The document discusses creative industries and communities in cities. It includes quotes from artists in Sydney who value the community and collaborations found by working in the same building. Another quote discusses artists in Marrickville, Australia who have been forced to squat due to lack of affordable housing and studio space. The document also summarizes research on the distribution of creative work in Sydney by location from 2001-2011, showing concentrations in the inner city and changes over time.
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Chris Gibson
Professor in Human Geography
Deputy Director
Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research (AUSCCER)
University of Wollongong
3. ^It is a network of
artists working in the
building C this
building has given
Sydney generations
of artists ̄ Jess Cook
^I started working in
the building because
of the community C
the collaborations in
here are pretty
unique and exciting ̄
Honi Ryan
6. ^The Centrepiece Queer Collective
have been living in [the old
Marrickville Hospital site] for a
month. They say they have been
forced to squat in the site because of
the lack of affordable housing and
studio space in the inner west ̄
^new businesses read like a list from
Christian Lander¨s popular blog `Stuff
White People Like¨: an organic
farmers market, artist warehouses,
Thai restaurants and coffee shops ̄
8. Gibson, C and Brennan-Horley, C
(2006) `Goodbye pram city:
beyond inner/outer zone binaries
in creative city research¨, Urban
Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-
471 Creative work in Sydney
Figure 1: Distribution of total
creative work in Sydney (by
industry), expressed as a
percentage of SLA employed
labour force, collected by
place of residence, 2001
(Source: ABS custom data run)
9. Gibson, C and Brennan-Horley, C
(2006) `Goodbye pram city:
beyond inner/outer zone binaries
in creative city research¨, Urban
Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-
471
Figure 2: Rate of change
in creative industry
employment, collected
? Creative work in Sydney
by place of residence,
expressed as a
? by place of residence
percentage of SLA
employed labour force,
1986-2001
(Source: ABS custom data
run)
? 1986-2001
10. Gibson, C and Brennan-Horley, C
(2006) `Goodbye pram city:
beyond inner/outer zone binaries
in creative city research¨, Urban
Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-
471
Figure 3: Rate of change in
creative work by industry,
by place of employment,
expressed as a percentage
? by place of employment
? Creative work in Sydney
of Sydney¨s total creative
workforce, 1991-2001
(Source: ABS custom data
run)
? 1986-2001