Past events

Photo of the outdoor sculpture, jugama.

Thu, 20 October 2022

12:00AM

Art in Place: jugama

Katrina Liberiou

A workshop for University of Sydney students, focused on the artwork ‘jugama’ by Waanyi artist Judy Watson.

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Photograph of a mural featuring a mountain.

Christopher Pinney

This seminar will build on Christopher’s September 29 lecture, “Citizens of Photography: Demotic Visual Practices in South Asia”, to consider his broader Photo Demos project, and the associated pamphlet series.

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A bright, stylised photograph of a couple.

Christopher Pinney

This presentation reports on recent ethnographic field research in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

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Black-and-white artwork of Great-grandmother Barka, an old tree.

Thu, 25 August 2022

6:00PM

Barkindji Ways of Being

Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, and David Doyle

A conversation with artists, curators and collaborators Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston and David Doyle about their work with Barkindji Country and knowledge systems.

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A group of people stand with their backs to the camera, facing a mural

Thu, 18 August 2022

12:00AM

Art in Place: Spine

Stephen Gilchrist and Ann Stephen

A workshop for University of Sydney students, focused on D Harding's Spine.

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Artwork using pencils.

A symposium celebrating the past, present and future of Indigenous art writing and research.

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Avatars in the metaverse.

Thu, 4 August 2022

9:00AM

The New Metaverse and Women of Color

Lisa Nakamura

Part of our 2022 series Image Complex, convened by Nick Croggon.

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Mr R Wavehill Jangala with karu (children) at Malyalyimalyalyi/Lipanangku (1st Wave Hill Station), Wave Hill

Wed, 3 August 2022

12:00PM

Gurindji Ways of Being

Stephen Gilchrist, Josephine Crawshaw, Brenda L Croft, Leah Leaman Yinpingali Namitja, and Felicity Meakins

A conversation with artists, activists and scholars about the Gurindji way of being in the world. 

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An early photo of a trans woman.

Thy Phu, Yi Gu, and Deepali Dewan

A conversation with the editorial team behind the journal Trans Asia Photography.

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Two woman smiling at each other.

This presentation explores the construction of socialist ways of seeing in Vietnam, focusing on the communist illustrated magazine, Vietnam Pictorial, which deployed color images as a means to project visions of socialist futurity, conjuring forth revolutionary renovations at a moment when victory had yet to be assured.

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