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Utopia (International)
Intimate
Publics
Presented by Asialink in association
with Melbourne Festival and
Fehily Contemporary
A forum and exhibition
themed around art in the
Asia Pacific region, this first
collaboration with itinerant
visual arts project Utopia heralds
the beginning of a long-term
relationship for the Festival’s
annual visual arts program.
Williamson Street. Bendigo
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INTO LEAVING AN IMPRESSION ON YOU
IN THE GOLDFIELDS’ ART GALLERIES.
Forum
Event Information
Exhibition
Utopia @ Asialink presents a free public
forum, Intimate Publics: new models for
art engagement, creativity and politics in
the Asia Pacific region, chaired by Larissa
Hjorth and Daniel Palmer.
The University of Melbourne
Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room
Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Cnr Swanston St & Monash Rd
Parkville
As social, geo-social and mobile media
render the intimate public and the public
intimate, how does it impact on art practice
and politics? Drawing on a variety of case
studies, including the regional initiative
Utopia and the recent disaster in Japan,
this forum will tackle questions about the
capacity for people to take part in politics,
and the relationship of politics to our
personal lives.
Tue 18 Oct at 6pm
Curated by Utopia @ Asialink, Intimate
Publics is an exhibition of video projections
that delve into the revelatory world of
intimacy within public spaces, probing the
effect that the ever-present social media has
on our public expression of emotion.
2hr no interval
FREE
Please RSVP by registering online
asialink.unimelb.edu.au/utopia
Artworks include Larissa Hjorth’s CU
project, in which she asked perfect
strangers to disclose intimate moments via
saved SMS messages paired with evocative
photographic images.
Event Information
Fehily Contemporary, Loft Gallery
3a Glasshouse Rd, Collingwood
Chaired by Larissa Hjorth, RMIT,
and Daniel Palmer, Monash University
Thu 13 Oct – Sat 5 Nov
Weds – Sat 11am – 5.30pm
Closed Sun – Tue
Speakers include
Yusaku Imamura, Director of Tokyo
Wonder Site, Tokyo
Sunjung Kim, independent curator, Artistic
Director of Media City Seoul 2010 & CoArtistic Director of 2012 Gwangju Biennale
Natalie King, Director of Utopia, Melbourne
Deeksha Nath, curator and writer, New Delhi
Tan Boon Hui, Director of Singapore Art
Museum, Singapore
FREE
melbournefestival.com.au
fehilycontemporary.com.au
Utopia @ Asialink is supported by Australia Council for the Arts, Arts
Victoria and The Australia International Cultural Council (an initiative of
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Image Larissa Hjorth
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