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The tactile and immaterial qualities of Woodland Habitats as part of Mutable Ecologies
For Mutable Ecologies Asialink Arts and RMIT University are presenting
three lunchtime discussions, the first, on Wednesday Oct 20, then Oct 25 and Nov 3. The first discussion includes an introduction by Dr Yuki Matsuoka, Head United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), followed by esteemed Japanese artist Takashi Kuribayashi and renowned environmentalist Bob Brown who will reflect on concepts related to thresholds and Kuribayashi’s statement; "The truth resides in places that are invisible. Once you are aware of that there is a different world out of sight, you will be living in a different way."
The forum will include simultaneous audio translation in English and Japanese.
The Woodland Habitats series is presented by Asialink Arts and RMIT University, supported by CAST Research Group, RMIT University and the Australian Government through the Australia-Japan Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date: Thursday, 20 October 2021
Time: 1.00pm – 2.30pm AEDT / 11.00am – 12.30pm JST/Tokyo time
Location: Online
Join us for Foreground // Foresight on Friday 15 October
This Friday, October 15, Asialink Arts will present two events for Cementa's The Spirit of '21. Foreground // Foresight reviews the impacts and changes that have been catalysed and sustained as a result of Japan’s pioneering locally situated and internationally focused arts festivals and art platforms. Fram Kitagawa, founder of Art Front, and the world-renowned Setouchi Triennale and Echigo-Tsumari Triennial will open with a keynote presentation followed by a panel discussion with three esteemed speakers from Japan and Australia, Teiko Hinuma, Norikazu Sato and Andrew Burns discussing community led activation and regeneration in regional locations leading to an actionable future agenda in Australia. This program is presented under Asialink Arts’ new strategic initiative Regional // Regional. Make sure to tune in to the Welcome to Country by Peter Swain, a descendant of the Dabee clan of the Wiradjuri Nation, starting at 11.45am AEDT live streamed via Cementa.
Foreground // Foresight is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Japan Foundation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date: Friday, 15 October 2021
Time: 12.00pm – 2.00pm AEDT
Location: Online
Imagined Media Futures Podcast Series Creative Adaptations during the pandemic in India and Australia
The Imagined Media Futures five-part podcast series looks at how 10 leading Indian and Australian creative practitioners have adapted their businesses, built cross-cultural collaborations, and navigated the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2019, Asialink Arts led a delegation of Australian creative industries leaders across India, culminating with presentations at EyeMyth Festival in Mumbai. This podcast series explores the connections and ideas developed at the festival. The purpose of the series is to provide insights and resources for the arts communities in both countries during the pandemic and beyond. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
Brought to you by Asialink Arts, the Australian Consulate General in Mumbai and EyeMyth Festival.
UNEARTHED
Unearthed is a new cross-cultural project which weaves together layers of information that highlight the artists’ relationship with their lived environment. Unearthed involves the award-winning art-tech duo PluginHUMAN (Justin Dwyer and Betty Sargeant), the Indian tech-artist Akshat Nauriyal and the award-winning Yorta Yorta artist Lorraine Brigdale. Proudly presented by Asialink Arts following conversations emerging during the 2019 delegation to India for EyeMyth and supported by Creative Victoria and the Australian High Commission in India. Public presentation in December 2021, stay tuned for more.
SIPAKATUO
Asialink Arts through support from Creative Victoria presents Sipakatuo (Glorify One Another) by Melbourne based Dogmilk Films. The project connects screen and sound practitioners and researchers between Naarm/Birrarung Ga (Melbourne), Mparntwe/Tyuretye (Alice Springs) and Makassar. Through a collaborative process all circles the moon and dirt shines in the sun, a 90 minute 4-channel video installation will have a public presentation in December 2021, stay tuned for more.
International Online Symposium on Contemporary Photography, 14-16 October
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (TOP Museum) is presenting an International Online Symposium in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and Tokyo University of the Arts as part of the exhibition Reversible Destiny: Australian and Japanese contemporary photography. Professor Natalie King OAM leads the symposium that considers the significance of contemporary photography in an increasingly fragile world which will be broadcasted on TOP Museum's YouTube channel.
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Header image 1: Takashi Kuribayashi, GENKI-RO / No.0, Toyama, Japan, 2020. Photo by Rai Shizuno.
Header image 2: Foreground // Foresight speakers, 2021. Designed by Miffy Lau. Courtesy of Asialink Arts.
Header image 3: Imageined Media Futures Podcast Series 2021. Courtesy of Eyemyth Festival.
Image 5: Unearthed, installation view, 2021. Courtesy of PluginHUMAN.
Image 5: all circles the moon and dirt shines in the sun, 2021. Courtesy of Dogmilk Films.
Image 6: Polixeni Papapetrou, The visitor, from the series Between Worlds, inkjet print, 2012. Courtesy of Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, and Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin.