“Some people listen to music. Some people feel music.
“Some people feel music with dance, or in meditation, or through enormous sub woofers in the trunk of their car that pushes air so hard it can make your hair trick out. This air is passion. This passion is bass, and the car is: a getaway, a chase, the escape.” Joe Namy
Joseph Namy’s Automobile is a free public participatory artwork celebrating auto-culture. The work sees Namy connect with local communities in the host city and surrounding suburbs of the performance space, finding the pockets of passionate car-lovers who have modified their vehicles with state-of-the-art lighting, skins and sound systems. Connecting a series of modified cars using cabling that leads to a centralised DJ Deck activating the cars’ speakers as the PA system, the artwork occupies a public gathering space turning the typically private domain of the car into a public dancefloor and site of celebration. In 2026 the Biennale of Sydney will co-present Automobile with the City of Parramatta as one of the flagship performance events of the 25th edition.
EVENT INFORMATION
Automobile will take place at Centenary Square in Parramatta. This is approximately 200m from Parramatta Train Station and around 300m from the Parramatta Bus Interchange. It is also easily accessible from the Light Rail. It is a ten-minute walk from Parramatta RiverCat Ferry Wharf.
There will be food trucks and a bar available for refreshments, as well as accessible bathrooms. Food offering from Pocket Rocketz and Smoking Gringos.
SET TIMES
6:30PM Joe Namy
7:30PM DJ D
8:30PM Carolina Gasolina
In the event of torrential rain, the event will be cancelled.
Automobile is co-presented and supported by City of Parramatta.
