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Performance Lecture | Nikhil Chopra

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Performance Lecture with Asialink Roving Resident 2012 Nikhil Chopra Goa-based interdisciplinary artist Nikhil Chopra is the inaugural Asialink Roving Resident. The artist will ‘rove’ for five weeks between Sydney (Carriageworks), Melbourne (Asialink) and Western Australia (The Fremantle Arts Centre), where he will be introduced to new networks and opportunities along the way. Nikhil Chopra’s artistic practice is grounded in cultural history and personal memories. His performances are in large part improvised, at the intersection of live art, theatre, painting, photography and installation. Highlights of Nikhil Chopra’s artistic career include Indian Highway at the…

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NGV | Contemporary Twilight Series: Contemporary Art and India

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Contemporary Twilight Series: Ranjani Shettar Contemporary Art and India Free late night exhibition viewings showcasing our brand new contemporary project space. Drop by after hours to view this amazing exhibition, enjoy a drink and a free floor talk. Enter via north entrance. Floor Talk: In Conversation - Contemporary art and India Nick Hill will lead the discussion by introducing the Australia India Institute. This will be followed by an insightful conversation between Kate Daw, Emily Floyd, Simon Maidment, John Meade and Vikki McInnes, who will reflect on the contemporary art…

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Exhibition: Vernacular Cultures and Contemporary Art from Australia, India and the Philippines

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Vernacular Cultures and Contemporary Art from Australia, India and the Philippines 3 May - 17 June LUMA | La Trobe University Museum of Art Curated as part of La Trobe University’s 2011 Festival of Ideas, this exhibition features contemporary artists whose work incorporates expressions of indigenous and/or locally specific popular cultures. Examining diverse practices that engage themes including surf culture, tattoo designs, informal architectural and colloquial language, the exhibition asks how contemporary artists remobolise vernacular cultures to interrogate and mediate the cultural ethics of globalisation. La Trobe University Museum of…

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Lecture: The Great Temple at Thanjavur - One Thousand Years, 1010 to 2010 Old Problems, New Thoughts

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The Great Temple at Thanjavur: One Thousand Years, 1010 to 2010. Old Problems, New Thoughts. Special Public Lecture by alumnus and Professorial Associate Dr. George Michell at the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. The millennial anniversary of the great temple at Thanjavur has been the occasion for the publication of a splendid Marg volume co-authored by George Michell and Indira Viswanathan Peterson, and illustrated by photographs by Bharath Ramarutham. One of the aims of this work was to re-examine the historical context of the foundation of the temple under Rajaraja…

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