Podcasts about Queensland Art Gallery

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The artist RONE was always attracted to street art's impermanence. He's since moved beyond street art and into large scale installations, involving space, sound, music, light and large scale art pieces, that breathe life into the rooms of decaying mansions and inside spaces. RONE's "Time" was on at AGWA Centenary Galleries in Western AustraliaFor four decades Judy Watson has been making layered, ethereal art about profound and difficult subjects: frontier violence, dispossession and ecological destruction. From her beginnings with the famed Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, to lithographs and her monumental public artworks, Daniel spoke to Judy Watson at her largest survey show at the Queensland Art Gallery, ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson'.

rWotD Episode 2727: Tourism in Brisbane Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Monday, 21 October 2024 is Tourism in Brisbane.Tourism in Brisbane is an important industry for the Queensland economy, being the third-most popular destination for international tourists after Sydney and Melbourne.Brisbane is a popular tourist destination, serving as a gateway to the state of Queensland, particularly to the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, which are home to numerous popular surf beaches, located immediately south and north of Brisbane respectively. Major landmarks and attractions include South Bank Parklands, the Queensland Cultural Centre (including the Queensland Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Performing Arts Centre and State Library of Queensland), City Hall, the Story Bridge, the City Botanic Gardens and Parliament of Queensland, the Howard Smith Wharves, ANZAC Square, Fortitude Valley (including James Street and Chinatown), West End, the Teneriffe woolstores precinct, Roma Street Parkland, New Farm Park (including the Brisbane Powerhouse), St John's Cathedral, the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the Mount Coot-tha Lookout and Botanic Gardens, the D'Aguilar Range and National Park, the Brisbane River and its Riverwalk network, as well as waterside locations around Moreton Bay(such as Tangalooma on Moreton Island, Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island, Bribie Island, and coastal suburbs such as Shorncliffe, Wynnum and those on the Redcliffe Peninsula).This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:02 UTC on Monday, 21 October 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Tourism in Brisbane on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Nicole.

A culture that flourished 3,500 years ago in Thailand. They made jewellery and ceramics, not war.  You may never have heard of Ban Chiang —That's possibly because the objects that tell the story of this fascinating archaeological site are in limbo, caught between voracious collectors, tomb-raiding locals and undercover federal agents. Art historian Dr Melody Rod-ari tells Daniel the story. For four decades Judy Watson has been making layered, ethereal art about profound and difficult subjects: frontier violence, dispossession and ecological destruction. From her beginnings with the famed Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, to lithographs and her monumental public artworks, Daniel speaks to Judy Watson at her largest survey show at the Queensland Art Gallery, ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson'. The stories in this episode were first broadcast in 2023 and March 2024.

Australia's art resale royalty scheme was supposed to help artists (or their families) get a small percentage when paintings were re-sold at auction for big bucks, particularly Indigenous artists. But it hasn't gone according to plan. ABC national business reporter Emilia Terzon tells Daniel about her year-long investigation into what many says is an unjust state of affairs.For four decades Judy Watson has been making layered, ethereal art about the most profound and difficult subjects in Australian art: truth-telling, violence and ecological destruction. From her beginnings with the famed Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, to her monumental public artworks, Daniel speaks to Judy Watson at her largest survey show at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Travel is often full of fun new experiences along with a lot of new people, noises and smells, so what does that mean for an autistic person? Can you pack comfort in your suitcase? We talk to artist and autistic person Prue about the joy of sensory seeking in travel, plus how to avoid overload when you're on the go and when you return home.This week's episode features Prue Stevenson, hosted by Karni Liddell and Oliver Hunter. A special thanks to the Queensland tour operators that made this experience possible: Oaks Brisbane Casino Towers, Birrunga Gallery, Donna Chang, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank Parklands, Greca and Tangalooma Island Resort Day Cruises.Accessed That is presented by Queensland.Read the episode transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m31ut65et6uhhqvfphw0k/Episode-3-Final-Transcript.docx?rlkey=oaeb971czv1bxa428s7a9e06r&dl=0 Discover more:Visit Queensland.com for our inclusive travel experiences and sign up for our mailing list: https://bit.ly/3Yvvb97 Learn more about Prue: @prue_stevenson Follow Queensland on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q9qXYl Follow Queensland on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3rW1h1JFollow our producers, The Peers Project: https://bit.ly/TPPINSTA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Bank stretches from Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in the north to the Queensland Maritime Museum in the south and is famous for its diverse mix of entertainment, recreation and leisure activities that are all within walking distance of each other. - South Bank ist das kulturelle Herz der Hauptstadt von Queensland. Korrespondentin Katharina Loesche ist von dem Freizeitangebot entlang dem Brisbane River total begeistert.

Moving to a new city is hard. Making new friends, in a new city, as a lonely adult can be terrifying. Cobey Bartels tells the story of how motorcycles have saved him from loneliness more than once. This story was first told a GOMA, in conjunction with The Motorcycle Design, Art, Desire' exhibition in April 2021. The event was presented by the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, in partnership with Yarn Storytelling.

Cuộc triển lãm nghệ thuật đương đại Á  Châu-Thái Bình Dương Triennial tại Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art ở Brisbane lần thứ 10 qui tụ hàng trăm tác phẩm của 150 nghệ sĩ từ khắp nơi trong khu vực nhưng không nghệ sĩ ngoại quốc nào có thể đến đây do biên giới bị đóng vì COVID.

For nearly 30 years, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art has been a signature exhibition for Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art/Queensland Art Gallery. This weekend the gallery's celebrating a milestone with the opening of the 10th APT showcasing significant art and culture of the region.

In this episode, Mihai Sora is joined by Ruth McDougall and Ruha Fifita to discuss the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) showing at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane from 4 December. They discuss how Pacific art is a powerful vehicle for building and maintaining connections across communities, the uniquely collaborative nature of Pacific art, and how to reframe art as less of an ‘industry' and more as a meaning-making cultural activity that delivers new learning for artists and their audiences. Mihai Sora is the Project Director of the Australia-Papua New Guinea Network at the Lowy Institute, Ruth McDougall is curator for Pacific art for APT10 and Ruha Fifita is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in the Kingdom of Tonga, who has exhibited throughout the Pacific and who has curated a number of projects for APT10.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Mihai Sora is joined by Ruth McDougall and Ruha Fifita to discuss the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) showing at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane from 4 December. They discuss how Pacific art is a powerful vehicle for building and maintaining connections across communities, the uniquely collaborative nature of Pacific art, and how to reframe art as less of an ‘industry' and more as a meaning-making cultural activity that delivers new learning for artists and their audiences. Mihai Sora is the Project Director of the Australia-Papua New Guinea Network at the Lowy Institute, Ruth McDougall is curator for Pacific art for APT10 and Ruha Fifita is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in the Kingdom of Tonga, who has exhibited throughout the Pacific and who has curated a number of projects for APT10.

Melati Suryodarmo, (b. 1969, Solo, Indonesia) graduated from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunscheweig, Germany under the tutelage of Marina Abramović and Anzu Furukawa with a Meisterschüler qualification in Performance Art. Her practice is informed by Butoh, dance and history, among others. Her work is the result of ongoing research in the movements of the body and its relationship to the self and the world. These are enshrined in photography, translated into choreographed dances, enacted in video or executed in live performances. Suryodarmo is interested in the psychological and physical agitations that may be from the self or the world but somehow result in lasting change the individual. This belief in change or growth through bodily action belies her early induction in meditation, which she continues to practice. The body is the home for memories and the self, rather than the individual itself, and the body's system. The way the body translates internal and external ideas enriches the attitude and thoughts of the self. Meeting Furukawa, an accomplished Butoh practitioner, had opened her eyes on the expressive qualities of the body, a form of communication that transcends verbal language. This experience has motivated her lifelong studies into Butoh and other artistic forms concerned with the human body. As a trained performance artist, presence is integral to the accomplishment of Suryodarmo's work in all mediums. The senses picks up non-verbal inputs and receive them as communication of intent, emotion, energy or identity. These non-verbal inputs open the door to sensitive and individual perception and the creation of presence. However, everyone processes these inputs differently and interpret them differently based on their unique consciousness. By compiling, extracting, conceptualising and translating some of these factors of presence that she recognises into her work, she intends to tease open the fluid border between the body and its environment. These movements are understood through the metaphor of poets, who similarly assembles words and spaces to create their poetry. Suryodarmo draws inspiration from her real experiences in the world. The path of history informs her perception of the everyday and the now. Her works often reflect the process that lead to current events, be it political, global or highly personal. In her abstracted gestures and poetical acts, the presence of each work is brought to a concentrated level of intensity. In abstracting these acts from their common context, they are made to correspond with new associations and sometimes identify radically with different meanings. The works' abstract narrative throws the spotlight on the audience's bodily response. This often results in a level of factual absurdity in the work, which is acknowledged and welcome. Suryodarmo has presented her work in various international festivals and exhibitions, including Reanacting History: Collective Actions and Everyday Gestures (2017), National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon, South Korea; SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now (2017), National Art Centre Tokyo & Mori Art Museum, travelled to Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan; AFTERWORK (2016), Para Site, Hong Kong, travelled to (2017) Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; East Asia Feminism: FANTasia (2015), Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea; 8th Asia Pacific Triennale (2015), Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Australia; 5th Guangzhou Triennale (2015), Guangzhou, China; The Roving Eye: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia (2014), Arter, Istanbul, Turkey; Medium at Large (2014), Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Luminato Festival (2012), Toronto, Canada; Beyond the Self: Contemporary Portraiture from Asia (2011), National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia; Marina Abramović Presents… (2009), Manchester International Festival, Manchester, U.K.; Incheon Women Artists' Biennale (2009), Incheon, South Korea; Manifesta 7 (2008), Bolzano, Italy; Wind from the East: Perspectives on Asian Contemporary Art (2007), Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland. Since 2007, Suryodarmo has been organizing an annual Performance Art Laboratory and Undisclosed Territory, a performance art festival, in Solo, Indonesia. In 2012, she founded “Studio Plesungan”, an art space for performance artists to use as a laboratory. In 2017, she served as Artistic Director for Jiwa, the 17th Jakarta Biennale. She currently lives and works between Gross Gleidingen, Germany and Solo, Indonesia.Artist StatementThe world that inspires me to move my thoughts is the world inside me. The body becomeslike a home which functions as container of memories, living organism. The systeminside the psychological body that changes all the time has enriched my idea to developnew structures of attitude and thoughts. I try to perceive my surroundings as the fact ofthe real presence of now, but considering the path of its history. I try to understand thelanguage that are not spoken, and opens the door of perceptions. I respect the freedom inour minds to perceive things coming through our individual sensory register system.Crossing the boundaries of cultural and political encounters has been a challenge thatstimulates me discovering new identification. An effort to find identity is yet a dangerousact of losing the ground of origin. For me, the process of making artwork is a life long researchthat never stops me to put myself inside the metamorphic constellation. I intend totouch the fluid border between the body and its environment through my art works. I aimto create a concentrated level of intensity without the use of narrative structures. Talkingabout politics, society or psychology makes no sense to me if the nerves are not able todigest the information. I love it when a performance reaches a level of factual absurdity.Melati Suryodarmo's performances have been dealing with the relationship between ahuman body, a culture in which it belongs to and a constellation where it lives. Through thepresence, she compiles, extracts, conceptualized and translates some phenomenon orsubjects into movement, actions, and gestures that are specified to her performance. MelatiSuryodarmo´s performances concern with cultural, social and political aspects, inwhich she articulates through her psychological and physical body. Her performances featureelements of physical presence and visual art to talk about identity, energy, politics andrelationships between the body and its environments.Melati Suryodarmo studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germanyunder Marina Abramovic.Suryodarmo has presented her works in various internationalfestivals and exhibitions since 1996, including the 50th Venice Biennale 2003, Marking theterritory, IMMA Dublin. e.t.c. In 2005, Melati Suryodarmo has performed at the Van GoghMuseum Amsterdam, during the Exhibition of the Life of Egon Schiele in 2005; VideobrasilSao Paolo (2005), Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, 52nd Venice Biennale dance Festival(2007), KIASMA Helsinki (2007), Manifesta7, in Bolzano, Italy (2008),and In Transit festival,HKW Berlin (2009), Luminato festival of the arts, Toronto, (2012), Asia Pacific Triennale,Qagoma Brisbane (2015), Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong, China (2015); SingaporeBiennale, Singapore, (2016). Since the last six years, Suryodarmo has been presenting herworks in Indonesia and other South East Asian countries. For the Padepokan Lemah PutihSolo Indonesia, she has been organizing an annual Performance Art Laboratory Projectand “undisclosed territory” performance art event in Solo Indonesia since 2007. In 2012,she founded “Studio Plesungan” an art space for performance art laboratory. She wasworking as the Artistic Director of the Jakarta Biennale 2017, one of the core visual artsbiennale in South east Asia.Melati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.comMelati Suryodarmoinfo@melatisuryodarmo.comwww.melatisuryodarmo.comSTUDIO PLESUNGANDesa Plesungan RT03 RW02Plesungan, GondangrejoKaranganyar 57773Jawa TengahIndonesia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Born 12. July 1969 in Surakarta IndonesiaLives and works in Surakarta, IndonesiaEducation2016 - PhD Candidate in Artistic Research / Art as Practice Phd. at the Institute of theArts Surakarta Indonesia2001 - 2002Postgraduate Program (Meisterschule) in Performance Art at the Hochschulefuer Bildende Kuenste, Braunschweig, Germany, under prof. Marina Abramovic1994- 2001Study of performance art and sculpture under Prof.Anzu Furukawa, and Prof.Marina Abramovic. Degree in Fine Art at the Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste,Braunschweig, Germany1993Degree in International Relations Studies, Faculty of Politic and Socio Sciences,UniversitasPadjadjaran Bandung, IndonesiaExhibitions and Festivals |selections|2020- Marina Abramović + MAI Akış / Flux, Akbank Sanat Exhibition Program, Istambulk,Turkey- “Why Let the Chicken Run?”, Solo Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art and ContemporaryArt Nusantara (MACAN), Jakarta2019- “Memento Mori”, Solo Exhibition at Singapore Tyler Print International (STPI)Singapore- “Gandari”an opera by Tony Prabowo, as director and choreographer, Graha BaktiBudaya, Taman Ismail Marzuk, Jakarta- “Contemporary World”, Naional Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australi- “Orfeus”, dance choreography, Komunitas Salihara, Jakarta- “Kontraksi: Pasca Traditionalisme”, pameran besar Nusantara, National Gallery ofIndonesia, Jakarta- “Arus Balik”, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Gilmann Barracks, Singapore- “All About Eve”, 2nd Women show at the Indonesia Luxury, Jakarta- “+63 / +62”, Silverlens Gallery, Manila, the Philippines2018- “Luminous Emptiness”, dance choreography in collaboration with Katsura Kan(Japan), Bo- robudur Writers and Cultural festival, Borobudur, Indonesia- “Sakhsat”, dance choreography, Solo International Performing Arts (SIPA) Festival,Solo, Indonesia- “Sweet Dreams Sweet”, performance, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum for ContemporaryArts, Berlin, Germany- “I Love You”, Solo exhibition, Shanghart Gallery, Beijing, China- “Dance in Asia”, Osaka Creative Center, Osaka, Japan- “Timoribus” , Solo Exhibition, Shanghart Gallery , Singapore2017- “Amnesia” , Performance Klub, Europalia 2017, at S.M.A.K, Gent, BelgiumMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com- “Tomorrow As Purposed”, Dance Performance, Flammish Royal Theatre, KVS, Brussels,Belgium- “Self Portrait”, group exhibition, Mind Set Art Centre, MSAC, Taipei, Taiwan- “Re-enacting History: Collective Actions and Everyday estures”, National Museum ofModern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon Seoul, South Korea.- “First Sight” at Museum Museum, Jakarta- “Political Acts”, AsiaTopa, Melbourne Art Center, Melbourne, Australia- “Sunshower” - Contemporary Art in South East Asia - National Art Centre Tokyo, Japan- “Vertical Recall” dance performance, as choreographer at the Helatari, Salihara, Jakarta- “After Works”, Ilham Museum, Kuala Lumpur2016- “Behind the Light”, Singapore Biennale, SAM Singapore- “Transaction of Hollows”, Lilith Performance Studio Residency , Malmo, Sweden- “Your Otherness, I've never been so East”, dance piece, Hexentanz Festival, Sophiensale,Berlin- “Tomorrow as Purposed”, as choreorapher and director of dance production and researchinvolving dancers, musicians, at Indonesian Dance Festival, Jakarta- “Melati Suryodarmo” Solo Exhibition at Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy- “undisclosed territory#10” as Facilitator at Studio Plesungan- “ In Silence”, a group exhibition at Pearl Lam Gallery in Singapore- “Amnesia” - Solo performance and exhibition, Galerie Ark, Jogyakarta, Indonesia- Paper Trail - South East Asia Works on Paper. Galery Sangkring, Jigyakarta, Indonesia- After Works, Para-Site, Hongkong- Costume National : Contemporary Art from Indonesia, Gallerie SAW Ottawa, Canada2015- Asia Pacific Trienial 8, Qagoma, Brisbane, Australia- I See You See Me, Treshold Gallery, New Delhi, Indiea- Sisyphus, a dance piece choerographed and directed by Melati Suryodarmo at DeSIngel, Antwerp, Belgium. Sisyphus, a dance piece choerographed and directed by Melati Suryodarmo at FrankfurtLab, Frankfurt, Germany- 5th Guangzhou Trienial and 1st Asia Bienial, Guanzhou, Guangdong, China- Oz Asia Festival , Adelaide, Australia- Melati Suryodarmo's Video Works, solo exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre of SouthAustralia (CACSA), Adelaide- FantAsia, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea- ArtJog 2015, In FLux, Yogjakarta, Indonesia- Tokyo International Performing Arts Meeting, Yokohama, Japan2014- “APBF Signature Award 2014 Exhibition” , Singapore Art Museum, Singapore- “Indonesian Dance Festival 2014”, Teater Kecil Taman ismail Marzuki, Jakarta- “Marina Abramovic Performance Exhibition”, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland- “Rowing Eye- Contemporaray art from South East Asia”, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey- “Domestication”, Kayu, Lucie Fontane Foundation, Bali, Indonesia- “Sensorium 360°”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore- - ArtJog 2014, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta- “Video Art at Loop”, Loop, Casa Asia, Barcelona- “ArtJog”, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogjakarta, Indonesia- “Fokus+Indonesia”, Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Szcezin, Poland- “K.R.O.P.P”, Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Uppsala, Sweden- “China Festival”, Haus am Ufer HAU 2, Berlin- “Medium at Large”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore- “Today and Tomorrow: Indonesia Contemporary Art”, Yallay Galery, HongkongMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com2013- Gambar idoep- video art exhibition, galeri Semarang, Semarang Indonesia- „development“ group exhibition, at TNS Foundation, Gdansk, Poland- ArtJog 2013, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta- „undisclosed territory #7“ padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia- „ Slapstick“, Performance Program, Kunst Museum Wolfsburg, Germany- re-act feminism #2, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spanien; Akademie der Künste,Berlin, Deutschland- „Die auf dem Boden Liegenden, liegen gelassen - The lying on the floor, abandoned tolie“, Künstlervereinigung MAERZ, Linz, Austria.- „Pressing“ Fondazzione @videoinsight, Turin, Italy- „Market Forces“, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong2012„I am a ghost in my own house“, Solo exhibition at Lawangwangi Art foundation, Bandung,Indonesia„Transart 2012 Festival“, performing John cage‘s Songs Books,in colaboration with NataliaPschenitschnikova, MAS Museum Ötztal, Bolzano, Italy„Homoludens“, group exhibition at Galeri Emmitan; Surabaya„Tai Ping Quo“, Parasite and Spring Workshop, Hongkong.„Performance Platform Lubiln 2012“, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin Poland„Insight“, Group exhibition at Kuntraum, Vaduz, Lichtenstein„Beethoven Marathon-in collaboration with Stewart Goddyear“, Luminato Festival, KoernerHall RCM, Toronto„Flow“, group exhibition, Gallery Michael Janssen, Berlin„domestic stuffs“, group exhibition at Galeri Salihara, Jakarta; Cemeti Art House Yogyakarta.„ZEITGEIST“- Galeri Seni Bataviasche Kunstkring, Jakarta„Reclaim.doc“, group exhibition at Jakarta National Gallery, Jakarta„re.act.feminism #2“ - a performing archive at the Galerija Miroslav Kraljević in Zagreb,Croatia, Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde, Denmark; Galerija Miroslav Kraljević Zagreb,Croatia; Instytut Sztuki Wyspa Gdańsk, Poland; Tallinna Kunstihoone Tallinn, Estonia„Beyond the Self“,McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Langwarrin, Victoria; theAnne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, Australia„Acts of Indecency“, solo exhibition at Art Dept, VWFA Jakarta, Indonesia2011„Bienalle Jogja XI“, Jogjakarta, Indonesia„Beyond Pressure IV“ performance art festival; Yangoon and Mandalay, Myanmar„Beyond the East: Indonesian Contemporary Art“ Museo d‘arte Contemporanea Roma,Rome, Italy„Performance Hautnah“, Kunstlerforum, Bonn„Performance I Bibliotek“, Kunstbanken Hedmark Kunstsenter, Hamar, Norway„Kunst Hier und Jetzt“, Algemeine Konsumverein, Braunschweig„re.act Feminism vol. II“, 2011 -2013, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz,Spain„Between Sky and Sea III“ Hergla Island, Norway„hijacking TV“ video exhibition at Gallery Salihara, Jakarta„Beyond the Self“, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Australia“Passionate Pilgrim” for House Without Maid Project, curated by Jorge Leon and SimoneAughterlony, Villa Tobler, Zürich, Switzerland.„Absence“, Manila Contemporary, Manila, the Philippines„Almost There“, a dance choreography piece, World Dance Day Festival, at Teater BesarInstitut Seni Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia„A Feather Fell down from the Silence“, at R.I.T.E.S, Substation, Singapore„Negotiating Home, History and Nation“ Two Decades of Contemporary Art from SouthEast Asia 1991 - 2010, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore„undisclosed territory#5“, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo IndonesiaMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com„Performance Art Laboratory (PALA) Project“, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo Indonesia2010“Passionate Pilgrim” for House Without Maid Project, curated by Jorge Leon and SimoneAughterlony, de Internationale Keueze, International Theater Festival, Rotterdam, theNetherlands“Passionate Pilgrim” for House Without Maid Project, curated by Jorge Leon and SimoneAughterlony, Bern Biennale, Haus der Universität, Bern, Switzerland„Ugo“ for One Night Stand, curated by Myriam Laplante, Fundazione Volume, Rome, Italy“Passionate Pilgrim” for House Without Maid Project, curated by Jorge Leon and SimoneAughterlony, Tanz Im August, Berlin“Passionate Pilgrim” for House Without Maid Project, curated by Jorge Leon and SimoneAughterlony, Alcantara Festival, Lisabon, Portugal"Lilith Performance event", Lilith Performance Studio, Malmoe, Sweden“Grenzart”, Kirschau, Germany“Exergie- butter dance – extended” , Asian Body festival, Moderna Dans Teatern, Stockholm“Passionate Pilgrim” for House Without Maid Project, curated by Jorge Leon and SimoneAughterlony, Maisson des Arts de Schaerbek, Brussels“trouble-festival”, Les Halles, Brussels„Indonesian Contemporary art Showcase“ Art Paris - Grand Palais, Paris“undisclosed territory #4”, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia“PALA Project 2010”, Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia“Ugo” solo performance at „mobilized Performance Series“, Mobius, Boston, MA, USA2009“On the Way”, Artrend, Taipeh, Taitung (Dulan), Kaoshiung, Tainan; Taiwan“Asiatopia 11th”, Bangkok Center for Art and Culture, Bangkok, Thailand“Kunstbanken”, Kunsthalle, Hamar, Norway"International Incheon Women Artists Biennale", Incheon, South Korea“European Performance Art Festival”, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw“Farewell Angel”, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmoe, Sweden“International Performance Art Festival”, Turbinen Halle, Giswill, Switzerland“East West Project via Belfast”, Platform Art, Bbeyond, Belfast, Northern Ireland“East West Project”, Kaskaden Kondensator,Basel, Switzerland"CUT - South East Asian Contemporary Photography", Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila“Art of the Encountering”, Gebläser Halle, Ilsede and Hildesheim, Germany“Marina Abramovic Presents…”, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester International Art Festival,Manchester, UK“InTransit 09”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany“Momentum”, Le Bain Connective, Brussel“Performance Art Laboratory Project” 2009, Bali, Indonesia“undisclosed territory#3- performance art event” Solo, Indonesia“Pathological Aesthetic” symposium at HAN, Nijmegen, Holland2008„Ex-teresa Arte Actual“, International Performance Art Festival, Mexico City, Mexico“Intimate Strangers”, with the Damaged Goods Company, Brussels.“Asiatopia 10 – international performance art festival” Bangkok“Future Of Imagination 5” Sculpture Square, Singapore“ZOOM” performance Art Festival, IPAH, St. Jacobi Kirsche, Hildesheim“Memorabilia”, performance project, TBS, Solo, Indonesia“Between Sky and Sea-II” Herdla Island, Norway“Tanz im August/sommer.bar,” Podewil, Berlin, Germany“Sincere Subject”, SIGIARTS Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia“Emerging discourse- performance mimicry II”, Bodhiart, New York City“Manifesta7”, European Biennial, Ex-Alumix, Bolzano, Italy“Friktioner”, at City Gallery, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden“MADE Festival”, Nordlandsoperan, Umea, Sweden“Solitaire”, Solo exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Arts at Annexe, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com“undisclosed territory#2”, Padepokan Lemah Putih Solo, Indonesia2007“Perception of Patterns in Timeless Influence”, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö, Sweden.“eBent 07 Festival”, off*ample, Passage de la Paz, Barcelona“Insomnia”, Nuit Blanche, Le Gènerateur, ParisTravelogue “Flying Circuss Project”, Theatreworks, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam“Performance Intermedia”, Sczecin, Poland and Berlin“The Curtain Opens: Indonesian Women Artists”, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia“Anti Aging”, Gaya Fusion Gallery, Bali, Indonesia“Erotic Body”, Venice Biennale Dance Festival, Venice, Italy“15th Performance art Conference”, Bali, Indonesia“undisclosed territory”, performance art event, Solo, Indonesia(N)ever Mind, Video Exhibition, Viavia, Jogjakarta, Indonesia“Wind from the East - Perspectives on Asian Contemporary Art”, National Gallery/Museumof Contemporary art, KIASMA, Finland2006“Disposal on Arrival- Indonesian Contemporary Arts”, Grace exhibition Space, New York,USA“Exergie-butter dance”, Performance Space, Sydney, Australia“Deformed Ethic of a Relationship 3.0 for DormArt” with Oliver Blomeier, Depot, Dortmund“Accione 06”, Madrid, Spain“Deformed Ethic of a Relationship 1.0”, with Oliver Blomeier, Galerieturm, HelmstedtGipfeltreff, Kaskaden Kondensator, Basel, Switzerland“Loneliness in the Boundaries”, Solo Exhibition, Cemeti Art House Jogjakarta, Indonesia.“Exegie – Butter Dance”, Goethe Institut, Jakarta, Indonesia2005“Räume und Schatten”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin“Kunst Forum Berlin”, Art.es, Berlin“15th International Electronic Art Festival – Video Brasil”, Sao Paolo, Brasil“ 19th Festival Grad Teatar Budva”, Budva, Serbia and Montenegro“Navigate – live art”, BALTIC & Stubnitz, Gateshead Newcastle, UK“La Galleria dell'Amore”, Galleria Civica Trento, Italy“Gifted Generation”, HAU1 Hebbel Theater Berlin, Germany“International Performance Festival Salzau”, Schloss Salzau, Germany“Retrospective of the work of Egon Schiele – the SHELF” – in collaboration with MarinaAbramovic, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Holland.“Der Sekundentraum – opening of Kunstmuseum Stuttgart”, Wüttembergischem KunstvereinStuttgart, Germany2004“Nude with skeleton”, MARTa Herford, Germany“Retrospective” Galerie der HBK Braunschweig, Germany“7a*11d”, International Performance Art Festival, Toronto, Canada“Leidenschaft Junge Kunst”, Allgemeine Konsum Verein, Braunschweig“FAXE KONDI- unzipped time”, Gallery Futura, Prague, Czech Republik“Cleaning The House -performance Loop”, NMAC Foundation, Jerez Dela Frontera, Spain“RISK”, Landesmuseum Braunschweig, Braunschweig2003„4th International Performance Festival Odense”, Odense“Live Art brrr”, Teatro Carlos Alberto/Teatro Nacional de São joão, Porto Portugal“Student Body”, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Galicia, Spain“Performance in der Kunsthalle”, Fridericianum , Kassel,“Performance art NRW 2003”, Healing Theater, Köln“Recycling the future”, group event, Venice Biennale 2003, ItalyMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com“As soon as possible” Performance and Exhibition, PAC Milano, Italy“Performance Art Nord Rhein Westfalen”, Maschinenhaus, Essen2002“Body Power Power Play“, Wüttenbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart“The Promise“, Solo Exhibition, Gallerie Gedok, Stuttgart“Braunschweiger Kulturnacht“, LOT Theater, Braunschweig“Pret â Perform“, Gallery Via Farini, Milano, Italy“Body Basic“, Trans art 02, Franzenfestung, Brixen, Italy“Common Ground“, Landesvertretungshaus Niedersachsen –Schleswig Holstein, Berlin2001“Festa dell´arte“, Aquario diroma, Rome, Italy“Marking the territory“, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland“Get That Balance”, National Sculpture Factory, Opera House, Cork, Ireland“A little bit of History Repeated“, Kunst Werke, Berlin“Indonesian Live Art“, Gallerie Mein Blau, Berlin“Polysonneries, 2nd International Performance Festival“, Lyon, France “von weiß-rosa zurot“, Luther Turm, Cologne“Lullaby for the ancestors“, Solo Performance, LOT Theater, Braunschweig“Fingerspitzengefühle“, Group exhibition, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen2000“Performance Passing Through“, Gedok, Stuttgart“Anableps“, Group exhibition, Galery Miscetti, Rome, Italy“ins“, Maximillian Forum, Munich“Visible Differences - an event“, Hebbel Theater, Berlin“Spot + Places“, Performance Congress, Healing Theater, Cologne1999“Fresh Air“, Group-exhibition, E-Werk, Weimar“Performance Festival Odense“, Odense, Danmark“Cardiff Art in Time“, UWIC, Cardiff, Wales, GB“Unfinished Business“, Group exhibition, Gallery am Lützow Platz, Berlin“Der Sekundentraum“, Solo Performance, Healing Theater, Cologne“Braunschweiger Kulturnacht“, LOT Theater, Braunschweig1998“Finally“, Group exhibition, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover1997“Braunschweiger Kulturnacht“, FBZ, Braunschweig1996Dance Performance “Kashya-kashya Muttiku“ with Yuko Negoro (Japan), FBZ, Braunschweig1988 -1995 various dance and theatre performances in Indonesia and GermanyUp COMING Project/Exhibition2019- If We Were XYZ, Creative Common Ground Project, Asia Society, New York City- Working as Director and choreographer for Opera Gandari by Tony Prabowo, GrahaBakti Budaya, Jakarta- Solo Exhiibition, Singapore Tyler Print International, Singapore- As Panelist at the Ubud Writer Festival, Ubud, BaliMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.comHonors/ Grants2017 Art Stage Jakarta Award, Best Artist, Jakarta, Indonesia2015 Signature Art Prize Asia Pacific Brewery Foundation, Jurors ChoiceAwardVisual Artist of the Year 2015, Tempo Magazine's choice.Research Grant for the project “Sisyphus” from the Ministery of Cultureof South Korea2011 Icon of the Year 2011,in Arts and Culture; Gatra Media Indonesia2008 Grant for Innovative Art Project “Memorabilia” from Kelola Arts Foundation,Jakarta, Indonesia2008 Jahresstipendium der Niedersächsische Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft,(Grant from the Ministry of Culture and Science NiedersachsenGermany)2006 Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunsfonds, Bonn, Germany2002 - 2003 Graduierten Stipendium, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig2003 Arbeitsstipendium der Niedersächsische Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft,Braunschweig (Grant from the Ministry of Culture and ScienceNiedersachsen Germany)Other Projects2019- As Jury for the Bandung Contemporary Art Competition, Lawangwangi Foundnation,Bandung-2018- Critical Responder for the Asia Dramaturgy Network (ADN), Jogjakarta, Indonesia- Facilitator for D-LAP II, Studio Plesungan, Karanganyar- Lecture at the Städelschule, Frankfurt.- Keynote Speaker at “Conversation” Art Basel Hongkong, Hongkong- Facilitator for Artists Platform, Goethe Insitute , Bangkok, Thailand- Facilitator for Platform for Women Artists, Kelola Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia2017- Keynote speaker at Museum Summit, Asia Society, Manila, Philippines- Artistic Director of the Jakarta Biennale 2017, Jakarta, Indoensia- Guest Lecturer at the NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts) Singapore2016Melati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com- Art Summit Indonesia , as performance workshop tutor, Padang, Indonesia- As Curator and facilitator of the “undisclosed territory #10” performance art event at theStudio Plesungan, Solo, Indonesia- Keynote Speaker at the International Seminar at the post Graduate Program IndonesianInstitute of the Arts, Padang Panjang- Keynote Speaker at Seminar on “Artistic reserach” at the Indonesian Institute of the ArtsSurakarta- Guest Lecturer at the Post Graduate Program, Indonesian Insitute of the Arts, Jogjakarta2015- Guest Lecturer at the Post Graduate Program, Indonesian Insitute of the Arts, Jogjakarta- As panel speaker at the Workshop for young curators in the performing arts at theSingapore International Festival of the Arts- As mentor for Double Dance, Dare! Workshop for dance and performance art, SaskiKirana Dance Camp, Bandung, Indonesia- Public Lecture at the PKKH, Universitas Gajah Mada, Yogyakarta- Public Lecture at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia- Public Lecture at the Parliement House of Australia, Canberra- As Curator and facilitator of the “undisclosed territory #9” performance art event at theStudio Plesungan, Solo, Indonesia- As Instructure for Lab “Translate,Intertwine, Transgress” Symposium at Moderna Museet,Stockholm, Sweden- As Instructure for Workshop at Fort Rotterdam Makassar, South Sulawesi, indonesisa- As Instrcture for Workshop at the Oksigen Jawa, ITB Bandung, Indonesia- Project House Club, HAU3, Hebbel Am Ufer , Berlin2014- Project House Club, China Festival, HAU2, Hebbel Am Ufer , Berlin- As curator for „undisclosed territory #8“ performance art event atStudio Plesungan, Solo, Indonesia.2013- As curator for „undisclosed territory #7“ performance art event at Studio Plesungan,Solo, Indonesia.- „Pseudopartisipatif Project“, with Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta, Indonesia- Performance Art Workshop „beetwen the space“ at the Bangkok Arts andCulture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand.- „D-Lap“ dance laboratory, as facilitator, collaboration between PadepokanLemah Putih and CCAP Stockholm.„between the space“, performance art class for graduate and post graduateprogram at Umea Konsthogskolan, Umea, Sweden2012- Curator for „undisclosed territory #6“ performance art event at Padepokan Lemah Putih,Solo, Indonesia.- Facilitator for P_LAP,a performance Laboratory Project, collaborative project betweenPadepokan Lemah Putih Solo Indonesia with Galeria Labirynt Lublin Poland; as curator- Performance art wokshop II at the Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia2011- Residency at Manila Contemporary, Manila, the Philipines- Mentor for EUFRAD (the European Forum for Research Degrees in Art and Design,Stockholm, Sweden. Workshop for european Phd candidates in artistic research.- Lecture for the Master Program at University of Dance and Circus,Stockholm- Workshop in Mandalay School of Arts during the Beyond Pressure festival,Mandalay, MyanmarMelati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com- Performance art wokshop I at the Padepokan Lemah Putih, Solo, Indonesia2010- Lecture and Workshop at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, boston MA, USA- Workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts - University of Umeå, Sweden- Artist in Residence at IASPIS Residency in Umea and Saxnas, Sweden2009- Workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts - University of Umeå, Sweden- Panelist for Panel Discussion on Women artists in the era of Post_feminism; IncheonWomen Artists‘ Biennale 2009; at Chinese Center Incheon, South Korea- Lecture at the Chiangmai University, Faculty of Fine arts, Chiangmai, Thailand- Lecture at the WIlliam Waren Library, Jim Thompson Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand.- Lecture at the Dongmen Museum, Tainan, Taipei2008- “Is everything performance, is performance everything?”, panel member for Dans Biennal,Umea, Sweden- Workshop at the ZOOM Inetrnational performance art Festival Hildesheim, Germany- Lecture about Organizing Performance Art Labiratory Project, Asiatopia 10th, BangkokArt and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailandsince 2007- PALA (Performance Art Laboratory) Project, and “undisclosed territory #1 - #5, performanceart event”as Project manager, Padepokan Lemah Putih, in Tejakula, Bali, and Solo,Java,Indonesia.2007- Lecture at the Malmö School of Arts.- Artist in Studio, December 2007 at Lilith Performance Studio Malmö, Swedia- “Flying Circus Project” – Travelogue – Superintense- Singapore- Ho Chi Minh City, curatedby Ong Ken Seng, Theatreworks, Singapore- “15 International Performance Art Conference”, as project manager, in Bali, Indonesia2006- Faciilitator for the “Time_Place_Space 5”, at the Queensland University of technology(QUT) Brisbane, curated and organized by the Performance Space Sydney Australia- Residency at Grace exhibition Space, New York2005- “Focusing the day”, Project with youths in Berlin, HKW Berlin.Bibliographie |selected|- “Elements and Principles of 4D Art and Design”, Ellen Mueller, Oxford UniversityPress, New York, 2017; pg. 20-21- “Political Acts - Pioneers of Performance Art in South East Asia”, exh. Catalogue;Victorian Arts Centre Trust; Melbourne; 2017; pg. 26 -27- “Reenacting History” , exh. Catalogue, National Museum of Modern andContemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2017; pg 78 - 81Melati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.com- “Sunshower - Contemporary Art from South East Asia 1980s to Now “,exh. Catalogue; National Art Centre Tokyo, Mori Museum, Japan Foundation;Tokyo Japan; 2017; pg. 110 - 111- “Atlas of Mirrors”, Singapore Biennale 2016, exh. Catalogue, Singapore ArtMuseum; SIngapore; 2016; pg. 54 - 55- “Asia Pacific Triennale” Exh. Catalogue, CAGOMA, Brisbane, 2015- “GuangZhou Trienale”, Exh. Catalogue, Guang Dong Museum of Art, China2015- Rebecca Russo; „Pressing“ exh. Catalogue; Fondazzione @videoinsight,Turin, Italy; 2013- Dominique Lora, „Beyond the East“, Glocal Porject and MACRO, 2011- Serenella Ciclitira, „Indonesian Eye Contemporary Indonesian Art “ Saatchi,Thames and Hudson, London 2011- Prof. Achile Bonito Oliva, „Art Beyond the Year of Two Thousand“, BiasaArtSpace Little Library, Bali; 2010- Elin Lundgren + Petter Pettersson,“Lilith Performance Studio“, lilithperformancestudio,Malmö, 2010, pg: 82 - 85- Agung Hujanitkajennong + Enin Supriyanto,“The Grass Looks greenerwhere you water it“ Indonesian Contemporary art Showcase at Art Paris2010, exhibition Catalogue; Indonesian Platform/Dedy Kusuma, Jakarta2010; pg: 96, 97, 98, 144, 145, 146- Krisna Murti,“Essays on Video Art and New Media: Indonesia andbeyond“, Indonesian Visual Arts Archive (IVAA) Jogjakarta, 2009, pg. 185 -189- Paula Orrell (editor),“Marina Abramovic + The Future of performanceArt“,Prestel Munich-Berlin-London-New York, pg 125; pg 159- Dr. Yang Eunhee (editor),“2009 Incheon Women Artists‘ Biennale- mainexhibition“ , Exhibition Catalogue, Incheon Women Artis‘ Biennale OrganizingCommittee South Korea, 2009; pg: 184 - 185- Manifesta7, “The Rest Of Now”, Exhibition Catalogue, 2008- Carla Bianpoen, “Indonesian Women Artists: The Curtain Opens”, TheIndonesian Arts Foundation, 2007- “Loneliness in the Boundaries”, Works catalogue, Cemeti Art House forMelati Suryodarmo, Jogjakarta 2006- Räume und Schatten, exh. Catalogue, Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin,2005, pg 180, 192, 213.- 15th Festival internacional de arte electronica Video Brasil, Associacao,cultural videobrasil, Sao Paolo, 2005, pg.148-153, 170-175.- Emanuela Nobile Mino, “Faxe kondi”, exh. Catalogue, Futura o.s, Prague,2005.- Jane Kallir, “ Egon Schiele Love and Death”, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam,Exh. Catalogue, Hatje Cantz Publishers Germany, 2005, pg 169 &171- Marina Abramovic, “Student Body”, Edizione Charta, Milan, Italy 2003,pg. 390 – 401- Else Jespersen, “4th Performance Festival Odense 2003“, exh. catalogue,International Performance Festival Odense, 2003, pg. 24- Francesco Bonami, “Dreams and Conflicts – the dictatorship of the viewer,50th International art exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia”, Exhibition catalo-Melati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.comgue, Grafiche Peruzzo, Vegianno for Marsilio Editori s.p.a in Venice, pg.497- Jens Hoffmann, “ A little bit of history repeated”, exh. Catalogue, KunstWerke Berlin e.V, Berlin, 2001, pg.36,37- Boris Nieslony , “E.P.I Zentrum NRW”, ASA-European, Cologne- Michael Glasmeier und die Meisterschüler 2002,”Meisterschüler 2002 –Zeichnungen” exh. Catalogue, © Michael Glasmeier und die MeisterschülerHBK 2002, pg. 91-96- Mario Candia and Stefania Miscetti, “ANAPBLEPS“, exh. catalogue, GalleryMiscetti, Rome, 2000, pg. 38, 116- Else Jespersen, “Performance Festival Odense 1999“, exh. catalogue,Performance Festival Odense, 1999, pg. 44- Hannes Malte Mahler für Agora, “Fresh Air“, exh. catalogue ,Salon Verlag,Cologne, 1999, pg. 96-98Melati Suryodarmo CV info@melatisuryodarmo.comHier die von Melati im Podcast erwaehnten Künstlerinnen: Cindy Sherman:https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sherman Hito Steyerl: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hito_Steyerl

Start your day the right way, with a stimulating discussion of the latest news headlines and hot button topics from The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. Today, hear from Rhana Devenport, Greg Mackie and Lauren Novak  Rhana Devenport Rhana Devenport ONZM is the Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia and the first woman to hold this position. She is a museum director, curator, editor, and cultural producer whose career spans art museums, biennials and arts festivals.  As former Director of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki she, in 2017, curated the work of Lisa Reihana for the New Zealand Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Prior to that she was Director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, leading to the development of the Len Lye Centre. In Australia she worked on the first four Asia Pacific Triennials at Queensland Art Gallery. Her curatorial interests include contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, time-based media and social practice. Greg Mackie Greg Mackie is CEO at The History Trust of SA, and is an Adelaide City Councilor, with an abundance of cultural service to his credit. As co-founder of the iconic Imprints Booksellers, Greg served many years as Chair of Adelaide Writers' Week and founded the Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 1999. He headed up Arts SA for many years and was Deputy CE in the Premier's Department and SA's ‘Ageing Provocateur' before a successful consultancy practice. Greg received an OAM in 2002, the Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Cultural Leadership Award and the Bettison James Award in 2016.   Lauren Novak  Lauren Novak is Social Policy Editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail, where she began her career as a cadet in 2005.  Lauren spent more than seven years as a State Political Reporter before specialising in her current role in coverage of child protection and domestic violence policy, for which she has won state and national awards.  She is also an Our Watch Walkley Foundation Fellow and a Board Director with Zahra Foundation Australia, which helps victims of domestic violence gain financial independence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode, Shadé Zahrai interviews Anna Marsden, Managing Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Anna was previously the CEO of the Queensland Ballet, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art and General Manager of the Institute of Modern Art.   Valuable Discussion Points (01:39) What is Anna's leadership journey?   Anna started her leadership journey in the industry of her passion - the arts. As a teenager, Anna's dream was to be on stage, however she decided that her personality and interests were also suited towards arts management so she began pursuing this as a career. For the first 14 years of her career, Anna worked in art galleries that took her around the world and unlocked a passion for connecting great brands, great work and great people with fundraising and investment. After a stint in corporate communications and consultancy, Anna became the CEO of the Queensland Ballet where she remained for seven years. Today, Anna is the Managing Director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.   (03:39) How does Anna see women activating leadership in male dominated industries and environments?   Whilst Anna has worked with a lot of powerful women throughout her career, she still sits at many top leadership tables as the only woman which is something she believes has to change. Anna recalls one moment, around 15 years ago, when she was attending a women's lunch with some amazing guest speakers who broke various glass ceilings in Australia. One of the speakers commented that once you have children, you start climbing the ladder and progressing up. This spurred Anna on later in her career after having children herself to work harder and continuing progressing her career as a working mother as she strongly believes there is no more productive, empathetic, powerful or purposeful creature on this planet than a working mother. Anna comments on the importance of women being able to quieten the voice in the back of our heads that evokes a feeling of guilt or uncertainty as a working mother, particularly when holding a leadership position.   (09:04) What are Anna's insights into people generally being more aware and focused on their purpose?   In 2020, we faced bushfires, the COVID-19 pandemic and various other challenges. Not only did the the world stopped but it was completely disrupted. People had to confront the fragility of life. Anna believes what it did do is to make people realise they only have one life and one community so it's important to understand how we can be purposeful and make it count. Anna states that we are currently in a transition where people are trying to find a more purposeful life in a more purposeful vocation.   (25:27) What is on the horizon for the Great Barrier Reef?   Anna strongly believes that when we talk about collective impact, one of the big aha's and oversights for all of us is to truly understand the role and the necessity of this bio culture stewardship of the Great Barrier Reef and its protection and that can only be done with deep, authentic relationships with the First Nations people. Through some incredible investment from the Australian Government, and working closely with the traditional ownership communities, Anna is excited and proud of the work being carried out to manage, protect and love these beautiful ecosystems forever.   Key Learnings Some women have a tendency to listen to the voice in their head that tells them to feel guilty about being in leadership roles. Anna suggests that women disregard this voice because it can hold them back at critical times and make them think they are not good enough. Anna added Dual Psychology to the Leadership Toolbox. She uses this to stay authentic to herself, and be positive and optimistic. This thinking has been picked up and applied to COVID to look at how business leaders and community leaders can handle the brutality of life and still remain resilient, optimistic and powerful.   Quotable Quotes “There is no more productive, empathetic, powerful, purposeful creature on this planet than a working mother and I don't have the psychology or the data but I will fight anybody on that fact.” – Anna Marsden   “The world didn't stop. The challenges didn't stop but people did have a disruption. They had to confront the fragility of life.”– Anna Marsden   “We will prevail because we will get the right combination of great brands from around the world to work this and we will leave nothing in the tank and so that's my drive is that team Australia will prevail.”– Anna Marsden   “We're all learning together but I have to say, out of everything that I've done in my life and a few of the executives share this with me, this is the work that we think we'll be most proud of is how we work together with First Nations communities to protect a special part of Australia.” – Anna Marsden   Important Resources and Links If you would like to learn more about how CommBank is ensuring women are advancing their growth in business, visit https://www.commbank.com.au/women-in-focus.html.   Host of the Leading Women podcast, Shadé Zahrai helps women hack their careers to advance faster, overcome their limiting beliefs and confidently create the life they deserve. She is featured in Forbes, the New York Times, TED, Daily Mail and other media. If you're interested in learning more about Shadé and the issues she's currently discussing, visit https://www.shadezahrai.com   If you're interested in connecting with Anna Marsden or viewing her professional portfolios and achievements, visit her LinkedIn via https://au.linkedin.com/in/anna-marsden-b10b892b    The Leading Women podcast is produced by Nicole Hatherly, recorded at RadioHub Studios with post production by Cooper Silk and Iain Wilson.

Where do artists find their inspiration? Kinderling Kid, Marcel, meets up with contemporary artist, Dale Harding, to find out! Dale is a Brisbane-based artist who draws on his family stories and lineage with the Bidjara, Garingbal and Ghungalu peoples to make his art. Dale makes contemporary paintings inspired by the galleries of rock art, and the natural world of his grandparent’s countries.  In this episode, Dale shares some of his favourite stories about the land, animals and family history that inspire his art. And we learn that art can teach us a lot about our environment, and even bring us closer together as people by showing us what we have in common.  For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mix by Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you make colours? Gemma Smith is one of Australia’s most acclaimed abstract artists working today. Her artworks reveal a fascination, and obsession, with colour and how it can change, trick, and move you. In this episode of Outside the Lines, we head to Gemma’s studio where she shares how colours are made, and how she uses colours in special ways to play tricks on your eyes. Colours are actually more complicated than you had ever imagined! Listen now to Outside The Lines with Gemma Smith. Maybe after listening to this episode you’ll see colour in a whole new way too! Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mix by Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does un-making a flag become art? Join Kinderling Kid, Holiday when she meets Raquel Ormella to explore this question and more! Raquel Ormella is an Australian artist who uses textile, video and drawing to make art about environmental and social issues. Her artworks often resemble protest materials such as flags, banners and slogans. Raquel is particularly concerned about climate change and its effect on young people. In this episode, Raquel shows Holiday how flags can include AND exclude people; that art is about being creative and making yourself happy; and that you can even make art in bed! Listen now to Outside the Lines with Raquel Ormella. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can you use your body like a paintbrush? Join Kinderling Kid, Holiday when she visits Angela Tiatia to ask this question and more! Angela Tiatia explores contemporary culture through her art, drawing attention to its relationship to representation, gender, neo-colonialism and the commodification of the body and place, often through the lenses of history and popular culture. Holiday – like Angela – cares about the environment so they chat about how Angela’s art can help people learn about big, important things in the world - like climate change; and how curiosity is a superpower; and how video art is just like slow moving paintings. Listen now to Outside the Lines with Angela Tiatia. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can making art be good for the planet? Join Kinderling Kid, Kip when he visits Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan to ask this question and more! Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan are a husband and wife artists who compose elaborate installations and sculptures invested with a sense of Filipino culture and character, often set against experiences of dislocation and change. But what would they like to teach kids? Well, in this episode they share that art doesn’t have to be expensive to make; art can be made from anything you find around you; and we discover how old boxes can tell incredible stories about everything from moving house, to climate change! Listen now to Outside the Lines with Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does ‘art’ mean in Aboriginal culture? Kinderling Kid, Marcel, meets up with contemporary artist Tony Albert to find out. Tony is a descendant of the Girramay, Yidinji and Kuku Yalanji peoples and is one of the most exciting contemporary artists in Australia. Through a mix of humour and poignancy, Albert tackles issues of race and representation by recontextualising objects of ‘Aboriginalia’; kitsch items featuring caricatured depictions of Aboriginal people and their culture. In this episode Tony shares why there are no boundaries between art and life in Aboriginal culture; how art can give people a voice in the world; and that no-one is good or bad at art as long as they have a story to tell. Listen now to Outside the Lines with Tony Albert. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you define art? And how does that definition influence the role of art in your life? Chances are it's quite different to what your kids think, and how they create their own art every day. A new podcast made by Kinderling Kids Radio in collaboration with the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QUAGOMA) aims to expand kids' ideas about what art is and how it is made. Outside the Lines is a ten-part series where children interact with artists featured at QUAGOMA. Tamsin Cull, Head of Public Engagement at QUAGOMA, explains why this podcast is so important and how it will help change everyone's idea of what art is.

How do you make art you can’t see? Kinderling kids – Pip and Lottie – find out this and more when they meet up with a very special artist called Ross Manning. Ross is a sound artist who turns everyday objects - like cans, rocks and even fans - into instruments that make music like you’ve never heard before. But why? As a way to explore humanity’s ongoing and increasingly complex relationship with technology. In this episode, Ross answers the kids’ big art questions like; “When is having a big imagination better than knowledge”? And “Why is breaking the rules sometimes okay”? Listen now to Outside The Lines with Ross Manning. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you weave a story? In this episode, Kinderling kids – Pip and Lottie – find out the answer to this question and more from Quandamooka woman, and multidisciplinary artist, Elisa Jane (Leecee) Carmichael. As an artist, Leecee honours her salt-water heritage by incorporating materials collected from Country, embracing traditional techniques, and expressing contemporary adaptations through painting, weaving, and textiles. In this episode, Leecee answers the kids’ big art questions like; “How does family and home inspire art”? And “why would you put a hole in your artwork on PURPOSE”? Listen now to Outside The Lines with Elisa Jane (Leecee) Carmichael. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does art have secret messages? Our hosts, Pippy & Lottie, find out this and more when they meet contemporary artist, Jemima Wyman! Jemima is known for her work across multiple mediums, including performance, video, painting, installation and photography. Many of Wyman’s works utilize these mediums to focus on visually based resistance strategies – drawing inspiration from visual patterns found in the natural world. In this episode Jemima answers the kids’ big art questions like; “How do slimy snakes inspire art”? And “What do frogs have in common with fashion”? Listen now to Outside The Lines with Jemima Wyman. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you draw a feeling? Our hosts, Pippy & Lottie, find out this and more when they meet one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, Ben Quilty! Ben is one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and is best known for painting bold and confronting subjects that question identity and reflect on art’s power to make sense of the world. In this episode Ben answers the kids’ big art questions like; “How do you make art without using your eyes”? And “How can mistakes be the best part of art”?   Listen now to Outside The Lines with Ben Quilty. For more kid-friendly art tips (from more inspirational artists) download the Kinderling App or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. Produced by Caitlin Gibson Sound Design and Mixby Camilla Hannan Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outside the Lines is a new kids' podcast — all about art! We love art! But what is it? And why do people make it? In this podcast we - the kids - find out. In each episode we visit some of Australia's most inspiring artists to scratch the surface, peek behind the canvas, open the sketchbook, and dive into their creative minds. Why? Because there's so much to discover. Art is mind blowing!!! And soooo much more than just paintings on a wall. Subscribe now for Outside the Lines! First three episodes available October 7. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art's Children's Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outside the Lines is a new kids' podcast — all about art! We love art! But what is it? And why do people make it? In this podcast we - the kids - find out. In each episode we visit some of Australia’s most inspiring artists to scratch the surface, peek behind the canvas, open the sketchbook, and dive into their creative minds. Why? Because there’s so much to discover. Art is mind blowing!!! And soooo much more than just paintings on a wall. Subscribe now for Outside the Lines! First three episodes available October 7. Outside the Lines is a Kinderling co-production with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. This production was possible thanks to the generous support of the Neilson Foundation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DEFINING MOMENTS LECTURE SERIES: The first Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery 1993 with Doug Hall AM ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In this lecture, Doug Hall AM reflects on the unique circumstances and legacy of the first Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane 1993, and how it was conceived as inseparable from the art museum’s conduct, collections development and its influence upon other institutional and programming activity. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Doug Hall AM was director, Queensland Art GalleryǀGOMA, Brisbane from 1987 to 2007. The first Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art was held in 1993. He conceived the idea for the Gallery of Modern Art and oversaw its development and opening in December 2006. He was Commissioner for the Australian exhibitions at the Venice Biennales in 2009 and 2011. He returned to Melbourne in 2010 and later appointed Associate Professor and Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne. He was an inaugural member of the Asia Art Council, Guggenheim Museum, New York, and has served as a board member of the Australian Japan Foundation and the Australia Thailand Institute. His book Present Tense was published by Black Inc in 2019. THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS: Presenting Partner Abercrombie & Kent; Research Partner Centre for Visual Art (CoVA); Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM Produced by Gatherer Media. Further information: acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/

Defining Moments: 'The Aboriginal Memorial' at the 1988 Biennale of Sydney with Djon Mundine, OAM. ABOUT THE LECTURE: Djon Mundine OAM reflects on his personal account of the initial development of the idea of 'The Aboriginal Memorial' from a series of projects which involved all sections of the local art community, to the genesis of an idea for a memorial, through to the process of its realisation into the form it took at the '7th Biennale of Sydney' in 1988, and its subsequent permanent installation in the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Djon Mundine OAM is a member of the Bandjalung people of northern New South Wales, and is an independent curator, activist and writer. His career has helped revolutionise the criticism and display of contemporary Aboriginal art, including through prominent curatorial positions held in many national and international institutions, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Queensland Art Gallery. Between 1979 and 1995. He worked as art advisor at Milingimbi in the Crocodile Islands and at Bula-bula Arts in Ramingining in Arnhem Land where he originated and oversaw the Aboriginal Memorialproject. In 1993 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the promotion and development of Aboriginal arts, crafts and culture. In 2005-2006 he was Research Professor at The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) in Osaka, Japan. THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS: Presenting Partner Abercrombie & Kent; Research Partner Centre for Visual Art (CoVA); Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM Produced by Gatherer Media. Further information: https://acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/

Got a birthday coming up for which you want a shout out? Maybe there’s a news story you want Squiz Kids to cover? Get in touch at https://www.squizkids.com.au/contact/. LINKS:Pink Super Moon Gallery:https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/07/aprils-pink-supermoon-in-picturesRoger Federer’s Tennis Challenge:https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/status/1247511322067185665Culture List:National Gallery of Victoria: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/virtual-tours/haring-basquiat/Queensland Art Gallery: https://www.youtube.com/c/QAGOMA_Australia?sub_confirmation=1Disney Animation shorts:https://twitter.com/DisneyAnimationSquiz Kids is a news podcast just for kids. A short weekday podcast, created here in Australia, that gives kids (and their adults) the rundown on the big news stories, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the morning routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.Squiz Kids is proudly supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

Thank you for listening to this recording, produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. In this live recording, Bruce McLean, Curator of Indigenous Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art is in conversation with Garry Sibosado & Darrell Sibosado, Judy Watson, Robert Fielding, Ngupulya Pumani, Wukun Waṉambi and Carol Puruntatameri & Mario Walarmerpui Recorded live on Friday 18 October, 2019 For further information visit www.agsa.sa.gov.au image: Nat Rogers

Coming to the fore in this century is Asian perspective on everything. A thrilling place to watch the shift is in art. Extraordinary contemporary art from all over the world, especially Asia, has been collected for the new world-class museum in Hong Kong called M+. The massive museum won’t open for a year or two, but a rich sample of the collection as well as insight on why it was collected for display in Hong Kong, will be offered by Suhanya Raffel, Executive Director of M+. Before her appointment in 2016 to run M+, Suhanya Raffel was Deputy Director and Director of Collections at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia, and Acting Director of the Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. This SALT talk was arranged as part of the partnership between The Long Now Foundation and the Asia Society Northern California.

It's finally launched! Here it is, the first episode of the Giant Thinkers podcast! As an extension of the blog giantthinkers.com – I'll be bringing in top experts from various industries worldwide to learn from their success and to help us become better designers, creatives and giant thinkers.In this first episode, design industry heavy-weight Chris Maclean joins the show. He is the Creative Director of Re. (M&C Saatchi Group) and previously the Executive Creative Director for Interbrand Australia. He's been a practicing designer for over 13 years. Originally from Manchester in the UK and currently living in Sydney, Australia.His work has helped transform brands such as Opera Australia, Griffin Theatre Company, Darling Harbour, Alzheimer’s Australia, Queensland Art Gallery and Australia’s biggest brand, Telstra. In 2012, Chris was recognised as one of Australia’s Power 20 by Australian Creative magazine for bravery in the creative industry.On top of that, he's been recognised by some of the world’s most prestigious awards bodies including D&AD, AGDA, Red Dot, Clio, Type Directors Club and IDCA. And he's a frequent writer, public speaker and lecturer on the subject of design and branding and their ability to change the world.See work by Chris here: http://www.chrismaclean.co.ukSubscribe to this podcast here: http://giantthinkers.com/podcast

Chris Saines, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, presents the second of a series of talks titled 'What Can Art Institutions Do?', followed by a conversation with Johan Lundh, Co-Director of the IMA. Saines has 30 years’ experience in Australian and New Zealand galleries as a director, curatorial and collection manager, educator and curator. He commenced as Director of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern (QAGOMA) in April 2013, having previously been Director of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki from 1996–2013. He led that institution’s $125 million redevelopment, which opened in 2011 and won World Building of the Year 2013. Previously, Mr Saines spent 11 years at Queensland Art Gallery, eight of them as Manager of Curatorial Services. He re-joined QAGOMA as Director with a commitment to internally curating major exhibitions both from the Collection and with leading international artists, and to touring Collection exhibitions nationally and internationally. His vision is for QAGOMA to be the leading museum for the contemporary art of Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

Dr Jennifer Watts, Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens: Storyteller with a Camera: Jack London and the Cruise of the Snark. Chair: Ms Ruth McDougall, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art

Dr Jennifer Watts, Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens: Storyteller with a Camera: Jack London and the Cruise of the Snark. Chair: Ms Ruth McDougall, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art

Associate Professor Ann Elias, University of Sydney: Relations with Natives: Photography, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific War. Chair: Ms Ruth McDougall, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art.

As an artist, I take in concepts and ideas from various and diverse sources. One writer that I find most interesting in terms of constructing an attitude towards life and my own art practice is American mythology writer Joseph Campbell. In individual terms Campbell spoke of having one’s ears open to ‘the song of the universe’, and of artists as the mythmakers of our times. As part of my own ministry I am keenly aware of my own environment and how this environment can be made into a contemporary mythology. Previous works I have created include immediate and local references, such as elements of my own local aesthetic and spiritual edifice, the Queensland Art Gallery, as well as local exhibiting and personal spaces. I began formulating the basic concept of The Art Park Project during a visit to Movie World, one of several theme parks in the south-east Queensland region. At the time my art practice was focused on the Legends of art series, whereupon artists themselves were the focus of the work, mainly in the form of artworks that resembled mass-produced action figures and tableaux. Wandering around Movie World I could not help but think that much of what surrounded me was exceptionally superficial, and aesthetically and spiritually idolatrous: faux granite statues of Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny, retail outlets overflowing with mass-produced kitsch and overseas tourists posing for photographs alongside a man in a Batman suit! I envisaged a theme park that I would enjoy visiting, indeed, for me alone. This is how The Art Park Project came into being. I have as yet been unable to undertake extensive travels to visit some of the great art sights around the world. I therefore constructed a scale model of a theme park, which incorporated all of the art objects, art historical buildings and salient artist residences, gathered in the one place: The Art Park. Instead of travelling to several different continents and multiple countries I could here have an experience of seeing all of the sights in a single day, within the one theme park. Major features of the Park include reconstructions of Robert Smithson’s Spiral jetty, Monet’s Japanese bridge and Waterlilies, New York’s Cedar Bar (the haunt of the Abstract Expressionists), Grant Wood’s American gothic house, and Walter de Maria’s Lightning field. The Art Park also includes an art gallery filled with 1:1 scale genuine original reproductions of paintings from art history, as well as a cinema that screens artist documentaries throughout the day and feature films based on artists’ lives at night. There is also a feature stage, in which actors playing artists are presented creating their work in the manner peculiar to their own technique. As the Art Park is primarily for my own amusement, there is obviously no need to include local art references, as I am capable of travelling within Australia to visit pertinent art sights. For me, The Art Park Project also is a symbol of how a postmodern Australian artist views the world and delves into the nature of reproduction. Photography: Alasdair Macintyre

The title of a solo exhibition held in Brisbane in early 2007, ‘a complicated fall’, refers to the comment by the state coroner, who referred to Mulrundji Doomagee’s death on Palm Island as being caused by ‘a complicated fall’. This was a surprising finding considering the physical damage [‘four broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and a liver almost split in half’] that the man had suffered during his ordeal in the Palm Island jail. ‘A complicated fall’ could also refer to a fall from grace, a fall of government, etc. Other works in the exhibition referred more specifically to recent events on Palm Island and or used familiar motifs within my body of work (e.g. shells, ribs, plants and maps). While I was making many of the works in this exhibition I was listening to ABC Radio National. At this time there were many news updates about events on Palm Island. Part of my response to this was an internal grieving that I was aware of when I was pushing and scrubbing the raw pigments into the canvas. Blue is the colour of memory and associated with water, washing over me. Waanyi people are known as ‘running water people’ because of the inherent quality of the water in their country. The deep blues of the background of the canvas are made by scrubbing the intense Prussian (dark) blue and ultramarine (purplish) blue pigments onto the material using a stiff brush. The white circular forms are constellation-like, pin points of light that suggest movement and shifting focal points within the image. I first used these round forms in 1993, during an artists camp in Norway in a glacial valley where I played with points of light on a rock using a mirror. Then I made an installation of glacial mud nests within an ampitheatre of rocks. For the Venice Biennale in 1997 they morphed into bronze stones. They often appear as points of light or dark within other works on canvas. The white outline at the top of the canvas is suggestive of a stingray. When I visited Palm Island in the mid 1980s I remember wading through shallow water around a bay in which there were masses of stingrays. It was an unnerving experience: hoping they would swim by you without stinging you with their tail. As Tony Albert from Queensland Art Gallery has noted, since Steve Irwin’s death from a large stingray barb through the heart, an image of a stingray will carry other memories. The shape at the bottom of the form is a map of the main island of the Palm group (or cluster of islands). It has the major roads marked on it but the white dotted shapes along the edge suggest the sparkling of light on the water and beaches fringing its coastline. Physically it is a paradise but it carries a heavy history. Judy Watson, 2007