Arts House Listening Program

There could be thousands of pictures of you online: photographic ‘selfies’ contrived to capture your best angles and features. How many really show how you feel about yourself and your body? You’re invited to hear a collection of the audio portraits of strangers, who reveal the stories and the secrets of their bodies. As an additional option, you can step into a private booth, undress and confess – contributing your own self-portrait to the growing archive at Arts House from 8 - 17 June, 2018.

Optimistic or downbeat? Confident or cynical? Ideas for reform? Capitalism works for me!True/false is both a provocation and a conversation. Listen to Steve Lambert, artist and founder of the Centre for Artistic Activism in conversation with host Emily Sexton as they talk about the art of democratic participation and talking politics on the street.

Kate and Adele in conversation about their upcoming works Worktable and Wowzzzeee, discussing themes around construction, destruction and reconstruction. Recorded for the Festival of Live Art 2018.

S. J. and Georgia in conversation about their upcoming works Rest Area and Stone Tape Theory (S. J.) and Intercourse with the Artist (Georgia), and exploring the changing notion of intimacy. Recorded for the Festival of Live Art 2018.

Arts House spoke with co-creator of WE ARE LIGHTNING!, JOF, about the role of live music and public spaces in society and why they are so important.

Jen Rae, Artist; Alison McMillian, Department of Health & Human Services & Alan March, University of Melbourne.

Jen Rae, Artist; Alison McMillian, Department of Health & Human Services & Alan March, University of Melbourne.

Jen Rae, Artist; Alison McMillian, Department of Health & Human Services & Alan March, University of Melbourne.

Supper Club: Place & Displacement is a facilitated exploration of our overlapping relationships to place. Wurundjeri elder Joy Murphy Wandin, urban planner Timmah Ball and natural history expert Gary Presland each frame their view of place through Indigenous culture, our natural environment and the ways that we design new spaces and transform place. Supper Clubbers can then grab a plate and join in hosted discussions examining wider concepts of place and displacement – ranging from homelessness, migration and ageing to space travel and the internet – designed to draw upon the expertise and experiences of all present. Facilitated by human ecologist and artist Asha Bee Abraham (Invisible Cities) and purveyor of participatory art forms Dan Koop (The Stream/The Boat/The Shore/The Bridge), entry includes a delicious meal by Tamil Feasts.

How can art, actions and interventions create sites of resistance within colonial and institutionalised arts settings? Hosted by Tania Cañas, an all-female panel including Sethembile Msezane, Odette Kelada and Mariaa Randall, explores the intersecting roles of race, gender and class in the lives of First Nations Women and Women of Colour navigating the arts sector. In particular, discussion will focus on how First Nations Women and Women of Colour can use their arts practice to challenge systemic racism and oppression within the arts, including the whiteness of institutions; strengthening these knowledges to find better ways to work together.

Stephanie Lake (Pile of Bones) and Melanie Lane (Nightdance) - Long edit by Arts House Listening Program

Stephanie Lake (Pile of Bones) and Melanie Lane (Nightdance) - short by Arts House Listening Program

wāni (Tales of an Afronaut) and Tania Cañas (Art & Action) - long version by Arts House Listening Program

wāni (Tales of an Afronaut) and Tania Cañas (Art & Action) - short by Arts House Listening Program

Skin in the Game - Shian Law and Phillip Adams (Vanishing Point) by Arts House Listening Program

Skin in the Game - Rebecca Jensen (Deep Sea Dances) and Rhiannon Newton (Bodied Assemblies) by Arts House Listening Program

Skin in the Game - Mariaa Randall (Divercity) and Lucy Guerin (Split) by Arts House Listening Program

Skin in the Game - Lilian Steiner (Noise Quartet Meditation) and James Batchelor (Deepspace) by Arts House Listening Program

Skin in the Game - Lz Dunn (Aeon) and Martin Hansen (if it's all in my veins) by Arts House Listening Program

Arts House is a core program of the City of Melbourne and presents and develops the work of local, national and international experimental artists. In this introductory podcast, Angharad Wynne- Jones, Artistic Director of Arts House, explains the vision and focus of Arts House curatorial approach and the spectrum of work that is presented, stretching across form and discipline. Arts House acknowledges that we are located on the land of the Kulin Nations and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and First Nations people, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal Australia.