Creative Sydney reveals creative leaders (inc. Rebecca Carrasco) for unique 10×10 PROJECT

Some of Sydney’s most respected creative minds, including Sass & Bide’s Sarah Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, Dinosaur Designs co-founder Liane Rossler, film critic Margaret Pomeranz and advertising creative Rebecca Carrasco (left), have contributed to an inspiring online project for Creative Sydney called the 10×10 PROJECT:    .

Launching on June 4, and prepared from nominations gathered in the lead up to Creative Sydney’s program of free discussions and presentations at the MCA, the 10×10 PROJECT invites 10 creative leaders to each introduce 10 Sydney-based creatives who inspire their own outstanding work, drawing from film, fashion, music, performance, media, events, architecture, design, advertising and technology.

Curators for 2010 are:

Liane Rossler – co-founder of Dinosaur Designs, Green Ups and the Pacific Islands Projects Margaret Pomeranz– one of Australia’s most respected Australian film critics Ross Dawson- futurist and entrepreneur his blog Trends in the Living Networks isranked as one of the top business blogs in the world

Sixty40 – Mark Simpson and Matt Taylor are founders of this award-winning animation powerhouse

Rob Hirst – musician, songwriter and founding member of Midnight Oil

Chris Bosse – architect, director of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture

Rhoda Roberts – producer and creative director of Sydney New Years Eve, and festival director, Garma Festival

Heidi Middleton and Sarah Jane-Clark (Sass&Bide) – founders of one of Australia’s most successful fashion labels

Lee Lewis – actor and director on- and off- Broadway and theatre in Sydney

Rebecca Carrasco -creative behind some of Australia’s most awarded ads, the world’s topshows, and has been a regular award judge and industry speaker

“The10x10 PROJECT is really about the power of personal recommendation,acknowledging outstanding creative work, and enabling entrepreneurs tobuild sustainable businesses in Sydney,” says Creative Sydney directorJess Scully.

Creative Sydney will be held over 10 days from June5 – 13 with a program that boasts an inspiring series of professionaldevelopment events and wide-ranging entertainment for the public.

Key elements to the Creative Sydney program include:

Creative Futures: involves 15 presentations in five different sessions, on the future of

thecreative industries. Visitors can rsvp for one or all of the sessions.A major highlight will be the ‘Network and Clusters’ presentation thatwill reveal where creative communities work and live in Sydney usingbespoke GPS-based research. (Saturday June 5)

•    Sydney Sessions:six one-off nighttime performances produced by remarkable mixes ofcreative disciplines. Participants include Even Books, Parades,Cameras, Dorkbot and lots more. (Monday June 7 – Saturday June 12)

•    Creative Connections:a day for focused networking and an opportunity to connect with theorganisations and support structures that help creative people andbusinesses reach their full potential. A highlight on this day is TheBig Debate “Is Sydney falling behind or leading the way?” (SaturdayJune 12)

•    Panel discussions: five thought-provokingevening sessions covering Creative For a Cause; Local Talent/GlobalMarket; Creative/Commercial; The New Niche and Making it Happen.

•    Wrap Party:Featuring some of Sydney’s best bands, performers and DJs (CloudControl, The Paper Scissors, Songs, Shady Lane, Seekae, Richard In YourMind, Pivot (PVT) DJ) – this free music event will be held on the finalnight of Creative Sydney. The ‘Wrap Party’ will be supported by FBiradio, so tune in at home to be part of this unique live musicexperience or register to attend the party in the MCA Foundation Hall.(Sunday June 13).

Creative Sydney is part of Vivid Sydney (27May – 21 June), the city’s annual festival of light, music and ideas,and the largest festival of its kind in Australia and the SouthernHemisphere.

Last year was Creative Sydney’s inaugural year, and theprogram attracted around 9,000 people, this year Creative Sydneyexpects to engage with over 15,000 creators and fans.

For more information on Creative Sydney visit www.creativesydney.com.au and to plan your Vivid Sydney experience visit www.vividsydney.com.au.