Panel Discussion: Art as Living Memory

Zac Langdon-Pole, Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Hit Man Gurung / Image courtesy: The artists

Zac Langdon-Pole, Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Hit Man Gurung / Image courtesy: The artists / View full image

When

11.30 am – 12.30 pm, Sat 30 Nov 2024
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Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Bodhi Tree Stage

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Auslan Interpreted

What to Expect

Admission

Free

About

How do unique histories of lived experience and shared collective memory shape and enrich our understanding of the world and of each other?

Join Asia Pacific Triennial artists for a discussion about their artworks that share in the mining of the past and recontextualising of histories to create a renewed vision of the future, the wonders of the world and our place in it.

Speakers:

  • Zac Langdon-Pole
  • Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar
  • Sheelasha Rajbhandari
  • Hit Man Gurung


Hosted by Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art, QAGOMA

Auslan interpreted

Zac Langdon Pole / Photograph: Chris Traill / Image courtesy: Michael Lett Gallery

Zac Langdon Pole / Photograph: Chris Traill / Image courtesy: Michael Lett Gallery / View full image

Zac Langdon-Pole

Zac Langdon-Pole is interested in re-contextualising how certain histories, materials, people and processes shape our understandings of the world. Working primarily with collage and assemblage, many of Langdon-Pole’s constructions juxtapose materials, textures, objects and histories that seem to have come from very different places.

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Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar / Image courtesy: The artist

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar / Image courtesy: The artist / View full image

Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar

As a repository for memory and a site for creation, the built environment plays a central role in the work of Harold Reagan Eswar, better known as Egn. Working in the town planning office of the East Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu, Egn was also an early member of the influential street art collective Cracko Art Group (CAG), producing satirical, cartoonish canvases and murals, organising exhibitions and exploring different tactics for community participation.

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Hit Man Gurung & Sheelasha Rajbhandari / Image courtesy: The artist

Hit Man Gurung & Sheelasha Rajbhandari / Image courtesy: The artist / View full image

Hit Man Gurung & Sheelasha Rajbhandari

Nepal and the surrounding region officially recognises 60 Indigenous nationalities as ‘Adivasi-Janajati’, which make up more than a third of the country’s total population. The wide range of distinct cultures, languages and histories of Nepal’s Indigenous people form the basis of the TAMBA project, curated by artists and co-founders of ArTree Nepal and Kalā Kulo, Hit Man Gurung and Sheelasha Rajbhandari.

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What to Expect

Here’s what to expect at this event.

Everyone is welcome! Please contact events.plus@qagoma.qld.gov.au in advance of the program if you have any access needs or queries about the event. Find out more about Accessibility at QAGOMA and planning your visit.

Participation and content

  • You are welcome to come with a friend or by yourself. Many people attend the Gallery solo.
  • We ask all attendees to be kind, respectful, and courteous to all participants, speakers and staff at this event. This program will be monitored by QAGOMA staff to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our attendees, speakers and staff.

Sensory aspects

  • To find your way to the event, access a map of the galleries.
  • Speakers will use an amplified microphone. Please let us know in advance if you are hard of hearing so we can make this talk accessible for you.
  • A screen will be used during the event.
  • Chairs with backs will be available for seating.
  • The event is outside the Gallery, under the shade of the building and the Bodhi Tree.
  • This event will be photographed by QAGOMA staff. If you do not wish to be photographed, please advise a QAGOMA staff member on arrival.
  • This talk will be live Auslan interpreted. Please email us if you require a reserved seat at the front of the Bodhi Tree Stage.
GOMA Turns 10 Opening Weekend / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / December 2016 / Photography: J Ruckli, QAGOMA

GOMA Turns 10 Opening Weekend / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / December 2016 / Photography: J Ruckli, QAGOMA / View full image

Asia Pacific Triennial Opening Weekend

Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December

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