Art Gallery Of South Australia

Lisa Slade, Curator of the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object, introduces this recording of POWER, BELIEF AND THE PERFORMATIVE. Facilitated by the Art Gallery of South Australia’s Contemporary Art Curator Leigh Robb, this panel coheres around the resurgence of the performative in contemporary practice as seen in the work of British artists Michelle Browne, Sandra Johnston, Destiny Deacon and Biennial artist, Chris Bond. This panel discussion was produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia for the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object. Please see http://adelaidebiennial.com.au for more information.

Lisa Slade, introduces this recording of CONTEMPORARY CURIOSITY, a panel discussion produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia for the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object. This panel probes curiosity as a human urge that unites the scientist, the historian, the artist and the philosopher. West Australian academic and writer Ted Snell facilitates this discussion with Adelaide Biennial artists Heather B. Swann, Nell and Kate Rohde. Please see http://adelaidebiennial.com.au for more information.

Lisa Slade, Curator of the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object, introduces the panel discussion: ANIMISM AND OBJECT BEHAVIOUR. Facilitated by West Australian curator and writer Gemma Weston, this panel focusses upon the role of animism in the work of Biennial artists, Lola Greeno, Louise Haselton and Clare Milledge. The panel addresses the question – can animism as a system of exchanges and relationships between human and non-human subjects help us to understand ourselves and our ecology? This recording of ANIMISM AND OBJECT BEHAVIOUR was produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Please see http://adelaidebiennial.com.au for more information.