Lectures & Forums 2010

Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture
Monday 2 August, 6.00pm - 7.30pm, BMW Edge, Federation Square

  • Presented by Bill Henson
    Free entry, doors open from 5.30pm

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Melbourne Art Foundation Forum Program
Wednesday 4 August, 12.30pm - 4.00pm, NGV International

  • Inspired Acts of Co-Creation: On Collaboration
  • Australian Art: The Turn to Music
    Free Entry, Bookings essential T: + 61 3 8662 1555 

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Melbourne Art Foundation and Monash University Museum of Art
10am Session
Friday 6 August, 10.00am, Fitzroy Town Hall

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  • Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture

    Monday 2 August, 6.00pm - 7.30pm, BMW Edge, Federation Square

    Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture
    Presented by Bill Henson
    Monday 2 August, 6.00pm - 7.30pm, BMW Edge, Federation Square
    Free entry, doors open from 5.30pm

    Presented by Melbourne Art Foundation, the City of Melbourne's Melbourne Conversations Program and Monash University Museum of Art.

    Bill Henson
    Australian artist

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  • Melbourne Art Foundation Forum

    Wednesday 4 August 2010, NGV International, 12.30pm

    Clemenger Auditorium BBDO
    NGV International
    180 St Kilda Road
    Panels run from 12.30pm - 4.00pm with a break in between
    Free Entry, bookings essential: T: 03 8662 1555 Event Code: P1095

    Inspired Acts of Co-Creation: On Collaboration

    Collaboration, exchange, dialogue and reciprocity have all become important values in the contemporary art world, whether in relation to the process of making art or staging exhibitions. Claire Bishop has even argued that the 'social turn' in contemporary art has prompted an ethical turn in art criticism – manifest in a heightened attention to how ethically a given collaboration is undertaken. Why has this happened, and how is it happening in Australia? This forum, fusing anecdotal knowledge and critical insights, will specifically consider the potentials and pitfalls for artists and institutions engaged in acts of co-creation. What are the rewards and challenges that come of acting as an initiator of collaboration, working with people and communities both inside and outside the relative comfort of the art world? What happens to conventional notions of authorship? Is collaboration more democratic? What models exist? Speakers will address the topic from various perspectives – artistic and institutional, practical and theoretical – ranging from an individual artist to an international museum director.

    Chair: Daniel Palmer
    Senior Lecture, Theory of Art & Design, Monash University
    Michael Brand
    International Museum Director, most recently at the J P Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2005–2010)
    Lisa Havilah
    Director, Campbelltown Arts Centre
    Nikos Papastergiadis
    Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
    Gabrielle de Vietri
    Melbourne-based artist
    Emma Bugden
    Director, Artspace, Auckland

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  • Melbourne Art Foundation Forum

    Wednesday 4 August 2010, NGV International, 12.30pm

    Clemenger Auditorium BBDO
    NGV International
    180 St Kilda Road
    Panels run from 12.30pm - 4.00pm with a break in between
    Free Entry, bookings essential: T: 03 8662 1555 Event Code: P1095

    Australian Art: The Turn to Music

    While crossovers between art and music are hardly new, Melbourne in particular seems to be currently enjoying an increasing intensity of interest in all things sonic. This forum explores the ongoing appeal of music – and more broadly sound – to Australian visual artists, from avant-garde experiments with noise to new wave melodies and cover-band rock. A diverse lineup of artists and curators will consider the unique shape of these intersections in the Australian contemporary art scene. What motivates an artist to perform, either solo or in a band? How do live performance and recorded music become or contribute to an artist's practice? How do artists both celebrate and deconstruct musical stereotypes, such as masculine rock myths? Why are galleries increasingly open to featuring live music performed by visual artists?

    Clemenger Auditorium BBDO
    NGV International
    180 St Kilda Road
    Free Entry, bookings essential: T: 03 8662 1555 Event Code: P1095

    Chair: Sue Cramer
    Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art
    Glenn Barkley
    Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art
    Jon Campbell
    Melbourne-based artist
    Marco Fusinato
    Melbourne-based artist
    Jess Johnson
    Melbourne-based artist and Co-Director, Hell Gallery
    Neil Kelly
    Melbourne-based composer and member of Slave Pianos

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  • Melbourne Art Foundation and Monash University Museum of Art 10.00am Session

    Friday 6 August 2010, Fitzroy Town Hall, 10.00am

    Free entry, bookings essential.

    Presented by Robert Storr
    Dean of the Yale School of Art and 2007 Director of the Venice Biennale