Cultural Capital?

Event and Ticketing Details

Dates & Times

Wednesday 10 June
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Location

The Wheeler Centre

176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

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In 2015, a bevy of bright new brains will make their mark on Melbourne’s cultural scene, as new directors start work at some of our most cherished institutions: Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Festival and Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI).

In an event jam-packed with creative thinkers and big ideas, Claire Spencer (Arts Centre Melbourne), Katrina Sedgwick (ACMI) and Jonathan Holloway (Melbourne Festival) – well known for their work in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and beyond – will get serious with Wheeler Centre director Michael Williams. Together, they’ll address the most pressing questions, confront the immediate challenges and exercise their keen instincts, as they explore the artistic future of Melbourne.

Are we still a city of big dreams and new voices? Are we maintaining the cultural edge that’s earned us the badge of Australia’s cultural capital? And do we take ourselves too seriously, or is there a sense of humour about our treasured status as the home of black clothes, cafes with crates and the perfect flat white?

We’ll get beyond laneways and trams, in an honest assessment of who we are … and where we’re going next.