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Technology & Ideas Forums
This series of free public forums, held in Experimedia, explores technology and ideas across a range of disciplines.
Time 6.30-8.30pm
Venue Experimedia, Entry 1, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Bookings 03 8664 7555 or learning@slv.vic.gov.au
Cost Entry is free
Audio
Can't attend the forums in person? Listen via our website instead. All forums will be recorded and the audio made available from this page shortly after each event. View the full list of available audio or go directly to the audio of your chosen forum using the links below.
| Wednesday 5 DecemberMotor homes: 21st-century holidays
How has new technology changed the way we enjoy our holidays? Hear the experts discuss the latest holiday and leisure equipment, and the future of the 21st-century holiday. This event, presented in association with Lab3000, complements the Library's exhibition Victorians on Vacation (30 November 2007-9 March 2008). |
| Wednesday 17 OctoberExposed! Celebrity photographers
Come and hear professional photographers reveal the secrets of their success. Meet photographers Ponch Hawkes, Ben Loveridge and Marc Buckner, who've made their names snapping celebrity and fashion images. Find out about the pluses and perils of this competitive business, and how upcoming photographers can get started. Session chaired by Jason Smith, Director, Monash Gallery of Art. This event complements the Library's exhibition Famous: Karin Catt Portraits (13 July-11 November). |
| Wednesday 1 AugustDistributing sound: Evolving technologies and music publishing
The way we consume sound is changing radically, thanks to online performance, web distribution, audio and video streaming, even the CDR. Hear from independent labels, artists and corporate players on the revolution in the music industry. |
| Wednesday 20 JuneMoving Images: Works in progressWant to show your work and network with other artists? Moving-image artists are invited to share current projects with other artists at an informal session facilitated by Dr Keely Macarow, a lecturer in Fine Arts at RMIT. This is a valuable opportunity to discuss your work in progress, and to give and receive peer feedback. Where appropriate, participants will be referred to specialist librarians to see or discuss relevant materials in the Library’s collection. (When booking, please give the working title and duration of your piece. Challenging work is acceptable but must be rated below M15+. Work must be delivered two days prior, as a playable DVD, DV Pal only.) |
| Saturday 26 MayMultimedia Poetry: Old + New
Speakers: include new-media writer-artists extraordinaire Phil Norton, Peter Murphy and James Stuart
What happens when poetry is combined with new-media elements? How does the work change? Is the result simply an extension of the text-based work, or something completely new? This free forum will take you to the new frontier of multimedia poetry. (Presented in partnership with the Emerging Writers Festival.)
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| Wednesday 16 MaySustainable Architecture: Building our future
Speakers: include Cr Fraser Brindley (City of Melbourne), Paula Gibson Roy (Principal Architect, Construction Queen), Alan Pears (Senior Lecturer, Environment & Planning, RMIT) and Professor Chris Ryan (Co-Director, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation & Society, University of Melbourne)
Sustainability is more than a catchphrase - it’s a passion. Come and hear the professionals share their thoughts on the future of architecture in a sustainable world. Speakers will discuss their major sustainable architecture projects, including the CH2 City of Melbourne building.
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| Thursday 26 AprilA wealth of inspiration: Artists and the Library’s collection
Speakers: Angela Cavalieri, Bruno Leti, Ruth Johnstone (artists); Gerard Hayes (State Library Pictures Collection); Des Cowley (State Library Rare Books and Artist Books); Juliet O’Conor (State Library Children’s Literature)
The State Library of Victoria’s collection is a unique resource and source of inspiration for artists and designers, with over 200,000 digital images and a wealth of other visual material, including paintings, photographs, prints and posters, postcards and artist books.
Hear from artists who have found inspiration in the collection, and Library staff who can help with access, copyright and reproduction. (This talk is part of the program of events for the Library's exhibition How I entered there I cannot truly say.)
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| Thursday 29 MarchDesigning Globally: Driving the future
Speakers: Nicolas Hogios, Design Manager, Toyota Style Australia; Thomas Beck, Managing Director, EDAG Australia; Sharon Gauci, Chief Designer, GM Asia Pacific
Hear leading designers and engineers from GM Holden, Toyota and EDAG Australia talk about how design within the car industry has become an increasingly global affair. Australia offers companies a unique strategic position, enabling them to create cars across time zones, for almost anyone, anywhere. Hear what it’s like to work in such an environment and the methods that are used to get the product out on time.
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