We live in a time of urgency around many pressing societal and environmental needs – time is short and rapid solutions are needed, while we remain mired in indecision. Yet this is only part of the story of duration. TIME reveals itself to us in myriad ways – in the human life cycle, our shared oral histories, the hours of the working day, seasonal changes and eroding rocks. This year’s forum takes time-out from the day-to-day to reflect. Following a keynote presentation from Gerald McMaster, curator, artist, author, and professor emeritus OCAD University, Toronto, we traverse deep time, anxious time, cycles and rhythms across three dynamic sessions. The day was rhythmically punctuated by Submerged, a participatory audio score for ALL bodies, by choreographer and writer Amaara Raheem.
Forum participants included artists Robert Andrew, Lisa Sammut and Yasmin Smith, alongside University of Melbourne experts from a range of disciplines including social and political studies, geochronology, contemplative studies, and media and communication.
Professor McMaster’s presence in Australia is made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Power Institute.
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