February 2023
Incursions, plants, art practices
Using fiction, poetry, films, and artworks as the bases for discussion, we will investigate some theoretical concepts sparked by Bundanon’s Siteworks 2022, such as:
Set across 3 weeks on line and 1 week onsite (recorded for those who can’t attend in person).
Week 1: February 6, Vegetal thinking, Perceptions of plant life / Guest: Gwynneth Porter (writer)
Week 2: February 13, Impact of Colonisation on First Peoples. / Guest: Mandy Quadrio (Artist) Meanjin based, Pairabeenee, Trawlwoolway, woman.
Week 3: February 20, Art, materials, climate change Guest / Andrew Denton (Canadian/NZ filmmaker)
Week 4: February 26, Conversation with artists at the Bundanon site / Guests: Naomi Eller and Stephen Rhall
- humans’ relationships with plants;
- capitalism and drugs;
- colonialism and decolonising strategies;
- climate change and art;
- critique of historical earthworks;
- philosophical and political themes around life/nature/capitalism.
Set across 3 weeks on line and 1 week onsite (recorded for those who can’t attend in person).
Week 1: February 6, Vegetal thinking, Perceptions of plant life / Guest: Gwynneth Porter (writer)
Week 2: February 13, Impact of Colonisation on First Peoples. / Guest: Mandy Quadrio (Artist) Meanjin based, Pairabeenee, Trawlwoolway, woman.
Week 3: February 20, Art, materials, climate change Guest / Andrew Denton (Canadian/NZ filmmaker)
Week 4: February 26, Conversation with artists at the Bundanon site / Guests: Naomi Eller and Stephen Rhall
Art Programme operates on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri of the Kulin Alliance and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders past and present.
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