A Matter of Life
and Death
Presented by Melbourne International Arts
Festival and Wheeler Centre
This series of lectures and
artist discussions focuses
on some of the big issues
in life, art and ideas.
Join us for considered
conversation from the
spiritual to the corporeal,
from the personal to the
philosophical.
Artists In Conversation
The daytime Melbourne Festival Artists In
Conversation series allows you behind the scenes
access into the ideas and inspiration of the artists
involved in this year’s Festival. Join moderator
Corrie Perkin for a series of intimate discussions
on personal themes in the work, art and lives of
our Festival artists.
Sat 9 Oct at 1pm
Restless imagination: crossing boundaries
and forms
Featuring Heiner Goebbels (composer/director,
Stifters Dinge)
Tue 12 Oct at 1pm
Discover some of the secrets of the
Festival Program
Featuring Brett Sheehy, Vivia Hickman and artists
from the 2010 Melbourne Festival
Thu 14 Oct at 1pm
Reconciling Indigenous spirituality with
contemporary life
Featuring Bindi Cole and artists from Nyahbunyar (Temple)
Australia
Wheeler Centre Discussions: From
Joie de Vivre to Deadly Intent
Over six evenings the Wheeler Centre,
Melbourne's new Centre for Books, Writing and
Ideas comes to the Festival with big conversations
about big questions. Discussion of ideas never
felt so much like a matter of life and death.
Mon 11 Oct at 6pm
Ethics and Morality
A panel of philosophers and ethicists unpick the
ethical decisions and moral judgements that
surround life.
Wed 13 Oct at 6pm
Belief and Spirituality
People of faith (and people without) come
together to reflect on how their beliefs shape their
attitudes to the afterlife.
Thu 14 Oct at 6pm
The Written Death
Some of our finest writers discuss tackling death
and mortality on the page: how do they tread
the line between the universal and the individual
experience?
Mon 18 Oct at 1pm
Mental landscapes: intimate theatre on
stage
Featuring director Judy Hegarty Lovett, performer
Conor Lovett (The Beckett Trilogy) and Adriano
Cortese (Ranters Theatre, Intimacy)
Mon 18, Wed 20 & Thu 21 Oct at 6pm
Spotlight Sessions
These three sessions shine the spotlight on three
high-profile writers and think