| Venue | Golden Square Carpark |
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| Dates | Wed 26 May—Sun 6 June, 6PM—12AM (Last entry at 11PM) |
| Note | Closed Mon 31 May |
| Duration | Please allow 1 hour for exploration |
| Price | $23—$32 + booking fee |


Event Information

| AUSLAN | AUSLAN tour on Thu 27 May, 7-9PM use promo code AUSLAN to book
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| AUDIO DESCRIPTION | Audio Described tour on Wed 2 June, 7-9PM use promo code DESCRIPTION to book
| ACCESSIBLE ENTRY | A designated accessible vehicle transport service will operate from ground floor from the Lonsdale Street drop off point to level 6 of the site for entry and return.  Companion Card holders are eligible for a complimentary companion ticket. |
| TO BOOK | Please contact our Ticketing team on 03 9662 4242 or via [email](mailto:ticketing@rising.melbourne) |

Accessibility Services

This activation takes place in a multi-level car park that does not have lift access. Participants traverse five flights of stairs 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 two flights of stairs. 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](mailto: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 street [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.

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).


Venue Access

We are working with the Victorian Government and the Department of Health to deliver a COVID-Safe event for visitors, artists and staff. Find out what we're doing [here](https://rising.melbourne/covid-safe). 

COVID-Safe Information

City of Melbourne

This project was developed and commissioned by RISING.


Supporters 

*Golden Square* is our swirling vortex of contemporary art from Australia and abroad—a concrete temple to big ideas.  

Starting on the car park roof you’ll take in an iconic skyline lit up by [building-sized projections](/festival-program/the-hearts-of-the-people). Grab a cocktail from Fancy Free’s pop-up bar—Melbourne’s impressively pedigreed travelling bar crew (The Black Pearl, Leonardo’s Pizza Palace)—before navigating new commissions from major Australian contemporary artists, including underfoot murals and melting columns of frozen lake water. You’ll then head down through the car park’s lower levels exhibiting video, performance and sculptural works.

In its first year, *Golden Square*’s curator Grace Herbert has used the theme *Inland Tides* to examine migration, colonisation, technology, consumerism and an environment in flux. Celestial bodies move aquatic swells, fresh water meets salt, minerals are deposited, and information exchanged. By the time you reach street level, the world’s going to look different. 

## Artists  

__Patty Chang, *Invocation for a Wandering Lake*, 2016__

A dead beached whale and the hull of a ship are washed by the artist on the shores of Newfoundland. *Invocation for a Wandering Lake* is part of *[the hearts of the people are measured by the size of the land](/festival-program/the-hearts-of-the-people)*.

__[Reko Rennie, *Initiation OA_RR*, 2021](/festival-program/reko-rennie)__

Rennie, driving a custom Holden Monaro, cruises the Western suburbs, performing burnouts as a form of contemporary Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi mark making to an operatic score composed by Deborah Cheetham AO. 

__Lu Yang, *Power of will—final shooting*, 2016__

Digital self-portraiture caught in the flow, emerging inflated, glowing and new. 

__Parallel Park, *Mission Surge*, 2018__

Piloting a land-bound kayak requires perfect timing and even pressure. An absurd, erotic marathon and durational performance moving through Golden Square. 

__Tabita Rezaire, *DEEP DOWN TIDAL*, 2017__

Fibre-optic cables and sunken cities. Transoceanic networks and drowned bodies. Water as a conductive interface for communication.  

__[Lucy Bleach, *By This Lake*, 2021](/festival-program/by-this-lake)__

Glowing, frozen blocks of lake water on Golden Square’s roof slowly melt; while marine microphones embedded within record the cracking ice as the melt leeches out of the carpark and into the city. 

__[Jason Phu, James Nguyen, Nabilah Nordin and Veisinia Tonga, *Parade for the Moon*, 2021](/festival-program/parade-for-the-moon)__

Mythical beasts, creatures of the night and spiritual beings march sporadically throughout the night in a parade of collective moon worship.  

__Agnieszka Polska, *The New Sun*, 2017__

The sun sings a gospel—trolling you in the moments before extinction.

__Monira Al Qadiri, *The End*, 2017__

A hamburger levitates before your eyes. The most powerful food object in the industrialised world and a totem of US cultural expansion—floating precariously in space, ready to fall from grace.

__Rox Lee (Roque Federizon Lee), *Juan Gapang (Johnny Crawl)*, 1987__

A figure crawls on the street of Manila in a film made a year after the Edsa Revolution—the revolution that ended the 20-year presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. 

*Juan Gapang (Johnny Crawl)* is part of *[the hearts of the people are measured by the size of the land](/festival-program/the-hearts-of-the-people)*.

__Curated by Grace Herbert__

Reko Rennie

Lucy Bleach, By This Lake, 2021 

Tabita Rezaire, DEEP DOWN TIDAL, 2017

Lu Yang, Power of Will—final shooting, 2016

Patty Chang, Invocation for a Wandering Lake, 2016 

Parallel Park, Mission Surge, 2018 

Jason Phu, James Nguyen, Nabilah Nordin and Veisinia Tonga, Parade for the Moon, 2021 [blue dot] 

Agnieszka Polska, The New Sun, 2017 

Our spiraling, sparkling Chinatown art car park. A concrete cavern of melting ice sculptures, a laser-eyed inflatable, kayak performance, cocktails and moon parades. 

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