Kogarah Municipal Council’s A City of Shadows & Ice Cultural Award 2008 Project Photo “A City of Shadows and Ice”

Project Information

May 29, 2008

"Cities must trade in cultural cringe for a growing sense of confidence in our distinctiveness. They must try to be somewhere, not anywhere in the extended global sprawl of electronic suburbia. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique combination of events that may fuse here is just as compelling as those that may fuse somewhere else. Cities need to involve their people in making and remaking their own mythology, and create something that is truly unique." Marcus Westbury
May 21, 2008

'We must now give greater recognition to culture as a contributor to truly sustainable development that respects people and environments, and serves the cause of dialogue and peace. In this way we shall be able to recover the sense of our joint commitment to promoting “the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind”.' Koïchiro Matsuura - Director-General of UNESCO. PDF Here
April 17, 2008

"Writing about culture is like trying to catch a butterfly with a pin" ... Miriam Lyons on bigger picture cultural change.