Image Complex 2023
A series of online and in-person lectures on the structures, practices and institutions that shape life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Past programs
Sydney Asian Art Series 2023
A series bringing together researchers from across the world to share their work on critical issues in early, modern and contemporary Asian art.
In 2023, the series focus is on collection, as part of a broader three-year investigation entitled "Cura".
Sydney Asian Art Series 2022
Each year, the Sydney Asian Art Series gathers leading international voices on critical issues in early, modern and contemporary Asian art.
In 2022, the Sydney Asian Art Series introduces its audience to a spectrum of innovative new research on the experience of photography in Asian art.
Convened by Olivier Krischer, and co-presented by the Power Institute, the China Studies Centre, and VisAsia at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Art in Place 2022
A set of workshops for University of Sydney students, focused on artworks by Indigenous artists on campus.
Co-presented by the Power Institute and Honi Soit.
Ways of Being
A series of conversations amplifying the rich Indigenous systems of knowledge that persist in Country.
Series convened by Stephen Gilchrist, Deputy Director of the Power Institute.
Image Complex 2022
This series introduces new scholarship on the way visuality shapes the history and politics of identity, technology and imperialism.
Series convened by Nick Croggon, Events and Programs Officer at the Power Institute.
Sydney Asian Art Series 2021
The 2021 Sydney Asian Art Series considers the eco-political flows that cross the landscapes and borders of Asia.
Convened by Olivier Krischer, and co-presented by the Power Institute, the China Studies Centre and VisAsia at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Linework: Lines, Lineages and Networks in Indigenous Art
This series explores the rich history of Indigenous linework, from the specific techniques of line-drawing that express Indigenous philosophies of self and community, to the methodologies of storytelling and network building that join Indigenous people to their past, and to other Indigenous communities across Australia and the world.
Sydney Asian Art Series 2020
Each year, the Sydney Asian Art Series gathers leading international voices on critical issues in early, modern and contemporary Asian art.
In 2020 the series embraced a new virtual format, and explored the intersections of art and visual technologies in the context of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Asia.
Convened by Olivier Krischer, and co-presented by the Power Institute, the China Studies Centre, and VisAsia at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Image Complex 2020-21
An online lecture series investigating the visual infrastructures that have shaped the United States, and the practices that have, and continue to, resist them.
Convened by Nick Croggon, and co-presented by the Power Institute and Discipline journal.