Ngarn Wa'ngal Opening Conversations
When
This event has now ended.
Location
Cnr of Swanston St and Masson Rd, Parkville
Opening Hours
11 am – 5 pm
Join us for a day of free public events to celebrate the opening of Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree.
The program includes conversations with exhibition artists and curators, who will offer insights into newly commissioned works, as well as the themes that thread the exhibition together.
All events are free. Booking is required.
Schedule
In Conversation: Jazz Money and Dean Cross with Sophie Gerhard
11.30am–12.30pmJoin curator Sophie Gerhard for a conversation with artists Jazz Money and Dean Cross about their newly commissioned works for Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree. Together, they will explore how poetry, moving image and sculptural installation respond to First Nations perspectives, regeneration and ecological futures.
Primrose Potter Studio, Level 1.
This event is seated.
In Conversation: Julie Gough with Lisa Slade
12.45pm–1.45pmJoin us for a conversation between Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough and Lisa Slade, Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian art history, about Gough's art and relationships to Palawa landscapes. Gough's multi-screen film Witness is the centrepiece in the exhibition's exploration of nineteenth-century colonial art asking the questions: what occurred in these landscapes, what did the trees see?
Primrose Potter Studio, Level 1.
This event is seated.
Floor talk: megan evans with Alisa Bunbury
2.45pm–3.15pmMelbourne-based interdisciplinary artist megan evans will discuss her new commission Gust, an installation of hundreds of eucalyptus leaves collected over decades — including leaves preserved from the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires — alongside a large-scale animated work, Remanence, exploring memory and residual presence.
Atrium, Ground Floor.
Please note capacity is limited and available on a first-arrived basis. This event is standing, with a small number of portable stools available for those who require them. Booking is not required for this event.
In Conversation: Jane E. Brown and Janet Laurence with Alisa Bunbury
3.30pm–4.30pmJoin Alisa Bunbury for a conversation with artists Jane E. Brown and Janet Laurence about their works for Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree, which bring together photography, botanical histories, scientific classification and environmental witnessing. Together, they will reflect on the gum tree as material, archive and witness, considering its relationship to colonial histories, ecological change and the natural world.
Primrose Potter Studio, Level 1
This event is seated.
About the presenters
Event and access info
- Bookings are required, with capacity limits applying to all In Conversation events. Access to Floor Talk will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
- Seating is available within the exhibition.
- Floor Talk will require standing for up to 30 minutes at a time. A small number of portable stools are available.
- Conversations in the Primrose Potter Studio are fully seated with infrared hearing assistance available in this space.
- Please note some of these conversations may touch on displacement and massacre of First Nations peoples, environmental destruction and catastrophic events including bushfires.
- Auslan interpretation can be booked on request. Please contact mc-publicprograms@unimelb.edu.au.
- Please visit our accessibility page for additional information about the Potter Museum of Art.
- For further access requests or queries regarding this event contact mc-publicprograms@unimelb.edu.au.
Supporters
The Miegunyah Creative Fellowships are supported by the Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund.