In recent years Demand has begun to move beyond traditional exhibition models for his work by transforming the gallery spaces, with carefully designed wallpaper for his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London (2006), or with a complex installation of curtains as a background for his works at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (2009-2010). His new Kaldor Public Art Project extends out to a totally new environment, creating an entire architectural setting for his works, a first for the artist and a unique experience for Sydney. 

The series of works that Demand will present for this project are not only crafted with the utmost care but are also printed using a Dye Transfer technique that only a handful of specialists in the world can achieve, one of the oldest colour photographic processes, peerless for its richness, depth and fidelity. Demand has used some of the last remaining papers and materials of their kind to print his works via this rare technique, a method that will be soon unavailable for future generations of artists. The project will also include collaborations with Miuccia Prada, who has contributed a unique scent for this new environment, and US author Louis Begley (novels include: ‘Wartime Lies’, ‘The Man Who Was Late’ and ‘About Schmidt’) who has developed a short story for the installation. 

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