Public programs
Francis Alÿs | Belgium b.1959 | Sleepers II 2001 | 80 35mm colour slides | Installed size variable | Collection: John Kaldor Family Collection, future gift to the Art Gallery of New South Wales
A range of free programs and events have been developed to engage with ideas and themes in the exhibition.
Talking About Contemporary Art
Saturday 19 February - 2 April 2011 | 2.00pm | Cinema B, GoMA | Investigate the diverse aims, inspirations and contexts for the production of art in the 21st century with Dr Mark Pennings, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology and special guests in this weekly illustrated lecture series.
View live webcasts of 'Talking About Contemporary Art' at www.21Cblog.com/webcast
Watch all of the 'Talking About Contemporary Art' series on YouTube | Contemporary art's history | Global identities: Social and political perspectives | Taking part in contemporary art: Entertainment and participation | New globalism in the media sphere: New media art | Contemporary art within an international field | Video and memes | The fluidity of boundaries in international art
PAST LECTURES
2 April 2011 | In-conversation | The fluidity of boundaries in international art | With Russell Storer, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art and Nicholas Chambers, Curator, Contemporary International Art.
26 March 2011 | In-conversation | Video and memes | With José Da Silva, Curator, Australian Cinémathèque
19 March 2011 | In-conversation | Contemporary art within an international field | With Julie Ewington, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art
12 March 2011 | Lecture | New globalism in the media sphere: New media art
5 March 2011 | Lecture | Taking part in contemporary art: Entertainment and participation
26 February 2011 | Lecture | Global identities: Social and political perspectives
19 February 2011 | Lecture | Contemporary art's history
