Sam Lavigne

Listen to exhibition artists Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne for a talk about their new digital commission 'Offset' on the ACCA Digital Wing.

Tega Brain & Sam Lavigne Launch of 'Offset'

Thao Phan

What is the sound of racialisation? How might we listen to misrecognition? What does machine error tell us about the precision of racism? And how can the tools of a racist system be used to transcribe new forms of resistance?This experimental presentation is a collaboration between feminist technoscience researcher Thao Phan and Machine Listening, an ongoing investigation and experiment in collective learning, instigated by artist Sean Dockray, legal scholar James Parker, and researcher, curator and artist Joel Stern. Part lecture and part performance, this event brings together critical work on race and algorithmic culture with new techniques for dissecting and analysing automatic speech recognition, applied to personal and public archives drawn from Thao’s life and research. It features a discussion and demonstration of the Word Processor tool, developed in 2021 by the Machine Listening team and Reduct, a US-based tech company co-founded by the artist Robert Ochschorn.

What is the sound of racialisation? How might we listen to misrecognition? What does machine error tell us about the precision of racism? And how can the tools of a racist system be used to transcribe new forms of resistance? This experimental presentation is a collaboration between feminist technoscience researcher Thao Phan and Machine Listening, an ongoing investigation and experiment in collective learning, instigated by artist Sean Dockray, legal scholar James Parker, and researcher, curator and artist Joel Stern. Part lecture and part performance, this event brings together critical work on race and algorithmic culture with new techniques for dissecting and analysing automatic speech recognition, applied to personal and public archives drawn from Thao’s life and research. It features a discussion and demonstration of the Word Processor tool, developed in 2021 by the Machine Listening team and Reduct, a US-based tech company co-founded by the artist Robert Ochschorn.

Thao Phan Performance lecture: Listening to Misrecognition

Aasma Tulika

Uzma Falak

Shareeka Helaluddin

Mehak Sawhney

Listen to performance lectures 'Loops, Echoes, Phonophanies, and other Détournments' by Suvani Suri and 'Listening to Misrecognition' by Thao Phan, as well as an Artist Talk with Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne on their new digital commission 'Offset'.

Suvani Suri with Aasma Tulika, Uzma Falak, Shareeka Helaluddin, Mehak Sawhney

Zach Blas

Listen to the performance lecture 'Expositio, Iudicium, Lacrimae, or, Does an AI God Have an Ass?' by exhibiting artist Zach Blas exploring the idea of religious-un/conscious thriving in today’s tech industry. Charting his encounters with various artificial intelligence gods, Blas tells of a computational world of divine judgment and devout submission, where artificial intelligence exists alongside mystical glyphs, occult sigils, captured bodies, and corporate transcendence. Through a consideration of religious sermons, offerings of worship, and spiritual iconography, an AI religiosity is traced, in which flesh becomes biometric and emotional crying transmutes into a symbolic language of holy quantification.

Acca Podcast - 3. Zach Blas Performance Lecture

Lauren Lee

Jenny Kennedy

Roe v. Wade is overturned while gene editing is opening entirely new reproductive futures. What does kin mean as reproductive technologies shift our relationships? How much control should we have over a birthing person’s body, and over a life before it begins?.‘The Surrogate project began with a desire to serve as a surrogate. During the pregnancy, the parents would have an app I made that provides 24/7 access to all my biodata, and an interface to control me. So in essence, they could have complete control over my body in which their baby is growing.The past few years of the pandemic have reshaped our bodily boundaries. We’ve swabbed and spit in tubes and traded ownership of our bodily substances in an attempt to feel safe. But these fluids hold the data of our DNA, our personal information, and our identity.I’m fascinated by the ways we’re taught to interact with data, and how this shapes the way we interact with each other. Central to my work is a critique of the simultaneous technological and social systems we’re building around ourselves. What are the rules? What happens when we introduce glitches?’

Roe v. Wade is overturned while gene editing is opening entirely new reproductive futures. What does kin mean as reproductive technologies shift our relationships? How much control should we have over a birthing person’s body, and over a life before it begins?. ‘The Surrogate project began with a desire to serve as a surrogate. During the pregnancy, the parents would have an app I made that provides 24/7 access to all my biodata, and an interface to control me. So in essence, they could have complete control over my body in which their baby is growing. The past few years of the pandemic have reshaped our bodily boundaries. We’ve swabbed and spit in tubes and traded ownership of our bodily substances in an attempt to feel safe. But these fluids hold the data of our DNA, our personal information, and our identity. I’m fascinated by the ways we’re taught to interact with data, and how this shapes the way we interact with each other. Central to my work is a critique of the simultaneous technological and social systems we’re building around ourselves. What are the rules? What happens when we introduce glitches?’

Lauren Lee McCarthy In Conversation With Jenny Kennedy

Through a series of media and artworks, Mimi Ọnụọha’s performance lecture explores absence, knowledge, and how what is missing is still there.

Mimi Ọnụọha Performance Lecture

Laura Raicovich

Listen to writer and curator Laura Raicovich discuss the artworks and methodologies that inform Mithu Sen’s exhibition 'mOTHERTONGUE' in relation to Raicovich’s own practice which calls for institutional change to improve cultural spaces.This conversation was recorded at ACCA on Tuesday 16 May, 6–7pm and is presented with the support of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (KNMA).Read more about the free event here: acca.melbourne/program/laura-raicovich-undoing-and-redoing/Image: Opening event, 'Mithu Sen: mOTHERTONGUE' 2023, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Photograph: Casey Horsfield

Listen to writer and curator Laura Raicovich discuss the artworks and methodologies that inform Mithu Sen’s exhibition 'mOTHERTONGUE' in relation to Raicovich’s own practice which calls for institutional change to improve cultural spaces. This conversation was recorded at ACCA on Tuesday 16 May, 6–7pm and is presented with the support of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (KNMA). Read more about the free event here: acca.melbourne/program/laura-raicovich-undoing-and-redoing/ Image: Opening event, 'Mithu Sen: mOTHERTONGUE' 2023, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Photograph: Casey Horsfield

Laura Raicovich: Undoing and Redoing

Mithu Sen

Listen to artist Mithu Sen in conversation with Max Delany, ACCA’s Artistic Director &amp; CEO, alongside special guests Irina Aristarkhova, Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art &amp; Design and Digital Studies Institute of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Deepanjana Klein, Director of Acquisitions and Development, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). They discuss Sen’s major solo exhibition 'mOTHERTONGUE', which surveys the past two decades of her compelling art practice, including a series of major new installations.This conversation was recorded at ACCA on Monday 24 April, 6–7pm and is presented with the support of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (KNMA).Read more about the free event here: acca.melbourne/program/mithu-sen-in-conversationImage: Mithu Sen, Museum of unbelongings 2016. Courtesy the artist

Listen to artist Mithu Sen in conversation with Max Delany, ACCA’s Artistic Director &amp; CEO, alongside special guests Irina Aristarkhova, Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art &amp; Design and Digital Studies Institute of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Deepanjana Klein, Director of Acquisitions and Development, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). They discuss Sen’s major solo exhibition 'mOTHERTONGUE', which surveys the past two decades of her compelling art practice, including a series of major new installations. This conversation was recorded at ACCA on Monday 24 April, 6–7pm and is presented with the support of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (KNMA). Read more about the free event here: acca.melbourne/program/mithu-sen-in-conversation Image: Mithu Sen, Museum of unbelongings 2016. Courtesy the artist

Mithu Sen in conversation

This recording is part of a video commissioned for 'Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing' developed in conjunction with ACCA’s exhibition ‘Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH’ (23 September – 20 November 2022). The digital publishing project exploring new compositional modes and publics for art writing will be released in early 2023.Credits: Rebecca Bracewell, sound editor Sofie McClure, videographer Lucinda Strahan, editor and program leader Loni Jeffs, editorial coordinator Michaela Bear, participant Ange Crawford, participant Mig Dann, participant Rachel Keir-Smith, participant  Carmen-Sibha Keiso, participant Shari Kocher, participant Josephine Mead, participant Nasim Patel, participant Sofia Stavrou, participant Denise Thwaites, participantPresented in partnership with RMIT University non/fictionLab.Read more and watch the video here: https://acca.melbourne/program/writing-in-the-expanded-field-iv-touching-feeling-writing/

This recording is part of a video commissioned for 'Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing' developed in conjunction with ACCA’s exhibition ‘Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH’ (23 September – 20 November 2022). The digital publishing project exploring new compositional modes and publics for art writing will be released in early 2023. Credits: Rebecca Bracewell, sound editor Sofie McClure, videographer Lucinda Strahan, editor and program leader Loni Jeffs, editorial coordinator Michaela Bear, participant Ange Crawford, participant Mig Dann, participant Rachel Keir-Smith, participant Carmen-Sibha Keiso, participant Shari Kocher, participant Josephine Mead, participant Nasim Patel, participant Sofia Stavrou, participant Denise Thwaites, participant Presented in partnership with RMIT University non/fictionLab. Read more and watch the video here: https://acca.melbourne/program/writing-in-the-expanded-field-iv-touching-feeling-writing/

Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing (Audio-only)

Paul Yore

Listen to the in conversation with artist Paul Yore and Nick Henderson, volunteer committee member at the Australian Queer Archives, and Curator at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. They will be discussing Yore’s extensive survey exhibition 'Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH', unpacking the past fifteen years of his practice, with a focus on the major new immersive installation commissioned by ACCA.This lecture was recorded at ACCA on Saturday 1 October, 5–6pm. Read more about the free event here: https://acca.melbourne/program/paul-yore-in-conversation-with-nick-hendersonImage: Paul Yore, 'WORD MADE FLESH' 2022, installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Photograph: Andrew Curtis.

Listen to the in conversation with artist Paul Yore and Nick Henderson, volunteer committee member at the Australian Queer Archives, and Curator at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. They will be discussing Yore’s extensive survey exhibition 'Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH', unpacking the past fifteen years of his practice, with a focus on the major new immersive installation commissioned by ACCA. This lecture was recorded at ACCA on Saturday 1 October, 5–6pm. Read more about the free event here: https://acca.melbourne/program/paul-yore-in-conversation-with-nick-henderson Image: Paul Yore, 'WORD MADE FLESH' 2022, installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Photograph: Andrew Curtis.

Paul Yore In Conversation With Nick Henderson

Conversations and events from Melbourne's flagship contemporary art space

ACCA Podcast

This panel discussion was presented alongside ACCA's exhibition 'On Vulnerability and Doubt' (until 1 Sept 2019) and focussed on self-doubt, imposter syndrome and the complexities for artists in putting themselves and their work on display.PANELLISTS: Exhibiting artist Charlie Sofo is joined by artists Kevin Chin and Jessie Scott and moderators from the Pro Prac Podcast Nicole Breedon and Kiera Brew Kurec.This program was recorded at ACCA on 17 July 2019 and was presented in collaboration with Pro Prac. This podcast is a special episode of the Pro Prac podcast – the talk behind the artist talk. Find out more here: https://soundcloud.com/propracpodcastRead more about the exhibition here: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/on-vulnerability-and-doubt/

This panel discussion was presented alongside ACCA's exhibition 'On Vulnerability and Doubt' (until 1 Sept 2019) and focussed on self-doubt, imposter syndrome and the complexities for artists in putting themselves and their work on display. PANELLISTS: Exhibiting artist Charlie Sofo is joined by artists Kevin Chin and Jessie Scott and moderators from the Pro Prac Podcast Nicole Breedon and Kiera Brew Kurec. This program was recorded at ACCA on 17 July 2019 and was presented in collaboration with Pro Prac. This podcast is a special episode of the Pro Prac podcast – the talk behind the artist talk. Find out more here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/propracpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/propracpodcast</a> Read more about the exhibition here: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/on-vulnerability-and-doubt/

On Being an Artist – Putting Yourself Out There

In this public forum convened by ACCA Artist Educator Andrew Atchison, artists Emily Floyd, Kathy Temin and Trent Walter reflect on the monument and public sculpture. Taking the current ACCA exhibition, Tom Nicholson: Public Meeting, as a starting point this panel reflects on how the form of the traditional monument might be re-imagined to better engage the contemporary context and our collective futures.This event was part of ACCA Education's Masterclass series.Further resources: https://acca.melbourne/program/public-forum-reflections-on-public-sculpture-and-the-monument/https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/tom-nicholson/Recorded at ACCA on Wednesday 22 May 2019

In this public forum convened by ACCA Artist Educator Andrew Atchison, artists Emily Floyd, Kathy Temin and Trent Walter reflect on the monument and public sculpture. Taking the current ACCA exhibition, Tom Nicholson: Public Meeting, as a starting point this panel reflects on how the form of the traditional monument might be re-imagined to better engage the contemporary context and our collective futures. This event was part of ACCA Education's Masterclass series. Further resources: https://acca.melbourne/program/public-forum-reflections-on-public-sculpture-and-the-monument/ https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/tom-nicholson/ Recorded at ACCA on Wednesday 22 May 2019

Reflections on Public Sculpture and the Monument

This forum considers the role of the curator in relation to Indigenous artists and communities, and address some of the challenges and recent trends in curating Indigenous art today, as well as what the future might look like for Indigenous art and curatorial practice in Australia and internationally.Convened by Hannah Presley, Curator, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, MelbourneGuest speakers: Tina Baum, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia, CanberraBruce McLean, Curator of Indigenous Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, BrisbaneCoby Edgar, Assistant Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; This event was recorded on Monday 27 August 2018Resources:https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/a-lightness-of-spirit-is-the-measure-of-happiness/https://acca.melbourne/program/indigenous-art-and-curatorial-practice/

This forum considers the role of the curator in relation to Indigenous artists and communities, and address some of the challenges and recent trends in curating Indigenous art today, as well as what the future might look like for Indigenous art and curatorial practice in Australia and internationally. Convened by Hannah Presley, Curator, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne Guest speakers: Tina Baum, Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Bruce McLean, Curator of Indigenous Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Coby Edgar, Assistant Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; This event was recorded on Monday 27 August 2018 Resources: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/a-lightness-of-spirit-is-the-measure-of-happiness/ https://acca.melbourne/program/indigenous-art-and-curatorial-practice/

Indigenous Art and Curatorial Practice: A Public Forum

Ian Milliss

Object and Idea: Lecture by Ian MillissNational Gallery of Victoria Curator Brian Finemore saw the 1973 exhibition Object and Idea as a smaller conceptualist sequel to the 1968 exhibition The Field. But one invited artist, Ian Milliss, declined to participate having already moved on to working with trade unions and resident action groups rather than exhibitions, galleries and art audiences. At Finemore’s request Milliss wrote a catalogue essay titled New Artist explaining his thinking, the beginning of a politicised cultural activism that was really only accepted by the art world many decades later with the rise of relational aesthetics and social practice.Further information: acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/ http://www.ianmilliss.com/Recorded at ACCA on Monday 3 June 2019Thank you to our partners:Abercrombie &amp; Kent Presenting Partner; Centre for Visual Art (CoVA) Research Partner; Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM

Object and Idea: Lecture by Ian Milliss National Gallery of Victoria Curator Brian Finemore saw the 1973 exhibition Object and Idea as a smaller conceptualist sequel to the 1968 exhibition The Field. But one invited artist, Ian Milliss, declined to participate having already moved on to working with trade unions and resident action groups rather than exhibitions, galleries and art audiences. At Finemore’s request Milliss wrote a catalogue essay titled New Artist explaining his thinking, the beginning of a politicised cultural activism that was really only accepted by the art world many decades later with the rise of relational aesthetics and social practice. Further information: acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/ <a href="http://www.ianmilliss.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ianmilliss.com/</a> Recorded at ACCA on Monday 3 June 2019 Thank you to our partners: Abercrombie &amp; Kent Presenting Partner; Centre for Visual Art (CoVA) Research Partner; Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM

Defining Moments: Object and Idea by Ian Milliss

A conversation between academic psychologist Professor Cordelia Fine and Chair, Trawalla Foundation; Founding Chair, Women's Leadership Institute of Australia Carol Schwartz.This event is presented by the Women's Leadership Institute of Australia and The University of Melbourne and hosted by ACCA in the gallery during the 2017–18 exhibition 'Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism'.Cordelia Fine is an academic psychologist and writer, and described as "a brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences". Her latest book, 'Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds', won the prestigious Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2017, and was named an Amazon Best Book of the Year.Recorded on Wednesday 21 February 2018Further information:http://www.wlia.org.au/ http://www.trawallafoundation.com.au/https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/unfinished-business-perspectives-on-feminism-and-art/

A conversation between academic psychologist Professor Cordelia Fine and Chair, Trawalla Foundation; Founding Chair, Women's Leadership Institute of Australia Carol Schwartz. This event is presented by the Women's Leadership Institute of Australia and The University of Melbourne and hosted by ACCA in the gallery during the 2017–18 exhibition 'Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism'. Cordelia Fine is an academic psychologist and writer, and described as "a brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences". Her latest book, 'Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds', won the prestigious Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2017, and was named an Amazon Best Book of the Year. Recorded on Wednesday 21 February 2018 Further information: <a href="http://www.wlia.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wlia.org.au/</a> <a href="http://www.trawallafoundation.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.trawallafoundation.com.au/</a> https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/unfinished-business-perspectives-on-feminism-and-art/

In conversation with Professor Cordelia Fine

Hear from exhibiting artists in On Vulnerability and Doubt: Join us in the galleries to hear exhibiting artists Cherine Fahd (Sydney), Archie Moore(Brisbane) and Ambera Wellmann(Berlin), speak about their ideas informing the work in the exhibition and their practice more broadly.Submit your fear to Cherine Fahd's anonymous survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZLLPH8QRead more about the exhibition here: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/on-vulnerability-and-doubt/Additional links: https://www.amberawellmann.com/ https://cherinefahd.com/home https://thecommercialgallery.com/artist/archie-moore/worksRecorded at ACCA on Saturday 29 June 2019

Hear from exhibiting artists in On Vulnerability and Doubt: Join us in the galleries to hear exhibiting artists Cherine Fahd (Sydney), Archie Moore(Brisbane) and Ambera Wellmann(Berlin), speak about their ideas informing the work in the exhibition and their practice more broadly. Submit your fear to Cherine Fahd's anonymous survey here: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZLLPH8Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZLLPH8Q</a> Read more about the exhibition here: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/on-vulnerability-and-doubt/ Additional links: <a href="https://www.amberawellmann.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amberawellmann.com/</a> <a href="https://cherinefahd.com/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cherinefahd.com/home</a> <a href="https://thecommercialgallery.com/artist/archie-moore/works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thecommercialgallery.com/artist/archie-moore/works</a> Recorded at ACCA on Saturday 29 June 2019

Artist Talks: On Vulnerability and Doubt

Eva Rothschild

Internationally acclaimed Irish-born, London-based artist Eva Rothschild discusses her new and recent sculptural works with Max Delany Artistic Director and CEO, ACCA in the lead up the first survey exhibition of her work in Australia at ACCA. This conversation is presented in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria.This event was recorded on Saturday 22 September 2018, hosted at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.Further references:https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/eva-rothschild/

Internationally acclaimed Irish-born, London-based artist Eva Rothschild discusses her new and recent sculptural works with Max Delany Artistic Director and CEO, ACCA in the lead up the first survey exhibition of her work in Australia at ACCA. This conversation is presented in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria. This event was recorded on Saturday 22 September 2018, hosted at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Further references: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/eva-rothschild/

Eva Rothschild: In conversation

Jenny Schlenzka

Jenny Schlenzka, recently appointed Artistic Director of Performance Space New York, speaks about new challenges for Performance Space New York and focus on the new direction she is bringing to the organisation, and reflect upon new developments and challenges curating and exhibiting performance art.This keynote lecture is presented as part of MEL&amp;NYC, a citywide cultural festival celebrating all things Melbourne and New York City from June to August 2018.  Supported by the Victorian Government.This lecture was recorded on 16 August 2018 at ACCA.Resources:https://performancespacenewyork.org/https://acca.melbourne/program/jenny-schlenzka-new-challenges-for-performance-space-new-york/

Jenny Schlenzka, recently appointed Artistic Director of Performance Space New York, speaks about new challenges for Performance Space New York and focus on the new direction she is bringing to the organisation, and reflect upon new developments and challenges curating and exhibiting performance art. This keynote lecture is presented as part of MEL&amp;NYC, a citywide cultural festival celebrating all things Melbourne and New York City from June to August 2018. Supported by the Victorian Government. This lecture was recorded on 16 August 2018 at ACCA. Resources: <a href="https://performancespacenewyork.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://performancespacenewyork.org/</a> https://acca.melbourne/program/jenny-schlenzka-new-challenges-for-performance-space-new-york/

Jenny Schlenzka: New Challenges for Performance Space New York

Rowan Oliver

What roles can social politics and social media play in driving an art practice? What role do beauty and aesthetic boundaries play in art today? How can these things interrelate?Tai Snaith and Rowan Oliver delve down the rabbit hole of creating fictions around ideas and images of self and others, creating characters and narratives to open up ideas of social inclusiveness and empathy. Rowan outlines how we should keep making these fictions despite the despair around us. How does marketing affect our image of ourselves? What roles or characters do we play in social media? And what role do we play in the art world? Is it all a play? Rowan refreshingly discusses how she can foresee parts of her practice ‘shedding’ and talks frankly about choosing the path with the most flexibility of being open with herself. We also discuss Casting as a medium, playing the ‘art system game’ and her plans of moving into ‘Aquarian frequencies and taking down the government’. Additional resources: Rowan’s website: http://rowanoliver.net/ Rowan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everybodysdaughter/  Crumbling World Runway (Moma PS1 performance):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQtOuyUnaU Gifts for Manus and Nauru: https://giftsformanusandnauru.org.au/ David Rosetsky: https://davidrosetzky.com/Women Who Run with the Wolves: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241823.Women_Who_Run_With_the_Wolves Stanislavski's system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislavski%27s_system Spencer Tunick: https://www.instagram.com/spencertunick/

What roles can social politics and social media play in driving an art practice? What role do beauty and aesthetic boundaries play in art today? How can these things interrelate? Tai Snaith and Rowan Oliver delve down the rabbit hole of creating fictions around ideas and images of self and others, creating characters and narratives to open up ideas of social inclusiveness and empathy. Rowan outlines how we should keep making these fictions despite the despair around us. How does marketing affect our image of ourselves? What roles or characters do we play in social media? And what role do we play in the art world? Is it all a play? Rowan refreshingly discusses how she can foresee parts of her practice ‘shedding’ and talks frankly about choosing the path with the most flexibility of being open with herself. We also discuss Casting as a medium, playing the ‘art system game’ and her plans of moving into ‘Aquarian frequencies and taking down the government’. Additional resources: Rowan’s website: <a href="http://rowanoliver.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://rowanoliver.net/</a> Rowan’s Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everybodysdaughter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/everybodysdaughter/</a> Crumbling World Runway (Moma PS1 performance): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQtOuyUnaU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQtOuyUnaU</a> Gifts for Manus and Nauru: <a href="https://giftsformanusandnauru.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://giftsformanusandnauru.org.au/</a> David Rosetsky: <a href="https://davidrosetzky.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://davidrosetzky.com/</a> Women Who Run with the Wolves: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241823.Women_Who_Run_With_the_Wolves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241823.Women_Who_Run_With_the_Wolves</a> Stanislavski's system: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislavski%27s_system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislavski%27s_system</a> Spencer Tunick: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/spencertunick/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/spencertunick/</a>

A World of One's Own: Rowan Oliver

Megan Cope

How important is it to connect with a place that is part of your history? What are your responsibilities to make work for ‘your people’ as well as an art audience?Tai Snaith and Megan Cope discuss what it means to move back to work ‘on country’ as a contemporary Indigenous artist. They unpack the complexities of relating to a place and its people, and how that might inform your work in a number of different ways. Megan talks about her involvement with proppaNOW and various travels from the bush to the city, overseas and now back to her father’s country on Quandamooka land. She sheds light on her passion for Middens and how they function in Indigenous culture, and their history as one of the earliest forms of architecture in the landscape. Additional resources:Middens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden RE FORMATION at The National, Art Gallery of NSW: https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/the-national-new-australian-art/ ‘Haunt’ at IMA Brisbane: https://ima.org.au/2019-program-announced/ Sovereignty at ACCA: https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/acca-sovereignty-2/ https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/sovereignty/Blaktism: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/the-blaktism/5391966 Elizabeth Durack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Durack proppaNOW: https://proppanow.wordpress.com/about-us/

How important is it to connect with a place that is part of your history? What are your responsibilities to make work for ‘your people’ as well as an art audience? Tai Snaith and Megan Cope discuss what it means to move back to work ‘on country’ as a contemporary Indigenous artist. They unpack the complexities of relating to a place and its people, and how that might inform your work in a number of different ways. Megan talks about her involvement with proppaNOW and various travels from the bush to the city, overseas and now back to her father’s country on Quandamooka land. She sheds light on her passion for Middens and how they function in Indigenous culture, and their history as one of the earliest forms of architecture in the landscape. Additional resources: Middens: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden</a> RE FORMATION at The National, Art Gallery of NSW: <a href="https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/the-national-new-australian-art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/the-national-new-australian-art/</a> ‘Haunt’ at IMA Brisbane: <a href="https://ima.org.au/2019-program-announced/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ima.org.au/2019-program-announced/</a> Sovereignty at ACCA: <a href="https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/acca-sovereignty-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thisisnofantasy.com/exhibition/acca-sovereignty-2/</a> https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/sovereignty/ Blaktism: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/the-blaktism/5391966" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/the-blaktism/5391966</a> Elizabeth Durack: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Durack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Durack</a> proppaNOW: <a href="https://proppanow.wordpress.com/about-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://proppanow.wordpress.com/about-us/</a>

A World of One's Own:  Megan Cope

Eugenia Flynn

Diversity has become an increasingly popular concept, but what if we thought about diversity as more than the inclusion of difference? In this lecture, writer, arts worker and community organiser, Eugenia Flynn explores alternative narratives, ideas of re-centring and notions of multiplicity in order to challenge and provoke. This lecture is presented by WRITING &amp; CONCEPTS alongside ACCA’s exhibition 'A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness' (2018).This lecture was recorded on Thursday 13 September 2018.Resources:https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/a-lightness-of-spirit-is-the-measure-of-happiness/http://writingandconcepts.com.au/index.php/2018-speaker-series/https://acca.melbourne/program/writing-concepts-eugenia-flynn-beyond-indifference-more-than-difference/

Diversity has become an increasingly popular concept, but what if we thought about diversity as more than the inclusion of difference? In this lecture, writer, arts worker and community organiser, Eugenia Flynn explores alternative narratives, ideas of re-centring and notions of multiplicity in order to challenge and provoke. This lecture is presented by WRITING &amp; CONCEPTS alongside ACCA’s exhibition 'A Lightness of Spirit is the Measure of Happiness' (2018). This lecture was recorded on Thursday 13 September 2018. Resources: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/a-lightness-of-spirit-is-the-measure-of-happiness/ <a href="http://writingandconcepts.com.au/index.php/2018-speaker-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://writingandconcepts.com.au/index.php/2018-speaker-series/</a> https://acca.melbourne/program/writing-concepts-eugenia-flynn-beyond-indifference-more-than-difference/

WRITING & CONCEPTS Eugenia Flynn: Beyond indifference, more than difference

Laura Tingle

A conversation between Chief Political Correspondent, 7:30, ABC Laura Tingle and Chair of Trawalla Foundation and Pathways to Politics Advisory Committee member Carol Schwartz.This event is presented by The University of Melbourne, School of Government for the Pathways to Politics Program for Women with the Trawalla Foundation and hosted by ACCA in the gallery during the 2017–18 exhibition 'Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism'.Laura Tingle is a journalist, author, former Political Editor of the Australian Financial Review and current Chief Political Correspondent for the ABC's 7:30 program.The Pathways to Politics Program for Women based at the University of Melbourne’s School of Government is modelled on the Harvard Kennedy School program ‘From Harvard Square to the Oval Office.’ It is a non-partisan initiative funded by the Trawalla Foundation that will provide a select group of female University of Melbourne students and alumni with the skills and networks to reach elected office at local, state and national levels.Recorded on Monday 26 February 2018Further information:https://government.unimelb.edu.au/engagement/pathways-to-politics-program-for-women#home http://www.trawallafoundation.com.au/https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/unfinished-business-perspectives-on-feminism-and-art/

A conversation between Chief Political Correspondent, 7:30, ABC Laura Tingle and Chair of Trawalla Foundation and Pathways to Politics Advisory Committee member Carol Schwartz. This event is presented by The University of Melbourne, School of Government for the Pathways to Politics Program for Women with the Trawalla Foundation and hosted by ACCA in the gallery during the 2017–18 exhibition 'Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism'. Laura Tingle is a journalist, author, former Political Editor of the Australian Financial Review and current Chief Political Correspondent for the ABC's 7:30 program. The Pathways to Politics Program for Women based at the University of Melbourne’s School of Government is modelled on the Harvard Kennedy School program ‘From Harvard Square to the Oval Office.’ It is a non-partisan initiative funded by the Trawalla Foundation that will provide a select group of female University of Melbourne students and alumni with the skills and networks to reach elected office at local, state and national levels. Recorded on Monday 26 February 2018 Further information: <a href="https://government.unimelb.edu.au/engagement/pathways-to-politics-program-for-women#home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://government.unimelb.edu.au/engagement/pathways-to-politics-program-for-women#home</a> <a href="http://www.trawallafoundation.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.trawallafoundation.com.au/</a> https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/unfinished-business-perspectives-on-feminism-and-art/

Pathways To Politics: In conversation with Laura Tingle

What does it mean to make artwork with a social consciousness? How do we represent our politics through what we wear?Tai Snaith and Kate Just discuss the way that clothes, like skin, can carry a multitude of meanings, stories and histories to make up who we are. Kate talks about using other artists’ clothes as the palette or starting point for constructing her current portraits. Our conversation outlines Kate’s very real motives for making change within the art institution to make it a more diverse and balanced community and the capacity that each of us have to work together to achieve change.Additional resources:Feminist Fan: http://www.katejust.com/feminist-fan/ Kate’s PhD project, The Texture of Her Skin: http://www.katejust.com/phd-texture-of-her-skin/ Catherine Opie: https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/catherine-opie-denise-duhamel-and-the-stories-of-a-self-portrait Kate’s dream: https://www.instagram.com/p/BojWGCGlj0b/ Paris is Burning (1990): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Is_Burning_(film) The Furies: http://www.katejust.com/the-furies/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Furies City of Port Phillip Rupert Bunny Fellowship: http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/rbf_fellowship.htm Tracy Connelly, The Age 2018: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/five-years-on-still-no-answers-in-the-murder-of-st-kilda-sex-worker-tracy-connelly-20180710-p4zqnc.html View the whole podcast series here: https://acca.melbourne/explore/podcasts/a-world-of-ones-own/

What does it mean to make artwork with a social consciousness? How do we represent our politics through what we wear? Tai Snaith and Kate Just discuss the way that clothes, like skin, can carry a multitude of meanings, stories and histories to make up who we are. Kate talks about using other artists’ clothes as the palette or starting point for constructing her current portraits. Our conversation outlines Kate’s very real motives for making change within the art institution to make it a more diverse and balanced community and the capacity that each of us have to work together to achieve change. Additional resources: Feminist Fan: <a href="http://www.katejust.com/feminist-fan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.katejust.com/feminist-fan/</a> Kate’s PhD project, The Texture of Her Skin: <a href="http://www.katejust.com/phd-texture-of-her-skin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.katejust.com/phd-texture-of-her-skin/</a> Catherine Opie: <a href="https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/catherine-opie-denise-duhamel-and-the-stories-of-a-self-portrait" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/catherine-opie-denise-duhamel-and-the-stories-of-a-self-portrait</a> Kate’s dream: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BojWGCGlj0b/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/BojWGCGlj0b/</a> Paris is Burning (1990): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Is_Burning_(film)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Is_Burning_(film)</a> The Furies: <a href="http://www.katejust.com/the-furies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.katejust.com/the-furies/</a> <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Furies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Furies</a> City of Port Phillip Rupert Bunny Fellowship: <a href="http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/rbf_fellowship.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/rbf_fellowship.htm</a> Tracy Connelly, The Age 2018: <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/five-years-on-still-no-answers-in-the-murder-of-st-kilda-sex-worker-tracy-connelly-20180710-p4zqnc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/five-years-on-still-no-answers-in-the-murder-of-st-kilda-sex-worker-tracy-connelly-20180710-p4zqnc.html</a> View the whole podcast series here: https://acca.melbourne/explore/podcasts/a-world-of-ones-own/

A World of One's Own: Kate Just

This panel discussion, hosted during ACCA's exhibition 'The Theatre is Lying: The inaugural Macfarlane Commissions' asked what is so intimidating about reality in a post-truth world?The panel, featuring Justin Clemens, Maddison Connaughton and André Dao, considered how our understandings of trust, truth, fiction and reality have changed in the age of fake-news, Trumpism and social media, from their positions as established thinkers, writers, storytellers and journalists.Recorded on Monday 4 March at ACCA.More information: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/the-theatre-is-lying/

This panel discussion, hosted during ACCA's exhibition 'The Theatre is Lying: The inaugural Macfarlane Commissions' asked what is so intimidating about reality in a post-truth world? The panel, featuring Justin Clemens, Maddison Connaughton and André Dao, considered how our understandings of trust, truth, fiction and reality have changed in the age of fake-news, Trumpism and social media, from their positions as established thinkers, writers, storytellers and journalists. Recorded on Monday 4 March at ACCA. More information: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/the-theatre-is-lying/

On Truth and Trust

In this podcast you'll hear artist Tom Nicholson, ACCA Curator Hannah Presley and academic John Kean engage in an informal and open discussion in the galleries, taking Nicholson's work 'Gorge Photograph, 13 September 1939' 2017-19 as a point of departure for discussion.'Gorge Photograph, 13 September 1939' 2017-19 reimagines a specific place and time, highlighting the complex relationship between Victorian watercolourist Rex Battarbee and Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira.This Public Meeting is programmed alongside ACCA's exhibition 'Tom Nichoslon: Public Meeting' 5 April — 16 June 2019Further information: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/tom-nicholson/https://acca.melbourne/program/public-meeting-gorge-photographs-namatjira-batterbee/Recorded at ACCA on Saturday 18 May 2019

In this podcast you'll hear artist Tom Nicholson, ACCA Curator Hannah Presley and academic John Kean engage in an informal and open discussion in the galleries, taking Nicholson's work 'Gorge Photograph, 13 September 1939' 2017-19 as a point of departure for discussion. 'Gorge Photograph, 13 September 1939' 2017-19 reimagines a specific place and time, highlighting the complex relationship between Victorian watercolourist Rex Battarbee and Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira. This Public Meeting is programmed alongside ACCA's exhibition 'Tom Nichoslon: Public Meeting' 5 April — 16 June 2019 Further information: https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/tom-nicholson/ https://acca.melbourne/program/public-meeting-gorge-photographs-namatjira-batterbee/ Recorded at ACCA on Saturday 18 May 2019

Public Meeting: Gorge Photographs/Namatjira-Battarbee

John Kean

MURAL

Digging for Honey Ants: The Papunya mural projectLecture by John Kean. Respondent: Hannah PresleyThe creation of murals at the Papunya School in 1971 is cited as the singular catalyst that set off the Western Desert Painting movement. The truth of this claim is in fact more complex, confounding and consequential. In this lecture, John Kean examines the subject of the murals and the broader social context in which they were created, and reveals how this mythic gesture (on walls that few outside the community saw), signified a telling shift in colonial relations.Further information: acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/ https://papunyatula.com.au/ Recorded at ACCA on Monday 29 April 2019Thank you to our partners:Abercrombie &amp; Kent Presenting Partner; Centre for Visual Art (CoVA) Research Partner; Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM

Digging for Honey Ants: The Papunya mural project Lecture by John Kean. Respondent: Hannah Presley The creation of murals at the Papunya School in 1971 is cited as the singular catalyst that set off the Western Desert Painting movement. The truth of this claim is in fact more complex, confounding and consequential. In this lecture, John Kean examines the subject of the murals and the broader social context in which they were created, and reveals how this mythic gesture (on walls that few outside the community saw), signified a telling shift in colonial relations. Further information: acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/ <a href="https://papunyatula.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://papunyatula.com.au/</a> Recorded at ACCA on Monday 29 April 2019 Thank you to our partners: Abercrombie &amp; Kent Presenting Partner; Centre for Visual Art (CoVA) Research Partner; Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM

Defining Moments: The Papunya mural project by John Kean

This event formed the public outcome of ACCA’s new writing program, Writing in the Expanded Field, alongside ACCA's exhibition Eva Rothschild: Kosmos (2018).  In this public forum, writers, artists and performers who took part in the writing program, share results of the writing workshops and reflect on the future of art writing, criticism and publishing.Presented in partnership with RMIT University non/fictionLab and supported by  Art+Australia, Art Guide Australia and The Lifted Brow, Writing in the Expanded Field explores new methodologies for art writing and criticism, opening writing to an ‘expanded field’ in which the encounter between writer and artwork, and the relations of this engagement, may be animated by various writing positions between the critical, the personal and the imaginary.Writing in the Expanded Field was developed in collaboration with Lucinda Strahan, writer and researcher at the RMIT non/fictionLab.More info: http://acca.melbourne/program/writing-in-the-expanded-field/https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-institutes-centres-and-groups/research-groups/nonfictionlab

This event formed the public outcome of ACCA’s new writing program, Writing in the Expanded Field, alongside ACCA's exhibition Eva Rothschild: Kosmos (2018). In this public forum, writers, artists and performers who took part in the writing program, share results of the writing workshops and reflect on the future of art writing, criticism and publishing. Presented in partnership with RMIT University non/fictionLab and supported by Art+Australia, Art Guide Australia and The Lifted Brow, Writing in the Expanded Field explores new methodologies for art writing and criticism, opening writing to an ‘expanded field’ in which the encounter between writer and artwork, and the relations of this engagement, may be animated by various writing positions between the critical, the personal and the imaginary. Writing in the Expanded Field was developed in collaboration with Lucinda Strahan, writer and researcher at the RMIT non/fictionLab. More info: http://acca.melbourne/program/writing-in-the-expanded-field/ <a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-institutes-centres-and-groups/research-groups/nonfictionlab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-institutes-centres-and-groups/research-groups/nonfictionlab</a>

Writing in the Expanded Field: A Public Forum

Larissa Hjorth

In a few years time, there will be more dead people than living people on Facebook. This lecture by Professor Larissa Hjorth explores how social media affects how we think about life, death, afterlife and the everyday. Hjorth considers the role of social media in art practice to consider how emotional and social playbour is presenting new forms of digital intimate publics. Drawing on her research and recent book, Haunting Hands (with Katie Cumiskey 2017), which investigates practices of loss and trauma in, and around, mobile media, Hjorth discusses how loss and grieving on social media creates new ways of understanding the relationship between life, death and afterlife in everyday life.Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth is an artist, digital ethnographer and currently the Design &amp; Creative Practice ECP Platform director at RMIT University. Hjorth has two decades experience working in cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, collaborative creative practice and socially innovative digital media research.Presented by Abercrombie &amp; Kent, ACCA’s 2018 lecture series, 'Uncommon knowledge: artists on their special interests' gives eight artists a microphone and an hour to speak about topics that inspire their art and thinking. Featuring a trans-generational cast of artists, Uncommon Knowledge brings together elements of history, lifestyle, philosophy, sound studies, sexuality, cultural politics and more, to challenge us to think differently about society and the world around us.More info: https://acca.melbourne/program/uncommon-knowledge-larissa-hjorth-on-the-lives-deaths-and-afterlives-of-social-media/Image: Larissa Hjorth, Still Mobile 2010. Courtesy the artist

In a few years time, there will be more dead people than living people on Facebook. This lecture by Professor Larissa Hjorth explores how social media affects how we think about life, death, afterlife and the everyday. Hjorth considers the role of social media in art practice to consider how emotional and social playbour is presenting new forms of digital intimate publics. Drawing on her research and recent book, Haunting Hands (with Katie Cumiskey 2017), which investigates practices of loss and trauma in, and around, mobile media, Hjorth discusses how loss and grieving on social media creates new ways of understanding the relationship between life, death and afterlife in everyday life. Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth is an artist, digital ethnographer and currently the Design &amp; Creative Practice ECP Platform director at RMIT University. Hjorth has two decades experience working in cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, collaborative creative practice and socially innovative digital media research. Presented by Abercrombie &amp; Kent, ACCA’s 2018 lecture series, 'Uncommon knowledge: artists on their special interests' gives eight artists a microphone and an hour to speak about topics that inspire their art and thinking. Featuring a trans-generational cast of artists, Uncommon Knowledge brings together elements of history, lifestyle, philosophy, sound studies, sexuality, cultural politics and more, to challenge us to think differently about society and the world around us. More info: https://acca.melbourne/program/uncommon-knowledge-larissa-hjorth-on-the-lives-deaths-and-afterlives-of-social-media/ Image: Larissa Hjorth, Still Mobile 2010. Courtesy the artist

Uncommon Knowledge: Larissa Hjorth

How does being a teacher affect your art practice? How can an artist successfully engage with an institution’s collection? How do we create our own opportunities and categories? What does it mean to trust your gut?For this final episode of the second series, Tai Snaith and Meredith Turnbull discuss a broad range of topics around what it means to have a multifaceted, self-driven and supported practice. They share their love and importance of championing OTHER artists — what it means to not be a curator but to keep curatorial skills as part of your practice. Once again the notions of collapsing the boundaries between traditional notions of craft, ornament and art are highlighted and celebrated. Meredith praises the approachability of jewellery and the way it acts as a continuation of dialogue around ideas of genre, discipline and material values. Together they question what ‘achieving’ and ‘professionalism’ really mean. Finally, the importance of looking back, taking stock of our practices; recognising what we have overcome and achieved and really asking which direction we want to take next. Additional resources:Meredith’s website: http://meredithturnbull.com/ 'Closer' at the Ian Potter Museum of Art: http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/exhib-date/2018-03-27/exhib/meredith-turnbull-closer John Nixon’s pottery collection at Deakin University Art Gallery: https://thedesignfiles.net/news/john-nixon-studio-pottery-collection-melbourne/ Very Good Advice from Alice in Wonderland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srn0xkXTSgs Shakespeare Grove studios: http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/art_spaces.htm QAGOMA’s Children’s Arts Centre: https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/kids

How does being a teacher affect your art practice? How can an artist successfully engage with an institution’s collection? How do we create our own opportunities and categories? What does it mean to trust your gut? For this final episode of the second series, Tai Snaith and Meredith Turnbull discuss a broad range of topics around what it means to have a multifaceted, self-driven and supported practice. They share their love and importance of championing OTHER artists — what it means to not be a curator but to keep curatorial skills as part of your practice. Once again the notions of collapsing the boundaries between traditional notions of craft, ornament and art are highlighted and celebrated. Meredith praises the approachability of jewellery and the way it acts as a continuation of dialogue around ideas of genre, discipline and material values. Together they question what ‘achieving’ and ‘professionalism’ really mean. Finally, the importance of looking back, taking stock of our practices; recognising what we have overcome and achieved and really asking which direction we want to take next. Additional resources: Meredith’s website: <a href="http://meredithturnbull.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://meredithturnbull.com/</a> 'Closer' at the Ian Potter Museum of Art: <a href="http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/exhib-date/2018-03-27/exhib/meredith-turnbull-closer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/exhib-date/2018-03-27/exhib/meredith-turnbull-closer</a> John Nixon’s pottery collection at Deakin University Art Gallery: <a href="https://thedesignfiles.net/news/john-nixon-studio-pottery-collection-melbourne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedesignfiles.net/news/john-nixon-studio-pottery-collection-melbourne/</a> Very Good Advice from Alice in Wonderland: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srn0xkXTSgs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srn0xkXTSgs</a> Shakespeare Grove studios: <a href="http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/art_spaces.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/art_spaces.htm</a> QAGOMA’s Children’s Arts Centre: <a href="https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/kids" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/kids</a>

A World of One's Own: MeredithTurnbull

This is the fourth and final symposium in ACCA's Symposium Series 'Unfinished Conversations'. Convened by Vikki McInnes with guest speakers Janine Burke, Jacqueline Milner, Elvis Richardson and Gemma Weston, this symposium explores how gender bias effect the arts, and what the gender representation in national art collection tell us about our society.This symposium is introduced by Angela Goddard, Board Member, SHEILA, A Foundation for Women in Visual Art, and current Director of the Griffith University Art Museum.Recorded at ACCA on Saturday 17 March

This is the fourth and final symposium in ACCA's Symposium Series 'Unfinished Conversations'. Convened by Vikki McInnes with guest speakers Janine Burke, Jacqueline Milner, Elvis Richardson and Gemma Weston, this symposium explores how gender bias effect the arts, and what the gender representation in national art collection tell us about our society. This symposium is introduced by Angela Goddard, Board Member, SHEILA, A Foundation for Women in Visual Art, and current Director of the Griffith University Art Museum. Recorded at ACCA on Saturday 17 March

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