Symposium
23 May 2006, 2.00pm-5.00pm,
Leigh Scott Room, University of Melbourne
2.00 pm:
Welcome by Michael Piggott, Manager, Cultural Collections & University Archivist
Introduction by Symposium Chair, Alan Loney, Melbourne based artist and poet
2.30 pm:
Keynote speaker, Emeritus Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet and essayist in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne.
Changing Horses in Mid-Stream: the Making of Artists’ Books
3.00 pm:
Angela Cavalieri, Melbourne based artist and print-maker
Studio Practice: How the Book and Two Dimensional Works Inform Each Other
3.30 pm: Afternoon tea
4.00 pm:
Peter Lyssiotis, photomonteur, artists’ book maker and film-maker
Artists’ Books: A Commonwealth
4.30 pm:
Alex Selenitsch, exhibiting artist, freelance critic/reviewer, poet and senior lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of Melbourne
The Artists’ Book: Twenty-Six Definitions
5.00 pm:
Concluding remarks by Alan Loney and Michael Piggott
At the conclusion of the symposium there will be an opportunity to view the exhibition before the official launch.