Adelaide Festival // 2 - 18 March 2012

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Into Cosmos Day One

The Presentness of Utopias

Australia / The Netherlands - Germany

At its outset art history sets out to explore the bonds between cosmologies and artistic practice. The interpretation of contemporary art now returns to the question of the spirit of things and belonging in an open world. This day begins by examining the presentness of utopia and living with faith without certitudes.

 

Opening Keynote: Anti-Materialist Materialisms

Keynote: Jan Verwoert / Introduction Victoria Lynn

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Keynote Response: Making and Unmaking the World

Tom Nicholson / Nikos Papastergiadis / Linda Marie Walker

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Into Cosmos Day One
Into Cosmos Day Two
Into Cosmos Day Three
Into Cosmos Day Four
Artists' Week Workshops

WHERE

Banquet Room - Adelaide Festival Centre

WHEN

Fri 2 Mar 1pm - 3.30pm

DURATION

150 mins

FREE

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Wheelchair Access Sign Interpreting

Wheelchair access
Sign interpreting (selected times)

MAP

Banquet Room - Adelaide Festival Centre
King William St - Western side

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credits

Full Artists’ Week program and Visual Arts Guide released in December 2011.

Research for Artists’ Week has been supported by School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.


IMAGE CREDITS
N.S. Harsha, Creation of Gods, 2007, (detail), acrylic on canvas, 182 x 365cm, courtesy the artist and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
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