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New Australia-Singapore Arts Group Announces Members

Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield has announced new Australian members to the Australian-Singapore Arts Groups, established in May to drive cultural change and cooperation. . .

Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield has announced new Australian members to the Australian-Singapore Arts Group, established in May to drive cultural change and cooperation.  The new members are: Douglas Gautier AM, CEO of the Adelaide Festival and Chair of the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres, Susan Street AO, Executive Director of QUT Precincts and Claire Spencer CEO of the Arts Centre Melbourne.  They will join co-chair Mathew Trinca, Director of the National Museum of Australia and Singaporean counterparts with a brief to drive improved cultural relations, professional skills development and audience engagement.

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Read: VIS #12

CONTEMPORARY AR(T)CHAEOLOGY VIS Issue 12, October 2024: Contemporary Ar(t)chaeology: A dead-alive of Artistic Re-search and History This issue contains seven expositions

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ARC Discovery funding announced

Congratulations to all whose projects have been approved for ARC Discovery 2025. A special congratulations to the five of 536 teams receiving the award in the Creative Arts field of research. Associate Professor Xiaohuan Zhao; Professor Dr Duanfang Lu; Professor Dr Wenming Che; Professor Dr Deyin Luo; Professor Dr Luwei Wang (The University of Sydney) […]

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VIS OPEN CALL #14

The Heart of the Experiment (and the art of failure). Editor: Michael Francis Duch, co-editor Tale Næss. “In this edition of VIS we would like to pay attention to experimental art practices and artistic research where the experiment is at the heart of the practice and the main pulse of the art work. Where one […]

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Read: VIS #12

CONTEMPORARY AR(T)CHAEOLOGY VIS Issue 12, October 2024: Contemporary Ar(t)chaeology: A dead-alive of Artistic Re-search and History This issue contains seven expositions that investigate the past with methods that activate an intersection between art and archeology. Editors of the issue are Behzad Khosravi Noori and Magnus Bärtås. Read more @ VIS…

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Article: Empathic unsettlement + textile art

‘Empathic unsettlement’: trauma as spectre in contemporary textile art by Beata Batorowicz and Jane Palmer, in the Journal of Aesthetics and Culture. ABSTRACT Autobiographical trauma art is a way to connect its viewers with the artist and her experience, and with the history in which this experience occurred. We argue that when autobiographical trauma art involves […]

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FINAL AGENDA

DDCA Symposium 2024 SUSTAINING – MAINTAINING – NOURISHING – CREATIVITY DATE: Friday 29th November, 10am – 5pm AEDT LOCATION: Federation University Ballarat Technology Park, 106-110 Lydiard Street, Ballarat Central 3350 This is a free, fully catered, one-day event which will be held on and around Federation University’s SMB campus in leafy Ballarat, regional Victoria.  This […]

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WEBINAR: Co-creation and creative health #3

Presented by Monash University Wednesday November 27 9:00-10:15 am AEDT (5 – 7pm Tuesday November 26 USA; 7 – 9pm Tuesday November 26 Brazil) ONLINE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT Presenters: Professor Judith McLean and Katherine Zeserson Moderators: Professor Margaret Barrett and Dr Aura Go. Creativity is essential for the wellbeing of many, and the act of […]

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