The TWMA Animate/Inanimate Symposium
TarraWarra Museum of Art (TWMA) will present a unique public program to accompany the Animate/Inanimate exhibition at TWMA in conjunction with Healesville Sanctuary, its neighbour in the Yarra Valley, just four kilometres away as the bird flies.
This symposium will present a day of lively discussions about the meanings, histories and vulnerabilities of the natural world through the eyes of artists, cultural theorists and environmental scientists, and coincides with Animate/Inanimate which presents the work of contemporary artists who explore the impact of global economic and climatic change on our natural environments and ask; can we find a ‘spirit’ in the inanimate?
Animate/Inanimate is the first exhibition to launch the inaugural TarraWarra International and features 6 leading artists from Australia, the USA, India and China who have created haunting and beautiful works that consider the profound interconnections between diverse life forms (natural, animal and human) in an exhibition which includes installations, sound works, sculptural elements and video works.
Date: 11.00 am to 5.00 pm, Sunday, September 1st, 2013
Venue: Brolga Room, Healesville Sanctuary, Badger Creek Road, Healesville, VIC 3777
Speakers
Barbara Creed, Professor Screen Studies, University of Melbourne
Prue Gibson,Writer and Lecturer
Glen Holland, Director, Healesville Sanctuary
Janet Laurence, Animate/Inanimate Exhibition Artist
Victoria Lynn, Director, TarraWarra Museum of Art
Deborah Bird Rose, Professor, Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Author of Wild Dog Dreaming
Louise Weaver, Animate/Inanimate Exhibition Artist
Tickets: $40 Adults $30 Students | Includes lunch and refreshments provided by Sanctuary Harvest
More information and Bookings: www.twma. com.au Ph:03 5957 3100 E: museum@twma.com.au
