Tag: Talks

Sydney Asian Art Series Talks | Marketing Pleasure for Profit – Julie Nelson Davis

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9 March, 6.00pm –Sydney Asian Art Series Marketing Pleasure for Profit: The Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties, Compared – Julie Nelson Davis The University of Sydney China Studies Centre, The Power Institute and VisAsia is proud to present the first of our Sydney Asian Art Series talks, with a lecture by Professor Julie Nelson Davis. In Marketing Pleasure for Profit, Professor Davis will explore the production of the now famous eighteenth-century Japanese book of ‘performing beauties’ prints, The Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties, Compared. LECTURE ABSTRACT Today, The Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties, Compared is regarded as one of most remarkable printed books of eighteenth-century Japan. Featuring sumptuous illustrations by two leading ukiyo-e artists, Kitao Shigemasa and Katsukawa Shunshō, the book exploited full-color multiple block printing to represent the glamorous ‘beauties’ of the licensed Yoshiwara pleasure district. In her presentation, Professor Davis will discuss…

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Talk | Digitalising the Roman Campagna | University of Melbourne

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Detail of Giovani Battista Cingolani della Pergola’s 'Topografia Geometrica dell’Agro Romano' of 1704 , British School at Rome.

Collaborative Learning Room 356 Arts West In their presentation Lisa and Katrina will discuss the geo-mapping project, ‘Digitalising the Roman Campagna’, which is being developed in conjunction with the British School at Rome library. The aim ultimately is to create a digital map of the Roman Campagna that could function as a database and repository of information about both the classical and early modern Campagna. The aim is to take two rare, and rarely seen, maps of the Roman Campagna in the early modern period and transform them into new forms of technology and interdisciplinary resources for generations of scholars. The two maps digitalised so far are Giacomo Filippo Ameti’s ‘Il Lazio con le sue conspicue Strade Antiche e Moderne’ (1693), and Giovani Battista Cingolani della Pergola’s ‘Topografia Geometrica dell’Agro Romano’ of 1704 (second edition). One of the primary aims…

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Lecture | A History of the Future ‘Imagining Melbourne’ – Clare Williamson

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In 2016, the city of Melbourne’s future Melbourne 2026 project urges Melburnians to consider their city for the decade ahead. So what better time to reflect on the kind of futures that were imagined for Melbourne in the past. Some big dreams and ambitious visions have been realised, others have not – for better or for worse. And it’s not just the appearance of the city that these imaginings have shaped, but also how we interact with it, move through it and inhabit it. Melbourne looks back in order to look forward. For 180 years, city planners, architects, artists and writers have imagined a future Melbourne from the vantage point of their own time and place. The stories told here provide just a snapshot of the many plans, schemes and dreams that have been variously realised  or shelved as Melbourne…

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Talks | ‘My Learned Object’ | Ian Potter Museum of Art

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Ten Minute Talks at Ian Potter Museum of Art Date: Saturday 30th Jan, 1pm Venue: Ian Potter Museum of Art, Swanston St, University of Melbourne My Learned Object: Collections & Curiosities is drawn from the Cultural Collections and hidden storerooms of the University of Melbourne. These four ten minute talks will give insights into otherwise unseen parts of the University’s collection from the Science, Medical, History and Arts Faculties and showcase historical learning tools used since 1890. Such is life | Ryan Jefferies, Curator, Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology An exploration of the phrenological interpretation of Ned Kelly’s death mask and the prominence of ‘memento mori’ in Victorian times. Learn who created this death mask, why it was acquired for anatomical research at the University of Melbourne and how 3D technology has helped conserve this iconic cultural…

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Talks | Echo Chamber: Emerging Research on Photography | CCP

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CCP’s Echo Chamber represents a series of occasional, ongoing public programs showcasing current emerging research in all areas of photography, including historical research, technology, communications and contemporary discussion. Date: Wednesday 7 October, 6pm Venue: Centre for Contemporary Photography, 404 George Street, Fitzroy Applications to present research for future Echo Chamber public programs are welcome. CHAIR Michelle Mountain, Gallery Manager, Centre for Contemporary Photography SPEAKERS HUGH HUDSON | The Backwards Glance: Art History and Australian Photography Taking as its point of departure Helen Ennis’ 2011 article ‘Other histories: photography and Australia’, this presentation will look at how Art History as a discipline has and has not contributed to our understanding of Australian photography, and how, in any case, photographers in Australia have engaged with Art History. The paper will ask such straightforward questions as ‘What defines Art History as a discipline?’ and ‘What…

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Seminar | S. T. Gill as eyewitness: art as historical evidence | State Library of Victoria

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This seminar is part of the Making Public Histories series. Celebrating the first-ever retrospective of one of Australia’s forgotten artists, S. T. Gill, this seminar reflects on Gill as an ‘eyewitness’ to colonial life in nineteenth century Australia. Join us for the inside story on how historians have used Gill’s works to make sense of the colonial past, from the Victorian goldfields to horse-racing. Chair: Associate Professor Alison Inglis, University of Melbourne Speakers: Emeritus Prof. Sasha Grishin (ANU, Exhibition curator), Dr Jan Croggon (Historian, Sovereign Hill Museums Association) and Dr Andrew Lemon (professional historian) This is a free event, but bookings are essential – click here to book. This event accompanies the current State Library of Victoria exhibition Australian sketchbook: Colonial life and the art of ST Gill. Date: September 29, 2020 at 6pm – 7:30pm Venue: State Library of…

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New Exhibitions and Talks at RMIT Gallery | Power to the People and Performing Mobilities

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Power to the People! September 24th until 24th October 2015 Spanish artist Julio Falagán’s work questions power and the established status quo through humour and irony. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to become participants and collectors by photocopying and stamping the artist’s work in the gallery.Come along and start your very own art collection – along with discussions about production/reproduction/ copyright and artist’s moral rights and remuneration. All coin donations collected will be sent to the  RMIT Scholarship Philanthropy Fund to support disadvantaged undergraduate students. Power To The People Pre-Opening Discussion Be the first to print your very own artwork and chat to the artist Julio Falagán over churros and Spanish wine on his Melbourne visit, at a pre-opening talk on “The Media and Popular Culture’, together with Dr Antonio Castillo and Ciro Márquez. Date: 4.30 – 5.30 pm,…

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Talks | Echo Chamber: Emerging Research on Photography | CCP Australia

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Thursday 25 June 2015, 6pm Centre for Contemporary Photography Free event, no bookings required. CCP’s Echo Chamber represents a series of occasional, ongoing public programs showcasing current emerging research in all areas of photography, including historical research, technology, communications and contemporary discussion. Applications to present research for future Echo Chamber public programs are welcome. Chair: PIPPA MILNE, Curator, Centre for Contemporary Photography Speakers HANNAH WILLIAMS Does the policy fit the crime? Government responses to high-profile offending EVIL! MONSTER! PERVERT! GROVELING MURDERER! This research seeks to explore the relationship between high profile crime, the media and criminal justice policy change in Australia. While there is a wealth of literature on each of the themes, little scholarly attention has focused on examining how the three elements interact and this project seeks to help address this gap. The relevance of the research being…

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Gertrude Discipline Lecture | Inside Outside and In Parallel: Speculations from four curators working in the Turkish Context

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Mari Spirito, Övül Durmuşoğlu, Başak Şenova and November Paynter The next Gertrude-Discipline lecture takes the form of a panel: a discussion between four curators whose work concerns the presentation and production of contemporary art from Turkey. Mari Spirito, Övül Durmuşoğlu, Başak Şenova and November Paynter represent a range of voices from within the independent, not-for-profit and museum sectors in Turkey. They will discuss their approaches to curating contemporary Turkish art, highlighting the individual concerns, challenges and circumstances that motivate and inform their curatorial approaches. Following the panel discussion, Associate Professor and Director of Curatorial Practise at Monash University and Editor at-large for The Exhibitionist, Tara McDowell, will facilitate a Q&A with the audience. Inside, Outside & In Parallel: Speculations from four curators working in the Turkish context is presented by Gertrude Contemporary and Discipline in collaboration with Artspace and Protocinema. Mari Spirito, Övül Durmuşoğlu, Başak…

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Talks | The Colourful History of the Stripe | NGV International

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In the Middle Ages the stripe was a religious symbol; during the French and American revolutions it represented freedom; and in the twentieth century a cast of abstract artists reduced their work to stripes. Delve deeper into the social, cultural and historical significance of the stripe, as well as its fascinating relationship to art, architecture and fashion in this series of insightful talks. Time: 1pm on Saturdays – see dates below. Venue Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International Cost $20 Adult / $16 Members / $18 Concession / $10 Student Sat 25 October | The tiger that changed its stripes-The stripe in religion and history Dr Matthew Martin, Curator of International Art, NGV, shares the important history of the simple stripe in European culture. From depictions of clowns, prostitutes and heretics – even the Devil himself –wearing stripes in the Middle Ages, to the cool…

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Talks | Robert Rooney at CCP

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Robert Rooney: A Night of Talks As part of the 
Centre for Contemporary Photography’s new exhibition Robert Rooney: The Box Brownie Years 1956-58 CCP is holding a night of talks. Artist Philip Brophy, writer and curator David Homewood and Martyn Jolly, Head of Photography and Media Arts, ANU School of Art, will speak on and around the work of Robert Rooney. Children and adolescents are often seen as ragged kid-flaneurs, re-mapping familiar urban or suburban spaces. Using a diverse range of historical Australian sources, Martin Jolly will explore these secret, under the adult radar, territories and trajectories. Martyn Jolly is Head of Photography and Media Arts at the ANU School of Art. He is an artist and writer. His book Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography came out in 2006.  A consideration of noncomposition in the conceptual…

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Short Talks Afternoon: Private lives / public spaces – Photography, art and the law

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Short Talks Afternoon: Private lives / public spaces – Photography, art and the law The NGV is holding an afternoon of discussion about photography, privacy and the public space in association with the present NGV exhibition Looking at Looking: the Photographic Gaze (exhibition website). The cutting look: Art, photography and public space Dr Melissa Miles, Lecturer, Theory of Art & Design, Monash University Melissa Miles will discuss the affects that increasing restrictions on photography are having on artists and on the types of photographs that they are making. The legal side: The restrictions of photography in public spaces Dr Kate MacNeill, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Arts & Cultural Management, The University of Melbourne Contemporary photography practice lies at the intersection of artistic freedom and the regulation of public and private spaces. In this lecture Dr Kate MacNeill will address the…

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Melbourne Open House Speaker Series 2011

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Melbourne Open House Speaker Series The Melbourne Open House Speaker Series returns for 2011. This year there will be two free evenings of informative and stimulating discussion about Melbourne’s built environment. Evening One – Good Design Case Studies Date: 6.30pm, July 5, 2020 Venue: Capitol Theatre, 113 Swanston Street Presented By: Melbourne Open House + DPCD This is an opportunity for the people of Melbourne to listen to some of our great architects and designers discuss the ideas behind their work. Speakers will present their work and capture your imagination. Come, learn and be inspired. 6:30pm Tim Leslie Melbourne Open House 6:35pm Moderator Chair 6:45pm Kerstin Thompson Kerstin Thompson Architects Webb Street Townhouses, Fitzroy 6:55pm Clare McAllister and Karen Alcock MA Architects (formerly of Neometro) Wynnstay Road Apartments, Prahran 7:00pm George Metaxas Metaxas Architects Former Tram Engine House, Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne…

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Art Forums at the Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank

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Art Forums at the Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank The Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank is holding weekly Art Forums with speakers including artists, writers and curators. See the program of speakers below. All talks are free admission and open to the public. Venue: Art Auditorium, School of Art, Gate 4, Dodds Street, Southbank Further enquiries: 03 9685 9400 or email Scott Miles Free admission and all welcome Website – http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/events/category/Public%20Talks March 31st, 2011 12:30-1:30pm – Alex Baker ‘THINGS THAT I LIKE THAT MAKE ME WHO I AM’ Alex Baker will reflect upon the wide range of personal and cultural materials influencing his role as a curator and writer. Alex Baker is Senior Curator, Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Victoria. Formerly Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and associate curator at the…

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Talk: Arlo Mountford in Conversation

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Arlo Mountford in Conversation at LUMA LUMA Curator Ryan Johnston talks to Arlo Mountford about the elaborate processes via which he makes his digital films, as well as the art historical ideas and pop cultural inspirations behind them. This is a fun way to view the exhibition if you have not already done so, or to revisit the show to broaden your knowledge of the work, while enjoying some light refreshments. Date: Monday 28 March 2011, from 1:15 – 2:15pm. Venue: LUMA | La Trobe University Museum of Art, Ground floor, Glenn College, Bundoora Campus (nearest car parking in Carpark 6 or 7). This is a FREE event For more information contact: Anita La Pietra Public Programs and Education Officer LUMA | La Trobe University Museum of Art T +61 3 9479 2111 E A.LaPietra@latrobe.edu.au www.latrobe.edu.au/luma

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