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6.30PM central court
CELEBRITY TALK in association with NAIDOC Week and The Dreamers
Bruce Pascoe, award-winning Australian writer, editor and anthologist
Bruce's books include Shark, Ruby-eyed Coucal, Ocean,
Earth, Nightjar and, most recently, Convincing Ground.
Much of his recent work has involved research into Indigenous history and Indigenous language
revival, and a collaboration with the Wathaurong Aboriginal community has resulted in a
series of Wathaurong language teaching aids, including a Wathaurong language dictionary. |  |
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5.30PM Yiribana Gallery, lower level 3
ARTIST TALK in The Dreamers
Dr Julie Gough, artist in The Dreamers
Dr Julie Gough is a visual artist working predominantly in sculpture and
installation art. Her art and research practice involves uncovering and re-presenting
historical stories as part of an ongoing project that questions and re-evaluates the
impact of the past on our present lives. Much of the work refers to her own and her family's
experiences as Tasmanian Aboriginal people. |  | |
5.30PM Asian Gallery, ground level
EXHIBITION TALK in Silk Ikats of Central Asia
Ross Langlands, oriental rug and textile expert
Join Ross Langlands as he discusses Silk Ikats, an exhibition of late 19th-century
robes, tunics and textile panels that presents the remarkable artistic achievement and
technical virtuosity of the silk designers, dyers and weavers of Central Asia. |  | |
5.30PM ground level
EXHIBITION TALK in Double Take: Anne Landa award for video and new media arts 2009
George Alexander, Coordinator Contemporary Programs
Join George Alexander as he discusses Double Take, an exhibition of six
artists who consider what it means to transform the self into another persona – as a
doppelgänger, a karaoke performer, an avatar, a robot, or as a fantasy alter-ego. |  | |
7.15PM Domain Theatre
FREE FILM in conjunction with Intensely Dutch
Light and Dark
The cinema of the low countries
Antonia's line
Dir Marleen Gorris 1996
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7.30PM lower level 3
WINTER WEAVING in association with NAIDOC Week and The Dreamers
Join Indigenous artists from the South Coast, Aaron Broad and Tracey Henry, for a workshop on traditional and contemporary weaving techniques.
Materials supplied. |  | |
7.30PM lower level 1
MUSIC IN THE ARTBAR in association with NAIDOC Week and The Dreamers
Microwave Jenny
Australian folk/jazz duet, Microwave Jenny, started when two young Indigenous singer/songwriters, Brendon Boney and Tessa Nuku, met in their latter years of high school backstage at a show. Drawing influence from artists such as James Taylor, Bill Withers, Van Morrison, Janis Ian and Joni Mitchell, Microwave Jenny aim to promote good vibes and positive spirited music with honest, sincere lyrics and contagious melodies. |  |
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DOUBLE TAKE:
Anne Landa award for video and new media arts 2009
until 19 July 2009
Phil Collins dunia tak akan mendengar 2007 (detail) |
SYDNEY LONG:
Pan
until 30 August 2009
Sydney Long Pan 1898 (detail). © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia |
THE DREAMERS
until 18 December 2009
Rusty Peters Waterbrain 2002 © Rusty Peters. Licensed by Viscopy, Australia |
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION
until 2 October 2009
Anish Kapoor Void Field 1989. Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 1990
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SILK IKATS OF CENTRAL ASIA:
From the collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
until 11 October 2009
Central Asia Asia Munisak robe 1800s | |
INTENSELY DUTCH:
Image, abstraction
and the word,
post-war and beyond
until 23 August 2009
Gerrit Benner Fries landschap (Frisian landscape) 1970 (detail). Groninger Museum, Groningen © A G Benner 2009 | |
The Cafe and Gallery Shop are open until 8.45pm.
The Research Library is open until 7.30pm.
The Art After Hours Courtesy Bus runs every 15 minutes from the Gallery to
surrounding car parks and Martin Place from 7pm to 9.30pm.
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