ACCA Podcast

An open discussion with Danny Butt, Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, Professor Barbara Bolt and Professor Ashok Mathur discussing the state of artistic research in the academy and its future. This event was supported by Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne 24 October 2017

Diego Ramírez-Lovering, Deputy Dean and Associate Dean (Engagement) MADA and Co-founding Managing Director of Monash Architecture Studio (MAS) explores the west Mexican city of Guadalajara. In particular, Professor Ramírez-Lovering focuses on the city’s ‘Opportunistic Urbanism’, how Guadalajara is increasingly governed by opportunity, and shaped by the ad hoc, the contingent and the easily obtaina...

Justine Clark, Editor, writer and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne and Maryam Gusheh, Director of Architecture at The University of New South Wales explore the central Iranian city and former Persian capital Isfahan. Presented by Abercrombie & Kent Image: Courtesy Abercrombie & Kent

Founding editor of The Saturday Paper, Erik Jensen discusses the pluses and minuses of digital technologies and presents the current state of traditional media with the rise of digital technologies and communications. Wednesday 6 September 2017 Future Forums Media Partner: The Saturday Paper

Hosted within the common space of Céline Condorelli’s installation, this discussion responds to expanded notions of organised labour in the arts, who the risk-bearers are and what their reward. Speakers: Colleen Chen – Lawyer and President, Young Workers Centre and founder of Interns Australia Ben Eltham – Writer, Journalist, Researcher, Creative Producer & Social Commentator Sarah Gory – General...

'Public Art and the City: creating meaning by disrupting the everyday and enhancing the human experience' is a discussion about building relationships between people, how public art will play a role in the City of Melbourne’s Southbank Boulevard transformation project, and the future of public art in Melbourne. Speakers: Charlotte Day — Director, MUMA (Chair) Rob Adams — Director City Design and P...

Open Spatial Workshop (OSW) – a collaborative art group comprising Bianca Hester, Terri Bird and Scott Mitchell – delivers a WRITING & CONCEPTS lecture reflecting on the relationship between the process of writing and the development of social, political and philosophical questions within contemporary arts and cultural practice. Thursday 24 August 2017

In this Future Forum ACMI Director Katrina Sedgwick discusses the future of workplaces for humans and non-humans; including the origins of ACMI X, a 60-seat co-working space for selected creative enterprises designed to encourage collaboration between different creative industries. The Future Forums series is supported by The Saturday Paper Wednesday 23 August 2017

Mark Burry, Executive Architect and Researcher at the Sagrada Familia Basilica, Barcelona & Professor of Urban Futures at the Melbourne School of Design at The University of Melbourne speaks about his experience of Barcelona and Antonio Gaudí’s iconic La Sagrada Familia, which has been under construction for over 130 years. Monday 14 August 2017 Presented by Abercrombie & Kent

Lecturer and practitioner Jacqui Alexander discusses spaces for cohabitation. How we might live and work together more sustainably into the future and how the sharing economy is affecting our cities and communities. Wednesday 9 August 2017 Media Partner: The Saturday Paper

New Financial Year Visioning: Obligate Parasitism: Shop/Work by WORK/SHOP participating artist Debris Facility Pty Ltd Thursday 3 August 2017 The Debris Facility Pty Ltd was founded in 2015 as a means to illuminate processes of resource repurposing, affective labour exchanges, dematerialisation of value, and mutations through transport and logistics. Operating across an intersection of sculptural...

James Brearley Director of Brearley Architects & Urbanists (BAU) explores the architecture, contemporary life and culture in Shanghai and what this might look like into the future. Presented by Abercrombie & Kent Monday 17 July 2017

Stuart Harrison, co-founder and co-host of ‘The Architects’ (2004–14) on Melbourne 3RRR and Director of Melbourne architecture practice HAW, explores the different histories and personalities of Venice in terms of contemporary life, living and architecture. Presented by Abercrombie & Kent 10 April 2017

Field Theory – a group of Melbourne-based artists discuss their practice and process of working together, previous projects and their work 'Final Visions – Bunker' in ACCA's exhibition Greater Together. Tuesday 25 July 2017

In the first of ACCA's Future Forums for the exhibition Greater Together, philosopher Peter Singer discusses working together for positive change in terms of the environment with special guest Fiona Gruber to facilitate audience discussion. Supported by Media Partner The Saturday Paper. Wednesday 26 July 2017

A talk on the architecture, culture and history of Madrid, Spain with Qianyi Lim, Founding Partner and Architect at SIBLING. Monday 19 June 2017

Dutch artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) speak about their practice and process of making, as well as their newly commissioned work, 'Letters to the Land' in ACCA's 2017 exhibition 'Greater Together'. Introduced by 'Greater Together' curator, Annika Kristensen. 13 July 2017

A keynote address by artist and art historian A.D.S. Donaldson will be followed by reflections by Helen Johnson, Helen Maudsley and Geoff Newton on the role of painting as a critical practice and its reception in contemporary art discourse.

NEW16 In Conversation 2 by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

Sound as Consequence is convened by NEW16 artist Julian Day and brings together a community of artists to explore the possibilities for sound within an exhibition context.

Public Talk: Anna Gritz by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

NEW11: Annie Wu In Conversation With Warren Taylor, 8 March 2011 by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

NEW11: Hannah Mathews In Conversation With Fiona Abicare, Mark Hilton And Dan Moynihan by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

NEW11: Hannah Mathews In Conversation With NEW11 Artists At The Private View by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

NEW11: Umbrella (edit) by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)