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Watch Song Dong exhibition interviews
Song Dong and curators, Aaron Seeto and Lisa Havilah were recently interviewed about the exhibitions, Dad and Mum, Don’t Worry About Us, We Are All Well presented at 4A and Waste Not presented at Carriageworks. With thanks to Das Platforms. Presented by More…
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Ken + Julia Yonetani on What the Birds Knew
Ken + Julia Yonetani talk about their latest artworks in 4A’s exhibition, What the Birds Knew (3 August – 3 November 2012) and how the use of Uranium Glass as a material in these works relate to our sense of allure to the power of electricity and technology. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster More…
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Performance: Dadang Christanto, Litsus
Performance: August 12, 2009 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney The title of this performance refers to the repressive and anti-democratic legislation enacted by the Suharto regime in 1990, ‘Litsus’ required all prospective members of parliament to undergo a test to determine whether or not they held ‘communist sympathies’. Christanto performed Litsus underneath his 2009 installation, More…
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Aaron Seeto – Introduction to New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown
New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown, produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with City of Sydney, examined the role of public space in Chinatown, using the specific idea of a garden as an initial proposal for a public art project. In his introduction Aaron Seeto, Director of 4A Centre More…
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Aaron Seeto on “New Century Garden” and Public Art in Chinatown
Aaron Seeto, Director of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, talks about his curatorial vision for a multidisciplinary, experimental public garden work for Sydney’s Chinatown. New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown, produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with City of Sydney, examines the role of public space in Chinatown, More…
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New Century Garden: Bridget Smyth, Design Director at City of Sydney, on the City’s plans to revitalise the city centre by testing new approaches to shaping public space.
Bridget Smyth, Design Director at City of Sydney, on the City’s plans to revitalise the city centre by testing new approaches to shaping public space. New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown, produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with City of Sydney, examines the role of public space in Chinatown, More…
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Dr Xing Ruan, Guest Speaker – New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown
New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown, produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with City of Sydney, examined the role of public space in Chinatown, using the specific idea of a garden as an initial proposal for a public art project. Guest speaker Dr Xing Ruan’s presentation explores the relationship More…
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Nicholas Jose, guest speaker – New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown
Guest speaker Nicholas Jose’s presentation, What is a (Chinese) Garden?, explores the art of gardens in Chinese culture that continues long, rich, highly evolved traditions of philosophy, aesthetics, ethics and everyday practice. A garden is a conceptual as well as a physical space, a constructed environment, a zone of play or meditative transcendence. The experience More…
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John Choi, Guest Speaker – New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown
New Century Garden: Talking About Public Art in Chinatown, produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with City of Sydney, examined the role of public space in Chinatown, using the specific idea of a garden as an initial proposal for a public art project. Guest speaker John Choi’s presentation posits that public art More…
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is an initiative of the Asian Australian Artists Association Inc. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its funding and advisory body; the NSW Government through Arts NSW and the City of Sydney. Champions: Kerr and Judith Neilson; Principal Patrons: Daniel and Lyndell Droga; Patrons; Geoff Ainsworth AM, Grasshopper Bar, Johnson Pilton Walker, John Lam-Po-Tang, Dr Gene Sherman AM and Brian Sherman AM, VisAsia and Adrian Williams; Benefactors: AMP Foundation; Andrew Cameron, ARNDT Fine Art, ARTCELL, Richard Funston and Kiong Lee, Simon Mordant AO and Catriona Mordant, Vicky Olsson, Lisa Paulsen, Dr Dick Quan, Andrew Rothery and Julia Champtaloup, The Sky Foundation and Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO; Friends: Brooke and Steve Aitken, Luisa Catanzaro, Ari and Lisa Droga, Choi Ropiha Fighera, Julian and Stephanie Grose, Tonee Holley Knowles and James Knowles, Annette Larkin, Akira and Tomoko Nakayama, Susan Nathan, Becky Sparks and James Roland, Victoria Taylor, Anna Waldmann and Dr John Yu AC.
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