city and permeate other spaces such as tv, radio, and the internet.
As a cultural event, virtual connections of simultaneous events occurring throughout the world create another space where this event plays out.
Physical
reshaping of
city fabric : Streets are busier, particularly in the Chinese sectors of the community. Flags across the city identify the event. Garden displays throughout the city identify the event. Music, dance and performance alter the normal street activities. Lanterns in Belmore park and across other sites in the city visually change the appearance of the city. Street parade temporarily interjects into the normal city life.
Technology
to drive social
economic
cultural change : Amplification of music in street parades. Cameras, video cameras and mobile phones capture the moment. Internet, tv and radio relay information about official events and facilitate broadcast of events that have occurred.
Links : City of Sydney
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/cny/default.asp
Official website of city of sydney programmed events
Sydney Fun website -
http://www.sydneyfun.com.au/sydney-chinese-ny-parade-today/
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MseWPuiweBo&feature=related
Flkr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofsydney/
Out to space
Private blog
http://www.outtospace.com/sydney-chinese-new-year-parade-2008/
Stats: Number of people at the main events?
Map population increases during time of event.
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