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Displaying from Friday, March 24, 2017
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March 2017
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Friday 24 |
Dr Leanne McRae is the Senior Researcher for the Popular Culture Collective; a community of film makers, musicians, web builders, designers, writers, researchers and teachers who wish to create thinking – and thoughtful – popular culture.
Join her as she discusses the relationships (...)
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Thursday 30 |
Inspired daily by the beauty of her local bushland, Perth jeweller Donna Gahan has a strong interest in the effect of architecture on the human psyche, and the relationship between the natural and built environment.
Another recurring theme in her work is the many layers of our emotions (...)
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April 2017
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Saturday 01 |
Join us for the Audio Described Tour of Helen Britton: Interstices. Audio Description enhances visual art for people who are blind or vision impaired.
A trained Audio Describer delivers a verbal description of the visual elements. This tour will also include various tactile 3D printed (...)
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Tuesday 04 |
In this free-to-attend talk, Nicholas Jose reflects on the transformation of art in China across the last 30 years. In parallel with the political and social changes that saw China become a global economic powerhouse, a new kind of art emerged, mixing self-reflection, celebration and critique. In (...)
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Friday 07 |
Feminism has been one of the most durable political-ethical platforms of the 20th and 21st centuries – so much so that we speak of first-, second- and third-wave feminism and its impact on society and on academic scholarship throughout the world.
In her illustrated talk, Anne Marsh (...)
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Saturday 08 |
Take a more contemplative approach to art by joining us for a gallery tour with a difference. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.
Each viewing will be followed by a (...)
Cate Hayes is an artist, illustrator and author of literary fiction and stories for children. Join her for a family-friendly session of fascinating and fun-filled art activities to create jewellery, write a story of magic, and contribute to decorating a community robot.
Registrations (...)
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Tuesday 11 |
13:00 - EVENT - The Arts, the Law, and Freedom of Expression (with one eye on that cartoon) : Talking Allowed Series
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In 2016, Bill Leak’s controversial cartoon generated widespread debate about free speech and racism in Australia. Following Leak’s death on March 10, and in light of proposed amendments to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, those debates have resurfaced and intensified.
Jan (...)
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Friday 28 |
18:00 - EXHIBITION OPENING - Opening Night: HERE&NOW17: New Photography + Kevin Ballantine: Photographs 1986 - 2001
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Join us for the opening of two new photography exhibitions. HERE&NOW17: New Photography curated by Chelsea Hopper features newly commissioned work from WA-based artists Jacqueline Ball, Scott Burton, Lucy Griggs, Georgia Kaw, Dan McCabe and Lydia Trethewey.
Kevin Ballantine: (...)
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Saturday 29 |
Join curator Chelsea Hopper and local artists Dan McCabe and Georgia Kaw as they discuss their works of art and the framing of the exhibition.
Hear about how New Photography seeks an expansion of photography in order to shape new, formerly unimaginable relations between art and the (...)
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May 2017
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Saturday 06 |
Curator Sally Quin will join Kevin Ballantine in conversation about his works in the new exhibition Kevin Ballantine: Photographs 1986-2001.
Hear Kevin’s views on street photography and his own approach to documenting the changing face of Perth over an extended period, with images that (...)
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Tuesday 09 |
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Talking Allowed: Seeing Allowed? : Professor Jane Lydon (Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History) will speak to a number of issues that surround images of suffering. While it would seem that in 2017 photographs and images are becoming central to socio-political and ideological tensions, Professor Lydon will explore whether or not real change can be wrought by harrowing images of suffering.
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Over the last two years and with the rise of the citizen photographer, there have been radical changes in how we respond to photographs and images, particularly those that reveal unimaginable suffering. Whether it is a photograph of the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi washed ashore near the Turkish (...)
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Wednesday 10 |
Hear Stewart Scambler, one of WA’s leading potters, shed light on his practice from the selection and processing of naturally occurring local clay though to the ring of works in his Palmyra and York kilns.
Stewart’s work will also be available to purchase in store at this event.
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Wednesday 17 |
Experience the art of medicine at this exhibition of photography from the WA Medical Students’ Society. See photographs highlighting important global health and sociocultural issues, taken by UWA medical students who have sought out unique opportunities in far-flung places.
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Wednesday 24 |
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.
Each viewing will be themed differently and will be followed by an (...)
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Wednesday 31 |
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.
Each viewing will be themed differently and will be followed by an (...)
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June 2017
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Thursday 01 |
Contemporary photography spans a huge range of disciplines, from fine art to photojournalism, archival documentation and much more.
Discussing everything from risk-taking in photojournalism, to creative conceptual installations that are studio based, photographers Claire Martin, Graham (...)
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Saturday 03 |
Join us for an engaging tour of the new photography exhibitions, Kevin Ballantine: Photographs 1986 – 2001 and HERE&NOW17: New Photography, designed to connect participants living with dementia in a shared exploration of art through personal insights, emerging interpretations and memories.
Ref (...)
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Wednesday 07 |
Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise, where you focus on your breathing, in this tour you allow your mind to settle on selected pieces of contemporary art.
Each viewing will be themed differently and will be followed by an (...)
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Tuesday 13 |
13:00 - PRESENTATION - Talking Allowed: Culture Jamming the Perth Modern School Relocation Proposal : This presentation examines a new way for law and visualization to intersect
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Culture Jamming is defined as a movement that mixes politics with graffiti, and satire with paint. Said by some to scramble “... the signal, injects the unexpected, and spurs audiences to think critically and challenge the status quo”, this presentation examines a new way for law and (...)
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