Carriageworks has announced that chef, restaurateur and pioneer of distinct Cantonese-Australian cuisine, Kylie Kwong, will curate the Night Market with a line-up of over 60 stalls from Australia’s best chefs and producers on Friday 15 February 2019. The event is designed to showcase creative responses to themes presented by renowned American artist Nick Cave’s installation UNTIL, Carriageworks’ largest installation to date. The Night Market will feature a program of live music, DJs and cooking demonstrations and celebrate locally-sourced dishes inspired by diverse global communities and story-telling.

‘Part of my responsibility as an artist is about how do I engage Community. It’s not something that I even think about anymore, it’s just part of my practice and I think that is because I can’t do it by myself. I need the Community to help me deliver the message.’ Nick Cave.

Chef and curator Kylie Kwong was invited by Nick Cave to participate in a one-day Call and Response workshop last month alongside musicians, poets, artists and writers. The Night Market is Kylie’s unique creative response to his monumental work and she has encouraged each participating restaurant and bar to bring its own creative response via the dishes and drinks they will serve.

Image: Kylie Kwong by Dan Boud