GoMA Talks 21st Century
Thursdays fortnightly 17 February - 14 April 2011| 6.15 for 6.30pm | GoMA
Engage in the issues that defined the first decade of the 21st Century during this entertainingseries of free evening discussions at GoMA as part of the '21st Century: Art in the First Decade' exhibition. Taking a panel discussion format, favourite presenters from ABC Radio National will host discussions that explore the big topics, from climate change and health economics to communication and design innovations, with visiting guests from a range of fields. Free. No bookings required, however seating is limited. Refreshments available to purchase from 5.30pm at the Meme Lounge, Level 1 GoMA.
View live webcasts of GoMA Talks at www.21Cblog.com/webcast and tweet your comments, feedback and questions to the panel using hash tag #GoMAtalks.
GoMA Talks is presented in partnership with ABC Radio National, Media Partner of ‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’, on display at the Gallery of Modern Art until 26 April 2011.
Watch all of the GoMA Talks on YouTube | What does a 21st Century art museum look like and who is it for? | What makes up a 21st Century city and are there any boundaries? | Who are we in the world of Web 2.0? | How are health and the environment linked in the 21st Century and are our lifestyles putting economies at risk?
PAST DISCUSSIONS
14 April 2011 | GoMA TALKS Futures | What will the future of the 21st Century hold? Hosted by Antony Funnell, Future Tense
Some of the big issues and ideas that have defined the 21stcentury, from communication and design, to architecture, health and the environment, have been explored throughout the GoMA Talks series during ‘21stCentury: Art in the First Decade’.
During the final evening of this GoMA Talks series, guest panellists look to the future of the 21st century. What are the big forecasts for the 21stcentury? What are some of the problems we will encounter in the future, and what should we be doing now? Futurists, artists and authors explore ideas on what the future of the 21stcentury might hold for consumers and workers, media, technology, communication and art.
- Antony Funnell (host)
Antony Funnell, presenter of ABC Radio National’s Future Tense program since 2009, is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. Antony has fronted Media Report on ABC Radio National and has worked for many of the country's leading news and current affairs programs. In 2006 Antony won a Walkley Award for his documentary The Financial Abuse of the Elderly and in 2003 he won the United Nations Media Peace Prize (Best Radio) for a program on Aboriginal customary law.
- Tony Albert
Tony Albert is a Brisbane-based artist born in North Queensland. His family comes from Cardwell, situated in the rainforest area of the far north. Tony’s work reveals his interest in mass-produced products from Australia's history and what these say about dominant beliefs. His work Sorry 2008, currently on display in ‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’, was inspired by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's formal apology to Indigenous Australians on 13 February 2008.
- Ross Dawson
Ross Dawson is a leading futurist and authority on business strategy. He is the founding chairman of four companies, including the future research and strategy firm Future Exploration Network. Ross is author of the bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (2000) and the acclaimed book Living Networks (2003), which foresaw the social networking revolution. Ross has also written a number of White Papers for organisations including Microsoft.
- Melissa Gregg
Dr Melissa Gregg is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. Melissa led the three year research study Working from Home, which looked at the impact of online communication technologies on professional work practices. The findings of this project culminate in the book Work’s Intimacy (Polity Press, forthcoming 2011). Melissa has recently been commissioned by the South Australian Government to survey attitudes on technology, lifestyle and the National Broadband Network in the first release site of Willunga.
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Tim Longhurst
Tim Longhurst identifies trends and helps organisations adapt to a changing world. As a futurist, Tim collaborates with organisations to think about the future and ‘read the market’. He is an advisor for some of the world’s largest brands, including Nokia, Johnson & Johnson and Fuji Xerox. He has been Strategy Lead at the award-winning digital agency Amnesia Razorfish, and Director of Strategy at Australia's largest independent political organisation, GetUp!. He is currently Strategy Lead at Key Message, a global strategy and communication consultancy.
31 March 2011 | GoMA TALKS Science| How are health and the environment linked in the 21st Century and are our lifestyles putting economies at risk? Hosted by Paul Barclay, Australia Talks
Global concerns about health and environmental degradation and change permeate almost every aspect of our lives in the 21st century. We are becoming increasingly interested in how scientific research being undertaken by our leading researchers is reflected in broader political decisions and policies, and the public availability of this cutting-edge information.
Guest panellists will explore some of the pivotal issues about health and the environment in the 21st century, including clinical innovations in medicine, public perceptions of environmental issues such as climate change, media representation, and the actions begin taken by young Australians.
- Paul Barclay (Host)
Paul Barclay is in his fifth year moderating the ‘national conversation’ on ABC Radio National’s, Australia Talks program. He also presents and contributes to the station’s Big Ideas program. For seven years, Paul was the executive producer of Australia Talks' predecessor, Australia Talks Back, and in 2005 he won a Walkley Award for his investigation of the events and issues surrounding Bundaberg’s notorious ‘Dr Death’.
- Ian Frazer
Professor Ian Frazer is a clinical immunologist and Director of the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute. Ian’s groundbreaking work developing the human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical cancer immunisation program has earned him worldwide acclaim. Between 1999 and 2008 Ian received more than 20 national and international awards for scientific research, including Queenslander and Australian of the Year in 2006, the International Life Award for Scientific Research in 2007 and the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in 2008.
- Anne Fulwood
Anne Fulwood is one of Australian television's most respected journalists. In the early 1990s, she established herself as the founding presenter of the Channel Ten Late News, and finished a long career of network news presentation on Channel 7 in 2000. The Late News established not only a new time slot for evening news, but was instrumental in changing Australia’s late night viewing patterns. In 2007 Anne was appointed by the Commonwealth of Australia as the official spokesperson for the APEC Summit. From a rural family, Anne has a strong interest in primary industry, and sustainability, particularly water resources.
- Amanda McKenzie
Amanda McKenzie is co-founder and current CEO of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, the largest youth-run organisation. Amanda has established herself as a leader and expert in climate change awareness and youth community participation. At just 24 years of age, Amanda worked with other young people from around the world to build the global youth climate movement, helping to organise the International Youth Climate Conference in 2007 and 2008, and also to establish the International Youth Climate Network. Amanda was named as the joint 2009 Banksia Foundation Environment Minister’s Young Environmentalist of the Year.
- Joseph Reser
Dr Joseph Reser is an environmental psychologist who is currently involved in an in-depth nationwide survey of public risk perception, understandings and responses to climate change and natural disasters. Joseph’s research draws from a number of areas, including social, environmental, cross-cultural, and health psychology. His work focuses on public understandings of, and responses to, social representations of climate change and other environmental threats and problems, and investigates the possibility of psychological theory and research to effectively address climate change issues.
17 March 2011 | GoMA TALKS Design | What does a 21st Century art museum look like and who is it for? Hosted by Janne Ryan, Producer, By Design
Having once represented privilege and exclusion, the art museum has taken a remarkable turn in recent decades, giving way to the art museum as a site of multiple and diverse experiences – from spectacular and crowd-pleasing exuberance, to new interpretations created through technology, and opportunities for social engagement. What challenges are art museum directors and curators facing as they take part in shaping the art museum of the 21st century? Are artists changing the way they make works to fit with the expanding concept of the museum, or is the museum responding to artists' innovations?
Guest panellists discuss what the art museum looks like, and stands for, in the 21st century.
- Janne Ryan (HOST)
Janne Ryan is an ideas curator. She produces the national design program By Design on ABC Radio National. Janne is executive producer of TEDxSydney, part of which will be broadcast on the ABC television and radio in May 2011. She is also architecture writer for The Australian newspaper's WISH Magazine and co-produced the award winning ABC television series In The Mind of the Architect
- Tony Ellwood
Tony Ellwood is Director of the Queensland Art Gallery's two-campus facility that includes the Gallery of Modern Art, which opened in December 2006. Prior to taking up this position in June 2007, Tony was Deputy Director, International Art, at the National Gallery of Victoria, and held previous positions as Director of Bendigo Art Gallery and Aboriginal Art Coordinator at Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra. Tony was on the selection committee for the 2003 and 2007 Venice Biennales.
- Juliana Engberg
Juliana Engberg is Adjunct Professor in Architecture and Art at RMIT University and the Director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) in Melbourne. She is also a curator, writer, publisher and designer who has been described by ArtForum magazine as 'Australia's most maverick and ambitious curator of contemporary art'.
- Callum Morton
Callum Morton is a Melbourne-based artist known for his large-scale, architecturally inspired installations. Callum represented Australia at the 2007 Venice Biennale with Valhalla, a careful three-quarter scale reconstruction of the family home his architect father built in 1974, with a waiting surprise upon entering. In 2010, Callum presented his first large scale installation for children, Ghost World, at the Queensland Art Gallery Children's Art Centre.
- Brian Ritchie
Brian Ritchie is Curator at MONA FOMA – the Museum of Old and New Art Festival of Music and Art in Hobart, Tasmania. Brian's love for music stems from his role as the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band the Violent Femmes. His role in developing the annual MONA FOMA festival includes promoting and showcasing the work of artists in a broad range of art forms, including sound, noise, dance, theatre, visual art, performance and new media.
3 March 2011 | GoMA TALKS Places | What makes up a 21st Century city and are there any boundaries? Hosted by Alan Saunders, By Design
The 21st century has seen the rise of the city in unprecedented ways. In 2008, the world's population reached an extraordinary milestone, with more people across the world living in cities and towns than ever before. The 21st century has given rise to rapid expansion, 'urban sprawl', and the architectural innovations of cities such as Dubai, while others have confronted the task of rebuilding after major trauma. How is our notion of place affected by these and other issues growing out of the city in the 21st century?
Guest panellists offer insight into smart, sustainable and mobile cities, the ongoing appeal of fantasy cities such as Disneyland and the hyperrealism of Las Vegas, the social implications of how our cities are designed and new ways of engaging with the places we visit.
- Alan Saunders (HOST)
Alan Saunders was born and educated in London. He studied philosophy at the University of Leicester, as well as Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics. He came to Australia in 1981 to pursue research at the Australian National University and was subsequently awarded a PhD. Alan joined ABC Radio National in 1987 when he founded The Food Program. From 1997 to 2004, he was the presenter of The Comfort Zone, a weekly review of architecture and design, landscape and food, and in 2005 he was co-presenter of Saturday Breakfast. He continues to produce and present The Philosopher's Zone, as well as the well-renowned By Design program.
- Lawrence English
Lawrence Englishis acomposer, media artist andcurator. For over a decade he has been an active force in Australiansound artand experimental music. English's work includes live performance and installation to subtly transform space. He produces the annual Room40 Open Frame festival in Australia and London, and co-produces a number of others including Sound Polaroids and Liquid Architecture. English is the author of Site Listening: Brisbane 2010, a book/field guide and CD, focusing on the ideas of place, space, sound and listening.
- Michael Keniger
Trained in London, Professor Michael Keniger is the Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Queensland. He formerly led the University's Department of Architecture, focusing on urban change, digital techniques and architectural responses to sub-tropical climates. Keniger held the advisory position of Queensland Government Architect from 1999-2006 and was Queensland Architect of the Year in 1998. He was appointed by the Brisbane City Council as Chair of the Urban Futures Board, which gives independent advice on the city's planning decisions.
- Meg Mundell
New Zealand-born and Melbourne-based, Meg Mundell is an author, journalist and researcher. Her first novel, Black Glass (Scribe), is out in early March 2011, and she is currently undertaking a PhD on the intersection of place, experiential research and creative writing. Mundell contributes regularly to The Age, and her journalism and short fiction have also appeared in The Monthly, Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review. Meg has been a Lonely Planet author, and spent five years as deputy editor of The Big Issue. She has lectured in journalism, place studies communications.
- Angela Ndalianis
Angela Ndalianis is Associate Professor in Cinema and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. She specializes in Hollywood cinema, digital media and the convergence of popular forms such as films, computer games and comic books. Her research also explores approaches to entertainment and their history. Ndalianis is currently focusing on the history, influence and cultural significance of theme parks, which she is compiling into a book titled Sectopolis: Theme Park Culture
17 February 2011 | GoMA TALKS Communication | Who are we in the world of Web 2.0? Hosted by Antony Funnell, Future Tense
The flock of interactive capabilities born from the 'second generation' of the World Wide Web, which has been termed 'Web 2.0', include social networking sites, blogging, video sharing and wikis. Our engagement with this user-generated content has transformed the Web into an infinite source of knowledge and interaction, but have these recent forms of virtual communication increased our access to others and created an online community or has it only lessened our ability to seek and filter information?
Participants explore how Web 2.0 presents a new space for interaction by users of all ages, and considers how issues such as privacy and accuracy are affected by its rise:
- Antony Funnell (HOST)
Antony Funnell is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster for ABC Radio National. He is well known as the presenter of ABC's Future Tense, a program which he has been involved in since 2009. Prior to that, Antony fronted Media Report on ABC Radio National. Over the past two decades he has worked for many of the country's leading news and current affairs programs, including AM, PM, the 7.30 Report, Background Briefing and Radio National Breakfast. In November 2006 Antony won a Walkley Award for his documentary The Financial Abuse of the Elderly and in 2003 he won the United Nations Media Peace Prize (Best Radio) for a program on Aboriginal customary law.
- Ian Farmer
Ian Farmer is Managing Partner and founder of Frontiering - a boutique marketing agency based in New South Wales, which focuses on social media marketing. Prior to this Ian was the Social Media Practice Manager at Bullseye – a leading digital agency, where he developed social media campaigns for many clients including Blackmores and Vicroads. Ian also had an extensive career with the Mars group spanning a number of roles across IT, marketing, and business development. Ian co-founded and still a current director of online gourmet food website Gourmet Shopper.com.au. Ian's work has taken him across the Asia Pacific region where he developed his study of cultural interactions and social behaviour.
- Andrew Frost
Andrew Frost is an art critic, writer, blogger and broadcaster. His articles have been published in a wide variety of Australian and international art magazines and he is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2007 ABC1 screened a three-part series titled The Art Life, which included a second series in 2009, which Andrew both wrote and presented. Andrew is also one of the co-founders of the well-known blog titled The Art Life which, since 2004, has established itself as an independent voice of art criticism in the Australian art and media world.
- Ian MacColl
Ian MacColl is a Senior Research Fellow in the faculty of Science and Technology at Queensland's University of Technology. Within the research discipline of computer science, Ian is interested in enriching local and online social networks through technology. His research has real world applications – including the development of innovative systems for expanding upon social media technologies, as well as possibilities for educational and customer needs. Ian has written many papers and presented at numerous conferences, such as his 2010 international presentation on learning systems that use the online resource Wikipedia.
- Jason Sternberg
Jason Sternberg researches in the areas of media audiences, youth media and popular culture and has been a major contributor to Australia's leading university media studies textbook titled "Media & Communications in Australia". He is a lecturer in media studies at QUT's Creative Industries faculty. Due to Jason's expertise on current media issues, he has appeared as a commentator on many Australian television news programs. Jason is currently collaborating on the book Measuring Audiences, which looks at a number of topics including the media audience research industry, illegal music downloading and The Biggest Loser.
