A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format.

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Sepia photograph of the Technological College and Museum in Broken Hill

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Black and white photograph of man walking through eucalyptus plantation

Expanding Stories

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

Colour photograph of red corrugated iron building from a high vantage point

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum, Stage 2 exterior from high angle, city skyline in background

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Karen Walker wearing sunglasses, a beige trench coat and jeans walking on a hill.

Karen Walker – My Top 10 Misfits

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Artist Xin Liu floating with arm outstretched against a black background. She wears a full-length grey body suit with long sleeves with bare feet and hands.

Sydney Science Festival

Across Sydney10—17 Aug
Shadows cast by the Powerhouse Parramatta exoskeleton on concrete

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

A woman stands on stage in front of a large audience. She has her left hand raised in the air and a microphone in her right hand. The audience are holding their phones up recording the woman.

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Stories

Karen Walker – My Top 10 Misfits

Beautiful Freak in the Machine
Powerhouse X VIVID
Karen Walker wearing sunglasses, a beige trench coat and jeans walking on a hill.

‘Corduroy, tweed, Cuban heels, bonkers glasses - need I say more?’
Karen Walker

From Jarvis Cocker to James Baldwin to Nina Simone, Karen Walker shares her top 10 misfits and how they have influenced her style and worldview.

Body hugging, knee length dress made of navy blue cotton mix fabric. Printed in white and grey on the front of the dress is a fake multi-strand necklace of pearls.
Object No. 2001/66/1-1
Dress designed and made by Karen Walker, New Zealand, 2000
A model wearing black dress, white high heels, and pearl necklace standing in front of a pink background. At the top right of the photo prints 'Etiquette' in white text.

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

This is a series of five short films telling stories of fashion, freedom and self-expression. Trailblazers share stories of personal bests and creative processes, colliding with layers of imagery from their bodies of work. These short films are for style fans and pop culture geeks, celebrating the outliers, the misfits and the spirit of creativity.

Presented by Vivid Ideas and Powerhouse

Featuring: Karen Walker
Creative director: David Bonney
Creative producer: Anna May Kirk
Commissioning editors: Callum Cooper, Lisa Ffrench, Tory Loudon Producer: Cara Stewart
Editor: Yeoseop Yoon
Image research: Brittany Wyper
Special thanks to Mikhail Gherman