B-Side Sydney: Memories, Craft and People Behind the Postcards
Creatrip Team
a month ago
During Vivid Sydney, a reporter explores beyond the city’s postcards - the Opera House and Harbour Bridge - to discover neighborhoods, crafts and faces that hold the city’s memories. In Glebe, a maze-like secondhand bookshop and cozy cafés preserve layered histories and unexpected Korean-language books; in the Strand Arcade, Victorian-era shops still practice traditional leatherwork and tailoring alongside artisan coffee, showing respect for slow craftsmanship. At the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Archibald Prize portraits celebrate everyday community figures and elders (including an Indigenous healing elder), revealing who Sydney values. The piece argues that these ‘B-cuts’—unscripted streets, workshops and personal portraits—capture the city’s true character more than its iconic images.
