Bankstown will come alive and be transformed into a designer’s dream in the final evening of Council’s Art Nights: Culture Alive program.

Creatives can indulge in a series of exhibitions, workshops and screenings by Western-Sydney based designers at Bankstown Arts Centre’s Design Alive evening from 5pm on Friday 1 March.

The evening will see the preview of Urban Theatre Projects exhibition Body Place, by April Phillips, where audiences can take a virtual walk on Country with an illuminated 14-metre screen.

Visitors can also bring the family along for a free movie screening of Paper Planes at Paul Keating Park, hit the dance floor for a silent disco DJ battle, or chill out and enjoy live music by Beat Kitchen Records at Bankstown Arts Centre.

Design Alive will give a taster into the expansive field of design and is all about showcasing ‘design beyond spatial experience’ – the idea that design is present in all areas of life from art to architecture, fashion and landscape.

Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Bilal El-Hayek said the Culture Alive program has been a huge hit and a wonderful showcase of Bankstown’s thriving arts and cultural scene.

“It has been fantastic to see Bankstown bustling over our three-night program, with visitors travelling from outside the City to see what Western Sydney has to offer,” Mayor El-Hayek said.

“I encourage everyone to come along and enjoy the final night of our arts and cultural extravaganza!”

The Design Alive: Design Beyond Spatial Experience program includes:

• Urban Theatre Projects exhibition Body Place by April Phillips preview;
• Badge making workshop with OutLoud;
• Design your own 2D lenticular artwork workshop with Leyla Oz;
• Live music and silent disco DJ battle;
• Design markets with Western Sydney art and design makers;
• Augmented reality art discussion panel;
• Mini animation shorts screening by UNSW students, curated by Karen Kriss and Melody Li;
• Design and fashion takeover at Incubate Studios with Dr Sky Hugman and Dr Karena De Perthuis; and
• Movie screening of Paper Planes at Paul Keating Park.

Visitors can also experience the final days of Bankstown Arts Centre’s outdoor augmented reality and site-specific installation art walk, Hyperreal Amble, and the Blak Flaneur exhibition by Travis De Vries.

For more information, visit the Bankstown Arts Centre website.

This initiative is curated by Bankstown Arts Centre and proudly supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW’s Culture Up Late Western Sydney program.