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Multi-media Event

June 11th
Thursday
9.30 am—5.00 pm

Speaker/Host

  • Dr Carolyn Strange - Centre for Cross Cultural Research, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
  • Dr Libby Robin - NMA and Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU

Venue Studio, The National Museum of Australia

Enquiries Dr Carolyn Strange on 6125 0044, Dr Libby Robin

Thunderstorm over Paestum, after Turner. Wanderers in the Desert of the Real, 2008.

11 June 2009

Violent Ends: the Arts of Environmental Anxiety

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.

Confirmed Participants
Mandy Martin (environmental artist, Mandurama and Fenner School of Environment and Society,ANU)
Will Steffen (Director, ANU Climate ChangeInstitute)
Kate Rigby (writer and ecocritic, MonashUniversity)
A Chorus of Women (Canberra-based musicians who ‘listen to the wise course and seek to activate integrity and compassion in our communities)

For further information
carolyn.strange@anu.edu.au
l.robin@nma.gov.au

Participating convenors
Carolyn Strange (RSH, ANU),Libby Robin (NMA and Fenner School, ANU),William Fox (Center for Art +Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, USA) ,Tom Griffiths (RSSS, ANU).