During the Biennale of Sydney the darkened space of Carriageworks has been dominated by video work . Although the space includes several sculptures and sculptural installations, the video component is so extensive that however the viewing experience is dominated by video work. So extensive is the video component that Artistic Director Juliana Engberg and the Biennale team have developed a festival-within-a-festival entitled The Long Program, in which visitors can spend up to two days viewing feature-length video works which aren’t given justice by a passing viewing experience in an art gallery setting. Utilising the expanded space recently launched during the Sydney Contemporary art fair, Biennale has brought together work which references not only the space’s previous life as the Kennedy Miller Mitchell film studios, but also the varied use of the venue for theatrical and other performance works.
