Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Major construction milestone achieved for the new museum

gemma ylana

Generations Fellow

2026

Stories

gemma ylana

Generations Fellow

gemma ylana (formerly Gemma Navarrete) is an emerging Chilean/Italian Australian artist hailing from Western Sydney. She succeeds Ghanaian Australian musician FRIDAY* as the final Generations Fellow for 2025. Here we follow ylana’s musical journey through the six months of her creative fellowship – from filming her video ‘mirror’ to bringing her concept EP The Horrors Of to life.

‘The vibe for the past few months has been inspiring, intense and creatively rewarding.’

gemma ylana

June

With the funding from the fellowship, I’m undertaking my most ambitious project yet – a concept EP titled The Horrors Of. The EP is an exploration of self, delving deeper into the horrors of certain emotions: jealousy, insecurity, holding onto a lingering grudge.

In early June, I go on a writing trip to Melbourne and within a week have created the three singles for my EP! I’ve heard from fellow creatives that making music outside your usual comfort zone is a good idea, and I wholeheartedly agree after this trip.

July

I’ve been plotting and scheming unique visual concepts to accompany the EP and to bring the songs to life with a visual storyline. Everything is in the planning stage – visuals, music, styling, concepts – and I’m excited to put it all into motion very soon. Eeeeek!