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Reflections on ‘Dekat-Dekat Jauh’ Conversation Series
Caitlin Hughes elucidates upon each of the four conversations in the well-attended public series presented by Santy Saptari Consulting
and Asialink Arts. Dekat Dekat Jauh (So Close Yet So Far) invited 20 speakers from across Australia and Indonesia to share insights into the visual arts ecologies of each place and explore their intersections. The discussions included notions of access, peripheries and centres, organic versus structured systems and infrastructures and the role of the private sector in advocacy, mentoring and connecting. Reflecting on the gaps and opportunities, new ideas were shared to enable greater understanding, collaboration and cooperation – ultimately asking ‘How can we find new ways to engage with our closest neighbours?’ If you missed the series you can now
watch each of the recordings following the link.
Artlands x Asialink Arts Panel: Cultural Heritage – Regional Identity and Collective Memory
We are hosting a hybrid panel discussion Cultural Heritage – Regional Identity and Collective Memory exploring the value of artistic and
cultural expressions which enable the sharing, protection and cultivation of cultural heritage. Join the speakers Mikaela Jade (Cabrogal woman, Founder and CEO of Indigital), and long-term collaborators Kim Hak (Cambodian photography artist) and Pip Kelly (Australian film maker, curator and Asialink alumni). The session will share insights on cultural heritage and notions of identity and the collective memory as important to narratives of a region and community moderated by Dr Pippa Dickson (Director of Asialink Arts).
Date: Friday, 3 September
Time: 4.00 pm AEST
Venue: Virtually / Hotel Grand Chancellor Launceston, lutruwita (Tasmania)
OzAsia Festival 2021
OzAsia Festival 2021, led by artistic director Annette Shun Wah, includes Sydney Theatre Company’s White Pearl, the Australian premiere of Destinations by acclaimed pianist Belle Chen and a comedy night with a line-up of Asian Australian comedians and TV personalities including Lawrence Leung, Alex Lee and Nina Oyama. In Other Words, a new writing and ideas program, features acclaimed authors Benjamin Law and Roanna Gonsalves as guest curators. Full program to be launched on Tuesday, August 3.
The Big Asian Book of Landscape Architecture
Edited by Jillian Walliss from The University of Melbourne and Heike Rahmann from RMIT University, this book provides comprehensive discussions of contemporary landscape architecture practice across Asia. Featuring over 80 design projects, offering fresh perspectives in a field dominated by North American and European influences. Stay tuned for related events supported by Asialink Arts in October 2021.
The Airways Book Launch
A powerful, inventive, and immersive novel from award-winning author and Asialink Alum Jennifer Mills is coming out in August. The Airways shifts between Sydney and Beijing, unsettling the boundaries of gender and power, consent and rage, self and other, and even life and death. We'd like to invite you to the book launch if you are based in Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide). Follow the link below.
Asialink Arts elevates the agency and capability of the Australian arts sector to engage with Asia, through insight, connections, and enhanced capability. Stay connected for all our upcoming initiatives and be part of our creative journey unfolding across the region.
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The University of Melbourne
Wurundjeri Country
Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
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Header image 1: Rehearsal shot of Perahu Perahu by Jumaadi at Carriageworks Sydney, 2021. Courtesy of the artist and King st Gallery on William, NSW.
Header image 2: Kettle & Chicken by Kim Hak, part of the series Alive, Chapter I, Cambodia, 2014 . Courtesy of the artist.
Image 3: Performance scene of Belle Chen's Destinations, 2020. Photo by Lidia Crisafulli.
Image 4: Karesansui Park by Earthscape from The Big Asian Book of Landscape Architecture, 2020. Photo by Yusuke Komatsu.
Image 5: The Airways by Jennifer Mills, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.