Carriageworks, one of Australia’s largest multi-arts precincts, has today unveiled NO SHOW, a three-week presentation of projects by 11 artist-led initiatives from across NSW. Presented with the support of the NSW Government through Create NSW, NO SHOW features the work of more than 50 largely early-career  Australian artists and writers. NO SHOW will take over the Carriageworks Public Space and Bay 19 from 12 February until 7 March 2021 with a constantly evolving display of art installations, screenings, performances and writer residencies.
Developed by Carriageworks curator Aarna Hanley and presented free to the public, NO SHOW highlights the activities of artist-run spaces, cooperatives, digital platforms, online publications and studios in NSW, each presenting an independent program across the three weeks. Based locally, regionally and online, the invited organisations are ANKLES, Boomalli, Firstdraft, KNULP, Our Neon Foe, newly established Pari in Western Sydney, Prototype, digital publications Running Dog and Runway Journal, Studio A, and new regional initiative WAYOUT Artspace.

Image:Left to Right: Mehmet Mevlütoğlu, ‘Area Drip 2 (Safety BB)’, 2021 and Feras Shaheen, ‘Cross Cultures’, 2020 for Pari. Installation view ‘No Show’, 2021, Carriageworks. Photo credit Zan Wimberley