Humanities and Social Sciences

Urban Myths & Modern Fables

25 September - 26 October 2007

Urban Myths & Modern Fables is an exhibition of new work in contemporary art by artists of Indian and Pakistani background, working in Australia and the international diaspora. The exhibition has been curated by Haema Sivanesan and is hosted by the UTS:Gallery.

EXHIBITION
Urban Myths & Modern Fables
25 September - 26 October
opening Tuesday 25 September 6-8pm

UTS:Gallery Level 4, 702 Harris Street Ultimo
Mon-Fri 12-6pm, T 02 9514 1652

Special Events:

28th September 2007, 1-4:30pm
UTS: Gallery
RSVP  preferred

 

Lunchtime Floor Talks
1-2pm
FREE - no booking required

Join the exhibition curator, Haema Sivanesan, and artists Henna Nadeem (UK), Hitesh Natalwala (Aus) and Amin Rehman (Canada) as they speak about their work and the rationale of the show.

Panel Discussion
2:30-4:30pm
FREE - no booking required, RSVP preferred
Contact Transforming Cultures, T 02 9514 2768

SPEAKERS
Chair: Haema Sivanesan (Independent curator and Executive Director, SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective)

Stephen Muecke (Professor, Writing and Cultural Studies & Director, Trans/forming Cultures Research Centre, UTS)
Fabulation: Flying carpets and artful politics in the Indian Ocean

Devleena Ghosh (Senior Lecturer, Social Inquiry, UTS)
From Mumbai to Moscow to Mykanos: Global Bollywood

Heather Goodall (Professor, Social Inquiry, UTS)
Australian Port Cities, Indian Seafarers, Indonesian Independence: Indian Ocean fables for modern times

Read abstracts of the talks here.
Download a poster [pdf] of the event here.

Image: Hitesh Natalwala, It suddenly struck her, fate had taken a turn for the worse, 2007.

Paper collage. Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis.

Presented in association with UTS:Gallery. Supported by the UTS Equity and Diversity Unit, the South Asian Visual Arts Collective and Transforming Cultures.