Housed in an ‘Arts and Crafts’ style building in Marrickville, Sydney Non Objective is located in one of Australia’s most culturally diverse areas. Easily found via public transport, SNO lies 6kms from the Sydney CBD (see the map in CONTACT for details). The SNO Program is supported by Marrickville Council, the NSW government through Arts NSW and the Australian Government through its Visual Arts a
nd Crafts Strategy. SNO coordinates activities locally, nationally, and internationally. There are four exhibition spaces, a dedicated projection space and two artist residency studios (available via application). There is a monthly exhibition program of visual and sound art, accompanied by performances, talks and publishing. Artists are invited to exhibit or may submit a proposal to the SNO curatorial committee. The central idea that informed SNO's inception in 2005 remains today in the management of the program: to provide an alternative critical position within contemporary Australian art and how this relates to a broader international spectrum. The selected projects generally reflect a wide variety of approaches to the plastic arts, new media, or any form that may provide a deepening of the contemporary investigation into non-objective, concrete, and abstract art in general. SNO attempts to critically balance different levels of artistic experience often by presenting established and emerging artists together.. Its specialist program also aims to sustain a policy of innovation and integration of new ideas,
For further information about SNO's history see Carolyn Barnes' essay in the
2010 SNO Catalogue PDF
