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One object, many stories: Mourning brooch

Watch this intriguing panel discussion led by Kaz Cooke, focusing on one object from the Library's collection: a Victorian-era mourning brooch.

23 Apr 2015 Duration: 51:30

Antoine + Manuel on White Night 2015

French graphic design artists Antoine + Manuel introduce their White Night 2015 projection Eat me, featuring music by Sui Zhen.

21 Feb 2015 Duration: 09:11

3D Great Hall reconstruction from the 1866 intercolonial exhibition

Take an imaginary stroll inside 1866 Great Hall and Rotunda, on the site of today’s Domed Reading Room at State Library Victoria.

5 Jun 2013 Duration: 3:56

Richard Ovenden on book arts in the 21st century

Danger, book alert! In the age of the iPad, eBook and Kindle, are books dead?

15 Feb 2011 Duration: 55:28

Sue deGennaro on generating ideas

Watch Sue deGennaro at work in her studio, and see the book illustration process in action.

26 Nov 2010 Duration: 3:32

David Miller on paper sculpture

Watch as David Miller creates the 3D paper sculptures that feature in his books.

26 Oct 2010 Duration: 3:54

Sally Rippin on Chinese brush painting

Discover how the art of ancient Chinese ink painting influences illustrator Sally Rippin.

25 Oct 2010 Duration: 3:24

Audio: Black Thursday soundscape

Hear the story behind one of the State Library's colonial-era masterpieces, the painting Black Thursday.

10 Jan 2010 Duration: 07:07

Audio: Sasha Grishin on contemporary artists' books

Sasha Grishin explores the space where printmaking and the artist book intersect.

8 Dec 2009 Duration: 52:39

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