Tag Archive for Performance Art

Performance and Conversation | Kaldor Public Art Projects

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Allora & Calzadilla, Stop, Repair, Prepare: variations on 'Ode to joy', 2008, The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of the Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf, photo: Yi-Chun WU/Museum of Modern Art

Kaldor Public Art Projects at the State Library of Victoria Kaldor Public Art Projects will present its 26th art project, featuring the work of internationally renowned artist duo Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, in the Cowen Gallery at the State Library of Victoria from the 16th November until the 6th December 2012. The artists will present their work Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on ‘Ode to Joy’ for a Prepared Piano, in which they integrate sound, performance and sculpture to create a captivating new experience for audiences, heralding a new direction…

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Symposium | A Battery of Ideas: Reading Beuys Today, University of Sydney Art Gallery

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mage: Joseph Beuys, Overcome party dictatorship now 1971, JW Power collection, The University of Sydney, managed by Museum of Contemporary Art, © Joseph Beuys/Bild-Kunst. Licensed by Viscopy. Image via University of Sydney Website

Symposium - A Battery of Ideas: Reading Beuys Today University of Sydney, May 5th This symposium will present various ways of reading Beuys today, from performance art to relational aesthetics. Speakers include Thomas Berghuis, Anthony Bond, Donna West Brett, Janet Laurence, Bernice Murphy and Tom Nicholson. The symposium will be followed at 4.30pm by the opening of the exhibition Joseph Beuys and the ‘Energy Plan’ in the University Art Gallery. Date: Saturday 5 May 2012, 2–4.30PM Venue: Philosophy Room S249, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney Free Event Symposium program 2:00 Dr Ann Stephen, Senior Curator,…

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The Gift: Redaction and Decontamination - Performance by Slave Pianos at MUMA

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The Gift: Redaction and Decontamination Performance by Slave Pianos at Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA MUMA presents a performance by Slave Pianos on the final day of the acclaimed exhibition Slave Pianos | Punkasila | Pipeline to Oblivion: 3 Projects by Danius Kesminas and Collaborators. Slave Pianos is a provocative and highly inventive collective of artists, composers and musicians devoted to the exhibition, collection, analysis, performance and re-composition of sound work by visual artists. The closing day performance The Gift: Redaction and Decontamination will combine theatre, music and art…

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Panel Discussion: Photography killed performance art

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Panel Discussion at Monash Gallery of Art Photography killed performance art Join us for a panel discussion on the changing relationship between photography and performance art. Our stellar panel includes Professor Anne Marsh, Theory of Art & Design, Monash University, artist Mike Parr and AFTERGLOW curator Stephen Zagala. The panel will respond to the question ‘Does photography kill performance art?’ come and join the discussion! Date: Saturday 26 February, 2.00pm Venue: Monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill Victoria 3150. Seats limited, booking essential: Telephone +61 3 8544…

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Event – Harrell Fletcher ‘The sound we make together (Melbourne)’

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This September, the National Gallery of Victoria will be presenting the latest project of US based contemporary artist Harrell Fletcher, The sound we make together (Melbourne). Harrell Fletcher is best known through his work with people outside the art world, where he has created art through collaboration and participation. Harrell Fletcher’s first Australian project will be a collaboration with seven Melbourne based community groups including Arts Project Australia, CERES, Crooked Rib Art, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Grainger Museum, Hell Gallery, RISE, and two individuals, Herb Patten and Jeff Sparrow. The…

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