nga-zine-fair
Saturday, October 30 · 11:00am – 4:00pm
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Parkes Place
Canberra, Australia
A zine fair of over 30 zinesters from around Australia at the nation’s capital, in conjunction with the NGA’s mighty launch of their street art exhibition, Space Invaders.
Organised by the Sticky Institute:
Sticky Institute are ardent defenders of zine culture based in Melbourne’s underground. We are home to the docucenter III C3100 copier, a typewriter pool, badge machines, long arm staplers, and an online mail order department. Go nuts.
Australasian Sound Recordings Association – 2009 Conference
Thursday 20th and Friday 21st August 2009
National Library of Australia – Canberra, Australia
In an age of rapid environmental, social and technological change, the sounds of our world are noticeably disappearing. These sounds form an essential component in the fabric of our cultures, and the ability to preserve these sonic environments is a necessity. Conference themes include capturing the shifting soundscapes of humanity, vanishing natural environments, impermanence of installation and performance works, virtual sounds in virtual spaces, endangered languages and community collections. Selected Australian professionals and practitioners will present powerful ideas regarding the past and future of our sounds.
Composer and sound artist William Duckworth will deliver the keynote address entitled Endangered Sounds of the Future, with Indigenous curator Liz McNiven delivering the annual Alice Moyle Lecture. Drawing together a wide range of knowledge and experience, conference papers will be presented by curatorial, technical and archival experts, as well as creative and academic practitioners
in the sound arts. The speakers include sound recordist Greg Simmons, Aboriginal language linguist Michael Walsh, innovative environmental recording system designer Neil Boucher, Vincent Plush, Kevin Bradley and more.
The 2009 Endangered Sounds conference will be held in the National Library of Australia’s theatre in parallel with the National Film and Sound Archive’s 2009 Sound Week activities. Of special interest is the announcement of the 2009 selection of ten Sounds of Australia for inclusion in the National Registry of Recorded Sound, announced by the Honourable Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts at the NFSA on Sound Day, Wednesday 19th August.
For conference registration please see the website: www.asra.asn.au or for more information contact:
Shelly Grant: sgrant@nla.gov.au or (02) 6262 1545.
