Thu, 12 September 2024
1:30PM
Divine Felines: The Cat in Japanese Art
Rhiannon Paget
A seminar celebrating the launch of a new book by University of Sydney graduate Rhiannon Paget.
Events
Thu, 12 September 2024
3:00PM
Missionary Position / Looking Forward to the Past
India Urwin and Robert Miller
Two presentations of new research on Yuki Kihara's stunning 2020 work Paradise Camp, and the little known collection of art at Australia's Parliament House.
Thu, 12 September 2024
6:00PM
Post Cultural Studies
McKenzie Wark
A lecture by theorist McKenzie Wark on what comes after Cultural Studies.
Thu, 26 September 2024
3:00PM
Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: The Private and Public Lives of the John Jenner Albums
Aiden Magro
A presentation on the albums of photojournalist John Jenner, and their documentation of queer life in Warrane (Sydney).
Thu, 17 October 2024
3:00PM
Transoceanic Currents and Pelagic Materiality during Japan’s Nanban Period
Drisana Misra
A presentation on a group of 17th and 18th century objects produced and shaped by the waters between the Philippines, Taiwan, Ryūkyū, and Japan.
Thu, 24 October 2024
4:00PM
Trumping Animation: Donald Trump and the Hyperanimation of Hyperreality
Alan Cholodenko
A lecture on the delirious hyperreality of our present Age of Endarkenment, and the hyperanimation of Donald Trump.
Wed, 30 October 2024
6:00PM
Against Precarity: Art Collectives and Creative Workers' Unions in Thailand
Thanavi Chotpradit
A lecture on the creative labour movement in Thailand, and the politics of precarity, solidarity and collectivism.
Thu, 31 October 2024
3:00PM
Haunting History: The art and (life-) writings of Mia Bustam and Katharine Sim
Yvonne Low
A presentation on the feminist model of life writing in the writings of painters Mia Bustam and Katharine Sim, and the art histories of Indonesia and Malaya.