In the aftermath of Empire: performances of indigenous re-empowerment in Aotearoa New Zealand Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (The University of Auckland) Empires rise, empires fall. In their aftermath, all over the world, indigenous survivors of European imperialism – if there are survivors – are left to count the cost, to regroup in order to recover the integrity and ensure the continuity of their societies and cultures, following periods of intense subjugation. In the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) the British Crown guaranteed New Zealand’s indigenous people ownership of their properties and accorded them ‘all the rights and privileges of British subjects.’ What followed, however,…
Month: November 2011
Volunteer Opportunity at State Library exhibition - Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond
Volunteer Opportunity at Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond The State Library of Victoria is seeking volunteers to help it stage the largest exhibition of illustrated Persian manuscripts in Australia’s history. Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond, an exhibition developed by the State Library of Victoria in partnership with the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, will feature more than 60 rare Persian, Mughal Indian and Ottoman Turkish illustrated manuscripts from the 13th to 18th century – stunning works that come from one of the richest periods in the history of the book and give a fascinating insight into the…
Call for Papers - Collaborations: artists, scholars and libraries in a research ecosystem
ARLIS/ANZ 2012 Conference Collaborations: artists, scholars and libraries in a research ecosystem National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 6 – 8 September 2020 The Art Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2012 is focused on the them of Collaboration. Collaboration and interactions between various disciplines and practitioners within the visual arts domain which foster a ‘research ecosystem’ - interconnected streams, zones, resources, methods and formats of knowledge and enquiry that sustain and encourage each other to flourish. The conference addresses art librarians, artists, scholars, curators, critics and educators, students and other visual resources professionals and provides a platform to…
Book Launch - Lucio Fontana: Between Utopia and Kitsch by Anthony White
Book Launch LUCIO FONTANA: Between Utopia and Kitsch by Anthony White MIT Press The book will be launched by Dr Ted Gott, Senior Curator International Art, National Gallery of Victoria Date: 3pm, Wednesday, 30th November, 2011 Venue: Level 1, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd About the book In 1961, a solo exhibition by Argentine-Italian artist Lucio Fontana met with a scathing critical response from New York art critics. Fontana (1899–1968), well known in Europe for his series of slashed monochrome paintings, offered New York ten canvases slashed and punctured, thickly painted in luridly brilliant hues and embellished with chunks…
Warburg Institute Fellowships in Cultural and Intellectual History 2012-2013
The Warburg Institute Fellowships in Cultural and Intellectual History 2012-2013 The Warburg Institute: The Warburg Institute is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the classical tradition - in the sense of those elements in European thought, art and institutions that have evolved out of the cultures of the ancient world. Its Library and Photographic Collection are designed and arranged to encourage research into the processes by which one culture learns from another and by which different fields of thought and art act on each other. They are particularly concerned with continuities between the ancient Mediterranean civilizations and the cultural and…
Heide Museum of Modern Art 30th Birthday Weekend
Heide Museum of Modern Art 30th Birthday Weekend Heide Museum of Modern Art is celebrating it’s 30th birthday this weekend with FREE ENTRY all weekend to Forever Young: 30 Years of the Heide Collection and a BBQ by Café Vue at Heide. On Sunday 13 November visitors can also enjoy the musical entertainment of Vardos and fun kids & family activites with Barking Spider Visual Theatre. As part of the celebrations, Heide is offering a FREE 12 month individual membership to all visitors who share the same birthday, turning 30 on 12 November 2011*. Ask at the information desk for…
MUMA Talks: Janet Burchill, Dr Kyla McFarlane and Liv Barrett
MUMA Talks: Janet Burchill, Dr Kyla McFarlane and Liv Barrett On Saturday 12 November at 12.30pm, join artist Janet Burchill with Dr Kyla McFarlane, curator of A Different Temporality and Liv Barrett, curator of Performative Philosophy in the gallery for an informal discussion about the current exhibitions, feminism, film and writing. Janet Burchill Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley have worked collaboratively and individually as artists since the mid 1980s. Their practice embraces a wide variety of media including sculpture, photography, film, video, neon and works on paper in works that critically engage with the history and forms of modernist art…
Call for Contributions: Mapping South – The Potentials of the South Project
Call for Contributions Mapping South – The Potentials of the South Project Deadline for Proposals: 25 November 2020 Since its launch in 2004, the South Project has dedicated itself to bringing the distinct voices of the southern hemisphere together through south-south dialogue and trans-cultural exchange. Alongside long-term residencies and mentorship programs, the South Project has hosted annual gatherings in locations across the south – in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia – building dynamic spaces in which artists, curators, writers and other cultural producers can meet across national, social and disciplinary borders. In 2012, the South Project’s first wave of activity will…
Funding: History Books in the Anglo-Norman World Project, University of Dublin
History Books in the Anglo-Norman World Project 2012 Visiting Research Fellowships at the University of Dublin, Trinity College - History of Art In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries history (interpreted as both the recent past and a period stretching back to include the biblical narrative) seems to have become a major interest for both the educated elite and a growing audience who accessed ideas through vernacular texts. New chronicles and annals were produced, together with accounts of the histories of particular peoples, nations and subjects. At the same time, history was explored through images in books and other media. Much historical…
Book Launch: Permanent Revolution: Mike Brown and the Australian Avant-Garde 1953-1997 - Richard Haese
The Miegunyah Press invites you to the launch of Permanent Revolution: Mike Brown and the Australian Avant-Garde 1953-1997 Richard Haese To be launched by Robert Nelson About the book In 1961 the 22-year-old Mike Brown joined the New Zealand artist, Ross Crothall, in an old terrace house in inner Sydney’s Annandale. Over the following two years the artists filled the house with a remarkable body of work. Launched with an equally extraordinary exhibition, the movement they called Imitation Realism introduced collage, assemblage and installation to Australian art for the first time. Laying the groundwork for a distinctive Australian postmodernism, Imitation Realism was…
Memorial Tribute to Bernard Smith at the National Gallery of Victoria
Memorial Tribute to Bernard Smith at the National Gallery of Victoria A memorial tribute to eminent art historian and writer Bernard Smith will be held in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Victoria at 10.30am on Monday 28 November 2011. The event will celebrate the life and achievements of this major figure in the Australian art world. We will acknowledge Bernard’s role as fundamental in Australian art historiography, his contribution to Australian cultural life generally, and his influence on generations of art and cultural historians. To assist with arrangements, could you please notify the NGV at ngv.foundation@ngv.vic.gov.au or phone 03 8620 2415 to allow us to accommodate all those…
Lecture: Living Building Challenge - Jason McLennan, Melbourne School of Design
Melbourne School of Design Lecture Living Building Challenge - Jason McLennan What is the Living Building Challenge? The Living Building Challenge is a philosophy, advocacy tool, and certification program that addresses development on all scales and defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible today. The Challenge acts to diminish the gap between current limits and ideal solutions and is comprised of seven performance areas, or ‘Petals’: Site, Water, Energy, Health, Materials, Equity and Beauty. Petals are subdivided into a total of twenty Imperatives, each of which focuses on a specific sphere of influence. Living Building Challenge…
Funding: AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships at State Library, Victoria
AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships State Library of Victoria Named for eminent historian AGL Shaw AO, these annual Summer Research Fellowships help honours or postgraduate university students pursue research projects. Recipients are given access to our collection to undertake in-depth research in their chosen field for four weeks during January or February. We also provide $1200 and space in a private study in the Library, which can be accessed out of hours. Three fellowships are awarded each year. Two fellows from Melbourne are chosen as well as one from regional Victoria. The fellow from outside of Melbourne is also awarded…