Curator: Grace Herbert

Creative Producer: Adriana Navarro


ARTISTIC TEAM

Golden Square is RISING’s swirling art car park—three levels of art, performance, parades and rooftop bars. 
Smack bang in the middle of the longest continuous Chinatown in the West is a twisting maze of contemporary art. Cultures, religions and identities overlap with new iterations of centuries-old folklore. Rough concrete pillars, glowing pyramids and a capitalist mega-church are the architecture of our multi-level exhibition of ritual, mythology and digital spirituality.
Grab a drink and enter the fun-flux of spacetime. Blackhearts &amp; Sparrows are serving up new-wave wine born from ancient traditions. There are cocktails and sacrilegious merch items too, dip your hand in one or both—sticky fingers be damned (or blessed).

RISING 2022 MERCH SHOP

Get Lost, Go Deep and Shake Loose at RISING

A Curators' Guide to RISING 2022

A wide shot of inside a darkened Golden Square Car Park lit be neon lights on the roof and poles, and the light from Lu Yang's inflatable sculpture and Tabita Rezaire's video work

A wide shot of inside a darkened Golden Square Car Park 

Parade for the Moon rollerskaters fly around the rooftop of Golden Square on the first night of RISING 2021. In the background, a home-made chinese dragon, covered in string lights moves onto the rooftop 

Parade for the Moon by Jason Phu at Golden Square 2021. Photo: Nick Buckley

A character from Parade for the Moon—with a handmade cardboard box head—faces the camera, lit by blue neons, and with full moon in the distance behind it 

The rooftop of Golden Square on the first night of RISING 2021. Reko Rennie's OA motif mural dresses the rooftop as rollerskaters wearing home-made bird costumes whirl around the crowd. 

A wide view of the Golden Square rooftop bar drenched in blue neon. Only the inside of the bar is lit up.

Golden Square rooftop bar 2021

A darkened parking lot at night, lit up be neon beams and the lasers shooting out of Lu Yang's inflatable head artwork.

Power of Will—final shooting by Lu Yang at Golden Square 2021. Photo: Nick Buckley

A wide view of Tabita Rezaire's Deep Down Tidal in the undercover car park of Golden Square 2021.

Deep Down Tidal by Tabita Rezaire at Golden Square 2021. Photo: Nick Buckley

I Conjure

Scotty So

Ultra Wet Recapitulation

Parade for the Moon

SEEING IS BELIEVING BUT FEELING IS THE TRUTH

The White Waters

Weather Forecast

Power of Will—final shooting

Banksia

Deep Down Tidal

Invocation for a Wandering Lake

Slime Engine

This project was developed and commissioned by RISING.  


Playking Foundation

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Golden Square

This activation takes place in a multi-level car park that does not have lift access. Participants traverse four flights of stairs (32 steps) to reach the start of the exhibition, and cover a distance of 370m to view all of the works. To exit the venue one must go down four flights of stairs (33 steps). The journey involves some ramps and inclines due to the existing design of the car park. There is a sit-down bar and numerous rest points along the journey.  

We have an assisted access plan in place for those with mobility needs. Please ensure you book one of our Accessibility tickets by contacting our Ticketing team on 03 9662 4242 or via email at ticketing@rising.melbourne and letting us know of your access requirements.  

Accessibility ticket purchasers are entitled to a free companion ticket so that a friend or carer may assist you with the journey. The RISING team can transport those with Accessibility tickets via a wheelchair accessible vehicle to the higher levels of the car park.  

Please see below for more details regarding our accessible entrance and parking.  

ACCESSIBLE PARKING  

- 2 x accessible parking bays available on ground floor of Golden Square Car Park—enter from Lonsdale Street. Additional accessible parking can be arranged on a case-by-case basis, in liaison with rising access team and golden square carpark staff.  
- 1 x accessible parking spot available on corner of Heffernan lane & Lonsdale Street and also available on streets [throughout CBD](https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/health-support-services/accessing-melbourne/pages/mobility-maps.aspx).  

ACCESSIBLE DROP OFF  

There is a designated area assigned to accessible drop off via Lonsdale Street entry point through the carpark boom gates. Area will be sign posted.  

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE  

Lonsdale Street entry point through the car park boom gates. Area will be sign posted.  

ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM  

Ground floor next to accessible drop off point. Another bathroom is on the rooftop in the covered annexe.  

DISTANCE COVERED BY PARTICIPANTS  

370m across two levels.  

DOG SPENDING/REST AREAS  

Numerous rest areas positioned across both levels of the Golden Square Car Park site.  

INTRA SITE TRANSPORT  

A designated accessible vehicle transport service will operate from ground floor from the Lonsdale Street drop off point to level 6 of site for entry and return. This can be booked with our customer service team on (03) 9662 4242 or ticketing@rising.melbourne  

SENSORY MAP  

A sensory map of Golden Square Car Park is coming soon.  

PUBLIC TRANSPORT  

Nearest accessible train station: Melbourne Central Station, access via Swanston Street and Flinders Street Station, access via Swanston Street and Flinders Street Station.  

Nearest accessible tram stop: Melbourne Central Station/State Library Tram Stop (Swanston Street between Little Lonsdale Street and La Trobe Street).  
