Concrete Playground

If you've been wanting to take a hot, young museum out for a few sneaky bevvies, now's your chance. This weekend sees the MCA celebrating its 18th birthday and, rather than choke on a yardstick of fermented portraits, the now-legal gallery will transform its front lawn into a winter wonderland. Old enough to vote, old enough to dismantle the laws of nature, or so the saying goes.

Sydney artist Michaela Gleave will use her powers of meteorological illusion to conjure up a warped snowfield in the middle of summer, and the first 1000 visitors to join the celebration will be rewarded with a birthday snowcone. Afterwards, continue the season-hopping by stepping inside to inspect the Primavera '09 collection, an exhibition of nine talented Australian artists aged 35 years and under.


Image: Michaela Gleave Snowtest 2009 Cinematic snow, shovel.
Installation dimensions variable. Courtesy and copyright the artist.
Photo: Michaela Gleave

Video: Four Seasons - Winter by Antonio Vivaldi. Animation by Ferenc Cakó