Colour, Shape, and Space: Material and Conceptual Spaces through Print Media
Seminar
Colour, Shape, and Space: Material and Conceptual Spaces through Print Media Berman's work is grounded in earth science and the body. Focusing on colour and the building of relationships through abstracted forms, iteration is at the heart of her practice. Through printed layers and physical…
SCENES FROM THE MALL: Exploring the balance between recording history and storytelling in everyday life
Seminar
SCENES FROM THE MALL: Exploring the balance between recording history and storytelling in everyday life. All portraits are made to be seen in the future. Pictures such as those in this collection may be most obviously seen as a historical snapshot of people and places but, given the commonplace…
Unsettling Oedipus. Psychoanalysis and the ancient Greek chorus
Lecture
Presenting an HRC-Centre for Classical Studies Distinguished Lecture Unsettling Oedipus. Psychoanalysis and the ancient Greek chorus Many of us insist on an idea of living as a sequence of events, moving through challenge, conflict, space, and eventually finding an end. The linear trajectory of…
Does Interiority Matter? Experiences of Inner Life
Seminar
Does Interiority Matter? Experiences of Inner Life There are certain deep-rooted concepts that come to play upon this subject that require to be extrapolated; with an emphasis on visual culture and theories about imagery and interiority, the topic of interiority will be explored in three sections…
SCIENCE. ART. FILM Jaws + Panel
Arts & entertainment
Billed as ‘The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 bestseller’ Jaws has indelibly shaped the way many of us view sharks. The great white from Steven Spielberg’s early masterpiece has become one of the most enduring and frightening villains in thriller history. To…
The psychological work of ancient Greek tragedy beyond Oedipus and the individual
Seminar
Ancient Greek tragedy has long provided potent material for psychoanalysts to use in illuminating how the human mind works and interacts with the world. Yet an ongoing preoccupation with the individual hero, and the analytic encounter between two individuals (therapist/patient) misses one crucial…
NMA-ANU 2024 Summer Scholars & Dr Diana Young - Work in Progress Seminar Special Edition
Seminar
Join us for a special edition of the HRC Work in Progress Morning Tea series to kick off the 2024 Program. We will hear presentations from our two NMA-ANU Summer Scholars who have been working across the HRC and the National Museum of Australia since mid-January. Dr Diana Young, our first…