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

Romance Was Born x Bat for Lashes

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

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

Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney12—24 Sep

2023

Stories

Romance Was Born x Bat for Lashes

Beautiful Freak in the Machine

Powerhouse X VIVID

‘This is my favourite piece of clothing I’ve ever owned. I just go into this Frida Kahlo bridal cosmic vortex.’

Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes)

Romance Was Born floor length long sleeve black gown with colourful sequinned images including gold wings, a lobster and a cocktail. — Liberace Tribute Gown, from Whispering Angel collection, Resort 2016, womens, beaded and sequined double net / textile / metal, designed by Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales of Romance Was Born, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2016
Object No. 2021/54/10

Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales of Romance Was Born catch up with long-time collaborator and friend Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) to talk brides, vampires, and alternate universes.

Models pose on the runway during the Australian Fashion Week 2022 Romance Was Born runway show in the center frame. They are wearing colourful floor length dresses. There is a pink LED screen background.

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: Natasha Khan, Anna Plunkett, and Luke Sales
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