In this talk, Minneapolis-based curators Pavel Pyś and Sara Cluggish discuss key projects that have informed their respective approaches to curating. Pyś and Cluggish will draw on a variety of work experiences and associated projects – from the context of the small-scale public institution and independent residency program to scholarly research institute and large-scale interdisciplinary art center.

Three children went out to play. Only two came back... 

The Flower Girls. Laurel and Primrose. 

One convicted of murder, the other given a new identity.

Now, nineteen years later, another child has gone missing.

And The Flower Girls are about to hit the headlines all over again...

Three big bands on one big night - a jazz feast!

UNSW's jazz musicians will play a range of new and known works in a night featuring the UNSW Jazz Orchestra, G16 Jazz Collective and UNSW Advanced Jazz Ensemble. 

Wolfgang Mozart | Quintet in E flat K452

Martin Wesley-Smith | Janet for flute, percussion and piano

Francis Poulenc | Sextet

György Ligeti | Bagatelles

Ludwig Thuille | Sextet Op.6

Ian Munro, piano; Geoffrey Collins, flute and David Griffiths, clarinet

with guest artists Huw Jones, oboe; Andrew Barnes, bassoon; Robert Johnson, horn; and Alison Pratt, percussion

States and Senses is an interdisciplinary exhibition which explores intense emotional states that are often suppressed —such as grief, rage, loss, fear and anguish, and their drivers.

What is classified as 'abject' has been fiercely contested due to the self questioning that it facilitates. Defined as completely without pride or dignity the ‘abject’ is deeply personal, often manifesting through lived experience and shaped by cultural perspectives. The theme of the ‘abject’ provides a uniting undertow in (A) Mild Inconvenience, exploring value, disposability, resurrection, invasion, utility and sympathy.

A thrilling, genre-bending performance event from the electrifying UNSW New Music Collective to inspire and provoke new and exciting ways to engage with and enjoy the music of our time.

Featuring powerful, dynamic and radical works by Frederic Rzewski, Steve Reich, Vincent Plush, George Lewis and our very own Eitan Muir, this concert affirms that music making is a profound collective experience that speaks to freedom, choice, social responsibility, defiance and play.

Short films with light-hearted stories, hysterical situations, misunderstandings, madness and a swathe of jet-black humour. There will be jokes, gags, pratfalls and probably some glowsticks...

A thrilling, genre-bending performance event from the electrifying UNSW New Music Collective to inspire and provoke new and exciting ways to engage with and enjoy the music of our time.

This keynote lecture, delivered by Matthew Kiem, is the first in a new series of talks at UNSW Galleries exploring politics and power in contemporary design.