1. NETWORKS + CLUSTERS
Chris Gibson
Professor in Human Geography
Deputy Director
Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research (AUSCCER)
University of Wollongong

2. THE GEOGRAPHY OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

3. “It is a network of
artists working in the
building – this
building has given
Sydney generations
of artists” Jess Cook
“I started working in
the building because
of the community –
the collaborations in
here are pretty
unique and exciting”
Honi Ryan

4. THE GEOGRAPHY OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

5. Sheffield, UK

6. “The Centrepiece Queer Collective
have been living in [the old
Marrickville Hospital site] for a
month. They say they have been
forced to squat in the site because of
the lack of affordable housing and
studio space in the inner west”
“new businesses read like a list from
Christian Lander’s popular blog ‘Stuff
White People Like’: an organic
farmers market, artist warehouses,
Thai restaurants and coffee shops”

8. Gibson, C and Brennan-Horley, C
(2006) ‘Goodbye pram city:
beyond inner/outer zone binaries
in creative city research’, Urban
Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-
471 Creative work in Sydney
Figure 1: Distribution of total
creative work in Sydney (by
industry), expressed as a
percentage of SLA employed
labour force, collected by
place of residence, 2001
(Source: ABS custom data run)

9. Gibson, C and Brennan-Horley, C
(2006) ‘Goodbye pram city:
beyond inner/outer zone binaries
in creative city research’, Urban
Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-
471
Figure 2: Rate of change
in creative industry
employment, collected
• Creative work in Sydney
by place of residence,
expressed as a
• by place of residence
percentage of SLA
employed labour force,
1986-2001
(Source: ABS custom data
run)
• 1986-2001

10. Gibson, C and Brennan-Horley, C
(2006) ‘Goodbye pram city:
beyond inner/outer zone binaries
in creative city research’, Urban
Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-
471
Figure 3: Rate of change in
creative work by industry,
by place of employment,
expressed as a percentage
• by place of employment
• Creative work in Sydney
of Sydney’s total creative
workforce, 1991-2001
(Source: ABS custom data
run)
• 1986-2001

13. Parap
Inner city
Winnellie

14. City centre-suburb interactions

15. • Where is creative Sydney?
→ catch and release experiment