Nineteenth Century Precursors Of New Media Art. On Time and Performance in Early Experiments in Art and Science. The research outcomes will enhance the profile of new media arts and performance studies in Australia by providing a model for other research in emergent and cross-disciplinary artforms. This project addresses the relative absence of scholarship on the meaning and significance of time and performance in the history of media art. It will attempt to clarify and provide a model of analys ....Nineteenth Century Precursors Of New Media Art. On Time and Performance in Early Experiments in Art and Science. The research outcomes will enhance the profile of new media arts and performance studies in Australia by providing a model for other research in emergent and cross-disciplinary artforms. This project addresses the relative absence of scholarship on the meaning and significance of time and performance in the history of media art. It will attempt to clarify and provide a model of analysis for debates surrounding the nature of time based art. It will provide a basis for understanding both the temporal and performative nature of new media art and the place of media in live performance. Read moreRead less
Aboriginal Visual Histories: Photographing Indigenous Australians. This project will strengthen our understanding of Australia's place in the world and enhance our capacity to interpret ourselves by showing how we have been perceived internationally through visual imagery - and specifically what is unique about Australia and its indigenous people through international eyes. It will explore how we have represented ourselves and the place of Aboriginal people, both historically and in the present. ....Aboriginal Visual Histories: Photographing Indigenous Australians. This project will strengthen our understanding of Australia's place in the world and enhance our capacity to interpret ourselves by showing how we have been perceived internationally through visual imagery - and specifically what is unique about Australia and its indigenous people through international eyes. It will explore how we have represented ourselves and the place of Aboriginal people, both historically and in the present. It will help us to engage with our neighbours and the wider global community. Collaboration with Aboriginal descendant communities will address their current aspirations regarding this important aspect of their heritage. Read moreRead less
Photography as a Crime. This project refers specifically to the goal: Strengthening Australia's Social and Economic Fabric. By investigating the changing nature of public photography, this research will contribute to mapping contemporary transformations in the configuration and occupation of public space. Shared participation in public spaces is crucial to a healthy society, and to fostering social connectivity by enabling us to build empathetic connections with each other. The ability to unders ....Photography as a Crime. This project refers specifically to the goal: Strengthening Australia's Social and Economic Fabric. By investigating the changing nature of public photography, this research will contribute to mapping contemporary transformations in the configuration and occupation of public space. Shared participation in public spaces is crucial to a healthy society, and to fostering social connectivity by enabling us to build empathetic connections with each other. The ability to understand the society in which we live is also central to a safe and secure Australia. Thus, this project will also contribute to Safeguarding Australia, by enhancing the priority goal of Understanding our Region and the World.Read moreRead less
Contemporary Australian Photography 1980 to the present. Contemporary Australian art photography has burgeoned over the last 25 years but there is no dedicated book length study in the field. This project will fill this gap by putting Australian photography on an international scholarly agenda, which will generate more scholarship on Australian work. It will have enormous national and community benefit for Australian artists, curators and dealers and the general public who are keenly interested ....Contemporary Australian Photography 1980 to the present. Contemporary Australian art photography has burgeoned over the last 25 years but there is no dedicated book length study in the field. This project will fill this gap by putting Australian photography on an international scholarly agenda, which will generate more scholarship on Australian work. It will have enormous national and community benefit for Australian artists, curators and dealers and the general public who are keenly interested in photography. Read moreRead less
The Misfits and the iconography of post-war American acting. The project will address a shortage of scholarly writing on transformations in the iconography of post-war American acting. It will develop a model of analysis in which the study of social and institutional forces surrounding the development of performance styles works in tandem with a reading of iconic images. The project outcomes will enhance the profile of Australian film studies by providing a model for other research concerned wit ....The Misfits and the iconography of post-war American acting. The project will address a shortage of scholarly writing on transformations in the iconography of post-war American acting. It will develop a model of analysis in which the study of social and institutional forces surrounding the development of performance styles works in tandem with a reading of iconic images. The project outcomes will enhance the profile of Australian film studies by providing a model for other research concerned with the complex relation between national culture and styles of performance.Read moreRead less
Porosity: The revision of public space in the city using public art to test the civic boundaries of built form. This research aims to test the functional boundaries currently ascribed to the physical dimensions of public space, using a selected precinct of Sydney as a paradigm case. Using public art as a measure, this study aims to produce the first comprehensive indexical map of civic functions within the internal and external spaces of a city. Public art is historically well suited to the tas ....Porosity: The revision of public space in the city using public art to test the civic boundaries of built form. This research aims to test the functional boundaries currently ascribed to the physical dimensions of public space, using a selected precinct of Sydney as a paradigm case. Using public art as a measure, this study aims to produce the first comprehensive indexical map of civic functions within the internal and external spaces of a city. Public art is historically well suited to the task of interrogating the civic extension of architecture, uniquely because of its symbiotic yet marginal relationship with built form. The resulting index will provide a tool for the re-conception of public engagement in architectural design.Read moreRead less
The Shifting Locus of Artistic Practice: A survey and critical analysis of solo exhibitions in Australian public galleries, 1970-2000. The aim of this research project is to provide a critical analysis of the monographic solo survey exhibition and its significance as a primary mode of representation of the career development of Australian artists since the late 1960s. A suite of six thematically linked monographic exhibitions of mid- to late- career artists will be the focus and primary output o ....The Shifting Locus of Artistic Practice: A survey and critical analysis of solo exhibitions in Australian public galleries, 1970-2000. The aim of this research project is to provide a critical analysis of the monographic solo survey exhibition and its significance as a primary mode of representation of the career development of Australian artists since the late 1960s. A suite of six thematically linked monographic exhibitions of mid- to late- career artists will be the focus and primary output of the research. The goal will be to develop an innovative curatorial model to account for the oeuvre of the selected artists within the context of institutional developments in Australian art and culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.Read moreRead less