• Gigi Scaria, Amusement park (production still), 2009, single-channel SD video, 16:9 ratio, colour, sound, 5:24 minutes. © Courtesy the artist

    Photo: Jitish Kallat, Circa  (installation detail), 2011, Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai

  • Lemuria: Cultural entanglements between Australia and India

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    Monday 15 Oct 2012, 6.00- 7.30pm
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    Chaired by Bala Starr and Natalie King

    The utopian idea of Lemuria is an imaginary, submerged landscape hugging the shoreline between Australia and India. This hypothetical ‘lost land’ is the perfect framework for exploring the cultural entanglement of our relationship.

    The forum explores insights by leading cultural theorists, artists, curators and writers from Australia and India who examine the complexities of working cross-regionally while speculating on a recovered continent.

    Speakers include:

    Nikhil Chopra, Goa-based artist and Asialink roving resident 2012.
    Emily Floyd, Melbourne-based artist who undertook an Asialink residency in New Delhi.
    Jitish Kallat, Internationally acclaimed Mumbai-based artist.
    Dr Chaitanya Sambrani, curator, writer and lecturer (Australian National University).
    Gigi Scaria, Delhi-based artist, represented India at 2011 Venice Biennale

    Location:

    Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room
    Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
    The University of Melbourne
    Cnr Swanston St & Monash Rd

    FREE EVENT - Please RSVP by registering online here

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