Boiler Room Series Art and Psychedelia | Lars Bang Larsen Independent curator Lars Bang Larsen will present his research in art and psychedelia from both academic and exhibition making perspectives. He will discuss the connection between art and psychedelic imagery, concepts and practices in relation to his recent curatorial projects B/W Sensorium, as part of Dexter Bang Sinister at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen (2012), and Reflections from Damaged Life, Raven Row, London (2013). This line of enquiry follows a non-linear path, through individual artistic interpretations of how the psychedelic notion of transformation might lead to new possibilities for experience. Lars Bang Larsen is an independent curator and writer based in Barcelona and Copenhagen, whose exhibitions and books consider artists’ engagement with counter culture and social activism from the 1960s onwards. He has a PhD from the University of Copenhagen, where he completed…
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NGV Lecture Series | Creative Shifts in Cultural Cities-Rome
Creative Shifts in Cultural Cities A series of lectures about cities, art and the concept of place, part of the NGV’s Melbourne Now ‘Talk Now’. There are numerous reasons cities become social and creative centres at any given time in history. As we celebrate contemporary art and culture in our city, Melbourne Now provides a great opportunity to present a lecture series that explores the concept of ‘place’ and the how, why and when that contribute to making a city an artistic mecca. Rome: From Antiquity to Mussolini | Sylvia Sagona, Independent scholar Saturday 25 January, 2pm Nineteenth-Century Paris | Dr Ian Coller, La Trobe University Saturday 1st February, 2pm Twentieth-Century New York | Dr Damian Lentini, The University of Melbourne Sat 8 Feb, 2pm Biennale’s Part 1: 1960s San Paolo Biennale and the Istanbul Biennale | Dr Rebecca Coates, The University of Melbourne…