Past events

A lecture by Kajri Jain, the 2026 Sydney Asian Series Scholar in Residence, on the sensory infrastructures of collage in a religious souvenir from Nathdwara, and a work by modernist Bhupen Khakhar.

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The first 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 answers the question: What is a vision machine, and what does it do?

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Film scholar Ivan Cerecina traces the history of the word "montage" in its movement between French, English, and Russian contexts, and considers its enduring legacy as a key method of modernity.

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US-based art historian Brianne Cohen will introduce her new book about lens-based art practices across Cambodia, Vietnam, and Singapore, and their commitment to Indigenous land relations and environmental justice.

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A set of two panels exploring historical crises in seeing as a means to explore the longer histories of vision.

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Join us for food and drink to meet and celebrate our 2026 fellows.

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The second session of Screen Cultures, a new research forum focused on the forms and futures of the screen.

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A half-day symposium on the International Image Interoperability Framework: what it is, and how institutions can use it.

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Family activities at the Schaeffer Library: a pop-up book store, and a kids art workshop by Claudia Nicholson!

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A presentation on the crisis of vision in early modern Europe. 

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