Friday Forum - The Politics of Exhibitions
Seminar
In what ways and to what extent are exhibitions shaped by implicit and explicit political forces? Censorship, national pride, geopolitics, cultural inclusion and religion are some of the issues that will be explored in this forum on the politics of exhibitions. Jackie Menzies will bring a world…
Work-in-Progress Seminar - Art as a site of engagement: Indian Portraits
Seminar
Encounters between Indians and foreigners from the late 18th century through to the present have produced a body of potent graphic images that reflect national and personal relations through periods of colonization, rapid urbanisation and social change. New technologies such as lithography,…
Work-in-Progress Seminar - Sounding civilised: British sound-portraits of Europeans and English-speaking peoples in the Second World War.
Seminar
This paper builds on recent work that highlights the significance of language, accents and voice in defining national identity. It uses British film and radio produced in the Second World War to trace an increasingly inclusive version of ‘the sounds of civilisation’ against German barbarism: one…
In the Image of Asia: Moving across and between locations
Conference
Convened by: Dr Fuyubi Nakamura, RSH, ANU & Dr Ana Dragojlovic, RSPAS, ANU Registration form (Word Doc)Program (PDF 540Kb)Abstracts (PDF 1.5MB) This interdisciplinary conference explores how ‘Asia’ has been imagined, imaged, represented and transferred visually across linguistic,…
Work-in-Progress Seminar - Imaging the Transnational Subject: State Collapse and Public Art in Sierra Leone
Seminar
In this seminar Dr Christensen will examine a 1993 public art movement that took place in Sierra Leone as the country teetered on the edge of state collapse in the face of both a recent military coup and an incipient civil war. Inspired by the successful coup and the expectation that the war’…
Sunbaked: Some reflections on Australian photography, land and landscape, historically and now
Seminar
Abstract: Taking photography as a rhetorical art practice, this paper considers contemporary Australian photography engaged with land, landscape and place, investigating ways in which imagery contributes to inflecting our understanding of ‘Australianness’. Examples discussed refer to the outback,…
Art forum: Ranjit Hoskote
Lecture
Ranjit Hoskote's visit to Australia has been supported by the Australia Council and the University of South Australia. His Canberra visit is hosted by the Public Culture Programme of the Research School of Humanities & the Arts, the Art Theory Workshop of the School of Art and the Asian…