Hi-Vis: Australian Political Posters 1979–2019

Artist/Curator: Alison Alder
Essay: Ms Macushla Robinson
Interference Archive, Brooklyn, USA 2019

HI-VIS: AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL POSTERS 1979–2019 is an exhibition of screen-printed posters that provide a visual commentary of politics and life in Australia over the last four decades. Exhibited at the Interference Archive in New York City, the posters introduced American audiences to a visual record of forty years of Australian political and social discourse not previously seen in the United States. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue which includes an essay by Macushla Robinson, a curator and writer based in New York. The exhibition included recent work interrogating contemporary issues by Australian artists Alison Alder, Wendy Murray, Peter Drew and Jake Holmes.

Hi-Vis: Australian Political Posters 1979–2019 forged and renewed research networks between the two countries as these artworks, with their ability to encapsulate ideas into a single image, continue to provoke debate, galvanise ideas into action and invigorate those working toward an equitable and just society.

https://interferencearchive.org/australian-political-posters-four-decades/

https://interferencearchive.org/hi-viz-australian-political-posters-1979-2019/

https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-62-alison-alder/

Outputs

Alder, A, Robinson, M et al 2019, 'Hi_Vis: Australian Political Posters 1979-2019'.