HERoes
Saturday 5th March from 2pm
Upstairs, The Grace Darling Hotel, 114 Smith Street,
Collingwood
Inspired by the 22 year old Grace Darling who saved a group
of sailors ship-wrecked off the north coast of England in 1838, a series of
panellists will talk about their female heroes. Be inspired and engage with the questions Grace Darling’s
story raises in an informal discusison upstairs at ‘The Grace’. An exhibition of video art will further
tease out the themes.
Lyndal Walker will chair the panels. She is an artist, curator and
writer. She has also worked in
education and fashion and is one of the Hotham Street Ladies.www.lyndalwalker.com
Panelists include
Kate Brady works in bush
fire recovery for the Red Cross.
She was Victorian director of the Create Foundation and has worked in
advocacy and for trade unions.
Laura Castagnini is
a curator currently writing a
thesis about contemporary feminist art. She recently had an internship at the
Elizabeth A. Sackler Feminist Art Centre, at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Rachael Cotra is founding owner of Fat
fashion stores and director of the Hello Darkness Film Festival
Virginia Fraser is an
artist, writer, editor and curator.
She has been involved in Feminist activities since the 1970s when she
co-authored A Book About Australian Women with the photographer Carol
Jerrems.
Daniel O'Brien: After
living in NY, Berlin and on the UK music festival circuit for the last five
years, currently works in rock n roll industry as a roadie on the biggest shows
in town, and is kicking his way into the photography scene.
Sean M Whelan writes for
performance, paper and pixels. Recent achievements include winning the Moving
Galleries People’s Choice award and performing three shows with The Interim
Lovers at the Brisbane Arts Festival.
Melanie Schleiger is a Senior Lawyer in the Civil Justice
Program at Victoria Legal Aid. She has appeared as an expert witness in
Parliamentary inquiries into anti-discrimination legislation.
The video installation
curated as part of ‘HERoes ‘ brings together the work of six contemporary
Australian artists. Catherine
Connolly, Rachel Fuller, Dani Hakim, Hannah Raisin, Darren Sylvester, and
Kellie Wells challenge our pre-conceptions of the female hero whilst exploring
her impact on popular culture, history and contemporary art. The
Video program of HERoes is curated by Victoria Bennett.
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