Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 25 October
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
We’ll look at the varied role of the voice in the works. With opera director Matthew Lutton, chair Sarah Austin, Liquid Architecture co-artistic director Danni Zuvela and more.
Eavesdropping on Artists
A series of interactive talks, presented by the Wheeler Centre, in which prominent artists discuss shows presented as part of Melbourne Festival.
The catch? The artists must talk about artworks from outside their own practice.
Come and find out what artists really think about each other’s work, in this fascinating, cross-disciplinary discussion on the practice and presentation of art.
Featuring
Sarah Austin
Sarah Austin is a theatre-maker, researcher and curator who has worked for arts companies in both Australia and overseas. Her practice blends an interest in live art, visual theatre and participatory theatre and she has extensive experience working with young people and communities.
Most recently, she was the artistic director and CEO of St Martin’s Youth Arts Centre. Currently she leads a research project on inclusive arts practice between Arts Access Victoria and the University of Melbourne, sits on the board of Theatre Network Victoria and is a peer assessor for the Australia Council.
She graduated with honours from VCA in visual and performing arts and has a masters in creative arts from the University Of Melbourne.
Danni Zuvela
Danni Zuvela is a writer, curator and academic. She has published writing on experimental film, music, art and performance.
In 2014 she curated Undertone Overture featuring American animator Jodie Mack, for The Walls Art Space, Miami, Gold Coast, and a film program for Colour Music, at Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra.
She co-founded the artists collective, OtherFilm, with Sally Golding and Joel Stern in 2004, and in 2013, became co-Artistic Director, with Joel Stern, of Liquid Architecture – a festival of artists working with sound.
John Hughes
John Hughes’s projects cross boundaries of film, television and media art practice. His video and film work has been presented at the ICA London, ARC Art Museum Paris, Biennale of Sydney, Ewing Gallery, University of Melbourne and ACMI Melbourne.
His online documentary with Film Australia, ABC2 and ABC online can be seen at the ABC website.
His feature drama What I Have Written (from John A. Scott’s novel) won Best Film, Mystfest, Bologna (1996) and was released theatrically with Globe and internationally with Beyond Films.
He is currently honorary fellow, faculty of VCA & MCM, University of Melbourne.