Past events
Seminar | RGB+: Colour and its beyonds
Seminar
These days most colour we experience is funnelled through the three channels of our LED screens, but the meaning of colour has always exceeded its manufactured gamut.In association with the Drill Hall Gallery exhibition Light Source, this seminar will bring together scholars exploring the…
Seminar Series | Robert Tulip
Seminar
Leonardo, The Last Supper and the StarsLeonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is perhaps the most renowned and enigmatic artwork in the world. My research shows that Leonardo constructed the painting by observing the star patterns of the zodiac constellations and using them — in order — to shape the…
Seminar Series | David Greenhalgh
Seminar
Pop Art, the Atmosphere and Printmaking: Reconsidering James Rosenquist’s Welcome to the Water Planet SeriesIn 1989, the American artist James Rosenquist embarked on the Welcome to the water planet series, followed by one of the print world’s most ambitious editioned prints, Sky dust…
Seminar Series | Tets Kimura
Seminar
Wool and Silk: Raw Fashion Materials to Build an Initial Australia-Japan Relationship Within the Asia-PacificThis presentation examines the foundational role of raw fashion materials—specifically Australian wool and Japanese silk—in establishing initial Australia-Japan relations. Before the…
Seminar Series | Min-Haeng Kang
Seminar
Glass as Living Matter: Devitrification, Waste, and the Ethics of MaterialsIn the world of glassmaking, transparency is typically seen as the material’s essential value. Devitrification—the process in which glass becomes opaque due to surface crystallization—is commonly treated as a technical…
Seminar Series | Prananda L. Malasan
Seminar
This event will be held both on-campus and online via Zoom (a link to the online stream will be sent to registered attendees). Design and Social Innovation in Indonesia In Indonesia, design and social innovation are not solely products of formal expertise or top-down interventions—they…
SPECIAL EVENT: Cao Yu | Beyond Gender, Create Boldly!
Artist talk
CAO YU is a pioneering multidisciplinary artist working across diverse media. Renowned for her incisive and bold artistic language, exceptional creativity, and profound international influence, Cao has been recognized as one of the most influential emerging artists in Asia today, the leading…