Events
Thu, 7 May 2026
3:00PM
Beyond Biennale Time: The Asian Watercolour Confederation and minor Contemporaneities
Yvonne Low
Art historian Yvonne Low introduces the often overlooked history of society-based, medium-specific exhibition networks, an important parallel to the much-analysed biennale explosion of the 1980s and 1990s.
Thu, 14 May 2026
3:00PM
Grassroots Archivists: Photo Albums from the Queer Archives
Aiden Magro
Art history PhD Candidate Aiden Magro introduces the work of Australia's "grassroots archivists”: ordinary queer people who kept photo albums not only for their nearest and dearest but for future generations of queer people.
Thu, 14 May 2026
6:00PM
Vision Machines: Ensembles
André Dao, Thao Phan, Gary Foley, Junior Major, and Worlds Only
The third event in our series on the way technology is changing what it means to see, co-presented with the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. This session explores the forces that vision machines serve, and how to resist them.
Wed, 20 May 2026
6:00PM
Inner Visions: Gender Liberation and the Human Potential Movement
Hil Malatino
A lecture on gender transition, sensory deprivation tanks, human-dolphin communication, and high-dose ketamine use.