In the era of the colonial anthropocene how do we address histories of loss and disappearance in relation to resurgence? Thinking with Patagonia and other southern spaces, and the Fuegan peoples, I discuss how we might address decolonial representation as working to a politics of and critical solidarity with Indigenous cultural memory, presence, and planetary futures.

Introduction by Dr Verónica Tello, Lecturer, Contemporary Art Theory, UNSW Art & Design. Response by Anastasia Murney, PhD candidate Art Theory, UNSW Art & Design.

Presented in partnership with UNSW Art & Design Research Forum.

This lecture is part of a series of events programmed to launch a new Art Theory major as part of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at UNSW Art & Design. The BFA (Art Theory) will welcome its first cohort in 2020. The Art Theory major builds on the existing strength of Art Theory at UNSW Art & Design, and allows students to examine and engage in the dynamic interplay between theory and practice shaping contemporary art and culture.

WHERE: UNSW GALLERIES
ADDRESS: CNR OF OXFORD ST & GREENS RD, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
HOURS: TUES TO SAT, 10AM-5PM. CLOSED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Image: Rachel O’Reilly (with Pa.LaC.E and Rodrigo Hernandez), 'Island Law Energies', from The Gas Imaginary, 2014, 9 unique risograph prints on paper, ink, pencil, 27.9 x 31.5cm, ed. of 5. Image courtesy: the artist