Facilities tells the story of a city's age, and Sydney's electrical infrastructure informs an especially layered story-- one that ranges from the original wiring of federation-era homes in Glebe and Newtown through the post-war residential expansion that filled Sydney's middle suburbs with brick

In the high-voltage environment of an international city, the stability of a home's electrical infrastructure is often considered granted up until the minute a circuit stops working or a burning aroma wafts from a switchboard. When the lights flicker out across a leafy residential area or a high-