19 May 2011 Evening Keynote 7.30pm–9.30pm
20 May 2011 Full Day Workshop9.00am–6.00pm
Lowy Centre, Level 4, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Limited spaces. To register and purchase tickets, visit www.niea.unsw.edu.au/events
Ecology without Nature; The Ecological ThoughtThe Time of Hyperobjects: New Directions for Ecological PhilosophyDavid Gissen, California College of the Arts [Subnature: Architecture’s Other Environment] on Reflux: From Environmental Flows to Environmental Objects
What is ecological thinking and how does it transform the way we understand materials, objects and environments? Taking off from Tim Morton’s concept of hyperobjects, this HotHouse asks how we might radically rework ecological thought and curate (care for) hyperobjects.
Participants are invited to brainstorm about a future exhibition project on hyperobjects for the new gallery complex at the College of Fine Arts.
Workshop presenters
Paul Carter, Creative Place Research, Deakin University on Ontology and TurbulenceGay Hawkins, University of Queensland on Political MatterStephen Healy, HPS/Environmental Studies, UNSW on Air Conditioning and AffectJill Bennett, NIEA, UNSW on AtmosphereFrances Dyson, NIEA, UNSW on Serres and SoundStephen Muecke, Creative Writing, UNSW on Keeping Things Alive in their Place: the Vitalism of HumanObject RelationsRichard Goodwin, Douglas Kahn, Paul Thomas, Felicity Fenner and others on Curating Materials
Convened byJill Bennett and Douglas Kahn
Upcoming: NIEA Winter Party, The Brickworks, Sydney Park in conjunction with the opening of Michael Nyman‘s Cine Opera, 28 May
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