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Melbourne Festival. 10-26 Oct 2014

USA+Australia Visual Arts

Crossing Paths with Vivian Maier

CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Part of series.

PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL AND CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

CURATED BY NAOMI CASS, LOUISE NERI & KARRA REES

During her lifetime, Vivian Maier produced more than 100,000 photographic images, which remained undiscovered until 2007, two years before her death.

Exhibited for the first time in Australia to coincide with the Australian premiere of Finding Vivian Maier, CCP celebrates this reluctant artist’s timely relevance, juxtaposing her work with contemporary Australian photography, performance and video.

Patrick Pound responds to Maier’s poignant street photography with second-hand images, while Debra Phillips and David Wadelton make an inventory of the city and its quirky features. Maier’s self-portraits reverberate with Australian women artists who turn the camera on themselves in performative ways, in the work of Cherine Fahd, Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano, Clare Rae, Simone Slee and Kellie Wells

ARTISTS Vivian Maier, Cherine Fahd, Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano, Debra Phillips, Patrick Pound, Clare Rae, Simone Slee, David Wadelton, Kellie Wells.

Meet the Artists and Curators for a walk-through of the Exhibition

Sat 11 Oct at 1pm

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Naomi Cass, Cherine Fahd, Louise Neri, Patrick Pound, Debra Phillips, David Wadelton, Clare Rae, Karra Rees, Simone Slee and Kellie Wells.

Free event. No bookings required.

Official Opening

Sat 11 Oct at 2pm

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Opening remarks by Louise Neri, Creative Associate, Visual Arts, Melbourne Festival.

Free event. No bookings required.

PANEL DISCUSSION

A collaboration between CCP and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Melbourne

How the 'selfie' performs across time and place

Wed 15 Oct at 6pm (90 mins)

CCP

Self-portraiture is hardly novel, but what distinguishes the 'selfie' in a contemporary context? The 'selfie' is scrutinised from a range of temporal and cultural contexts and emotions.

Speakers
Dr Larissa Hjorth, Dr Adam Nash, Natalie Hendry, Dr Fincina Hopgood and Professor Stephanie Trigg (Chair)

$5. Booking essential. Book here >

Lost and Found: Ethics, subjecthood and contemporary art

Wed 22 Oct at 6pm (90 mins)

CCP

From the posthumous and pseudonymous construction of an artist's identity, to an artistic practice constructed from found images, panellists will discuss the ethics of contemporary art.

Speakers
Dr Karen Jones, Dr Patrick Pound, Professor Paul Gough and Dr Rebecca Coates (Chair)

$5. Booking essential. Book here >

Melbourne Festival Creative Associate - Visual Arts: Louise Neri

Vivian Maier’s works appear courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. Education and Public Programs presented in conjunction with Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at The University of Melbourne.


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Fri 3 – Sun 26 Oct
Wed – Fri, 11am – 6pm
Sat & Sun, 12pm – 5pm
Closed Mon & Tue

Official Opening 
Sat 11 Oct at 2pm 

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