Event and Ticketing Details
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Thursday 15 November
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
In today’s wired-up world, we can be with anyone, anywhere at any time. We have hundreds of ‘friends’, habitually ‘follow’ strangers and work from virtual offices. What does all this mean for community and connection? And how does it influence creativity? Experimenta curator Abigail Moncrieff, novelist Max Barry and artist Charlie Sofo come together IRL (in real life) to nut it out. Chaired by Phip Murray.
Featuring
Charlie Sofo
Charlie Sofo is a visual artist based in Melbourne. In 2012, he exhibited in NEW12, curated by Jeff Kahn at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Volume One, curated by Glenn Barkley at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and New Work at Craft Victoria, Melbourne.
In 2011, Sofo exhibited in Unguided Tours, curated by Justin Paton Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Tell Me, Tell Me: Australian and Korean Art 1976 2011, curated by Glenn Barkley and Inhye Kim, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, and Sudden Gestures or Noises, curated by Caterina Riva, Artspace, Auckland.
Max Barry
Max Barry is the author of the novels Syrup (an LA Times Best Book of the Year), Jennifer Government (a New York Times Notable Book), and Company (a New York Times bestseller), and the web serial Machine Man.
He is also creator of the online political game NationStates, which has been played by over two million people.
His next novel, Lexicon, will be published in 2013.
He is 39 and lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters.
Phip Murray
Phip Murray is an artist and writer and the Director of West Space. She is a board and editorial member of the independent contemporary art journal Un Magazine.
Her previous employment includes lecturing in contemporary art history and theory, and working as an Associate Producer for the Next Wave Festival for which she helped create the artist-run initiative exhibition Containers Village (2006) as well as the interdisciplinary Nightclub projects (2008). Phip has completed a Masters degree through RMIT’s Media Arts department and also studied Arts/Law at the University of Melbourne. She is a sessional lecturer at RMIT for the School of Fine Art (Media Arts) and the School of Interior Design and Architecture.
She is also a Board and Editorial Committee member of the independent contemporary art journal un Magazine. Phip writes often about art, with recent projects including a series of articles for Photofile, a commission for Craft Victoria’s recent Craft Cubed festival, and editing volume 3.2 of un Magazine in 2009, which had an editorial focus on experimental audiovisual practices. She is currently writing a publication for the National Gallery of Victoria that surveys the institution’s history over the past 150 years.
Abigail Moncrieff
Abigail Moncrieff has been working in the visual arts for many years, and as curator at Experimenta since early 2011.
Formerly project coordinator of C3West at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Abigail has developed projects such as HEADS UP with Craig Walsh, What Is Missing with Sylvie Blocher, Talking Trash with Jeanne van Heeswijk and The Begin-Again with artist Angelica Mesiti.
She has worked with artist collective Campement Urbain (Sylvie Blocher and François Daune) on their project in Penrith from 2007 to 2011. Prior to this, Abigail worked on numerous artist projects and exhibitions, including La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc with Javier Téllez for the 2004 Biennale of Sydney.