Image: Detail, Design for Tear-a-Way: an interactive fashion presentation. Designed and developed by University of Technology Sydney (UTS) fashion students in collaboration with Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 2013

– More than 40 talks, performances, workshops & films to be presented over 17 days in April 2018 –

Founder and executive director of the newly created Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI), Dr Gene Sherman AM, today announced the Centre’s five-year vision to elevate fashion and architecture to a more prominent place alongside other mediums of cultural expression. SCCI is the latest evolution of the re-named not for profit Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF).

Dr Sherman said “Our aim is to provide a vibrant platform for the exchange of the most challenging and engaging ideas on architecture and fashion, within the broader context of culture. Fashion, in particular, has lacked serious attention as a sophisticated, intellectually rich and multifaceted mode of creative expression. Through SCCI, we seek to elevate it to a more prominent position alongside other artforms, and begin a conversation that is long past due. The very best of contemporary ideas on architecture, and its intersections with cultural, social, aesthetic and economic life, will also be explored intensively at SCCI.”

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