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Violent Ends: The Arts of Environmental Anxiety
A multi-media event
11 June 2009, 9.30am to 5pm
The Studio, National Museum of Australia
© Mandy Martin, Thunderstorm over Paestum, after Turner. Wanderers in the Desert of the Real, 2008.
Through music, film, poetry, visual art, dance and discussion, this event explores a wide range of expressions and interpretations of environmental anxiety.
The day includes a graduate forum on 'Death of the Disregarded'.
It is open to the public, members of the academic community and practitioners of all the arts.
Registration
The event will be held in the Studio at the National Museum of Australia and is free to attend however bookings are essential.
We ask people wishing to attend to secure their place by booking on (02) 6208 5021 or bookings@nma.gov.au
Participants
- Mandy Martin, environmental artist, Mandurama and Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
- Will Steffen, Director, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University
- Kate Rigby, writer and ecocritic, Monash University
- A Chorus of Women, Canberra-based musicians who 'listen to the wise course and seek to activate integrity and compassion in our communities
- with William Fox, poet and writer, Center for Art and Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, United States of America
Participating convenors
- Carolyn Strange, Research School of Humanities, Australian National University
- Libby Robin, National Museum of Australia and Fenner School, Australian National University
- William Fox, Center for Art and Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, United States of America
- Tom Griffiths, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
For the program and further information: http://www.nma.gov.au/research/centre_for_historical_research/conferences_and_seminars/violent_ends/