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
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
World-pictures: Path-finding across a century of wars, 1917-2017. This project aims to redefine war art in artistic and scholarly research. Public understandings of war are significantly shaped by war art and images of war. This project will investigate the artistic potential of scholars’ methodologies –timelines and the atlas form – to revise the Australian understanding of the century-long and global aftermath of war from WW1 into the present, in major exhibitions of new art. The project will ....World-pictures: Path-finding across a century of wars, 1917-2017. This project aims to redefine war art in artistic and scholarly research. Public understandings of war are significantly shaped by war art and images of war. This project will investigate the artistic potential of scholars’ methodologies –timelines and the atlas form – to revise the Australian understanding of the century-long and global aftermath of war from WW1 into the present, in major exhibitions of new art. The project will to investigate how international 21st century artists explored recent wars and will produce a systematic, art historical account of international 21st century war art. The project aims to provide a better understanding of Australia’s heritage and of war art.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0775489
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$300,000.00
Summary
Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, DAAO: public release version. The DAAO is already positioned as the sole system for the creation and discovery of research into art history in Australia. The DAAO will provide global exposure of Australian research and artists with tangible benefits both economically for cultural industries (including the art industry and tourism) and socially. It will also increase the breadth and depth of general knowledge of Australian art, contributing to the developm ....Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, DAAO: public release version. The DAAO is already positioned as the sole system for the creation and discovery of research into art history in Australia. The DAAO will provide global exposure of Australian research and artists with tangible benefits both economically for cultural industries (including the art industry and tourism) and socially. It will also increase the breadth and depth of general knowledge of Australian art, contributing to the development of national identity through the diversity and richness of Australia's visual cultures. Read moreRead less