Research projects
Art, Science and Technology; A New Creative Field
Asia: Innovation and transformation
The Seminar is Joint Seminar Between Faculty of Art and Design (FSRD) ITB and School of Art and Design (SOAD) ANU, Session 1 featuring speakers: - Dr. A. Rikrik Kusmara, M.SN (Dean of FSRD ITB) - Dra. Premana W. Premadi, PhD (ITB) - Dr. Brad Tucker & Peter Swanton (ANU) - Dr. Anna M. Raupach (ANU) Moderator: Ardhana Rieswari, S.Sn, M.A...
Bagan Conservation Project, Myinpyagu Temple (2020 – 2021)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Getty Conservation Institute: $23,000 Charlotte Galloway Partners: Getty Conservation Institute, Myanmar Department of Archaeology and Museums The GCI and Myanmar’s Department of Archaeology and National Museum are working together to improve the conservation and management of the monuments at Bagan through a holistic and sustainable approach...
Bagan World Heritage Nomination Dossier (2017-2018)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
UNESCO: $8,500 Charlotte Galloway Partners: UNESCO, Myanmar Department of Archaeology and Museums Preparation of the successful World Heritage nomination for Bagan, inscribed in the world heritage register in 2019. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1588/documents/
Doing Research Assessment, Myanmar (2019 – 2020)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Global Development Network: $5,500 Charlotte GallowayPartners: Centre for Economic and Social Development (Myanmar) Part of an international program, this project maps the research framework in Myanmar from research production and diffusion to uptake with the aim of identifying key capacity building areas. Dr Galloway has mentored the local team...
International conference: Contemporary Worlds: Indonesian Art (2019)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
International conference: Contemporary Worlds: Indonesian Art, 24 June 2019, ANU Co-convenors: Convenors: Elly Kent,Caroline Turner, David Williams, Chaitanya Sambrani, Rohan Nicol, Virginia Hooker (ANU) Carol Cains, Jaklyn Babington (NGA), Christine Clark (NPG). The conference accompanied the National Gallery of Australia’s first major...
Mural Paintings of Hpaya-thon-zu Temple, Bagan (2018 -2019)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation: $10,000 Charlotte Galloway Partners: Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, Myanmar Department of Archaeology and Museums The first phase of a two year project to conserve Hpaya-thon-zu Temple, post the 2016 Bagan earthquake. This phase of the research has included a full survey of the art and architecture.
Pictures of Transition. Contemporary Paintings from Myanmar (2019)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Exhibition curators: Charlotte Galloway and Nicholas Coppel Australian National University School of Art & Design Gallery 28 Feb – 15 March 2019 Catalogue: https://issuu.com/anuschoolofartgallery/docs/pictures_of_transition_catalogue_fi
Pranatamangsa AR (2017 -2018)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Artist: Anna Madeleine Raupach Funding details: Asialink arts grant 2017, $10,000 Pranatamangsa AR is an augmented reality (AR) artwork exploring Indonesian farming calendars that are based on traditional knowledge of astronomy. By combining still and moving image through an interactive app, it reflects the unpredictability of natural...
Publications 2017-2020
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Bamford, R, McArthur I et al (eds) 2018. Investigating the visual as a transformative pedagogy in the Asia Region Illinois: Common Ground Publishing doi:10.18848/978-1-86335-027-3/CGP. Burchmore, A 2020. “‘Splendid Deformities’: An emancipatory critique of cultural homogeneity in Sin-ying Ho’s deformed ceramics”. View: Theories and Practices of...
Research Students: PhD, MA and Honours
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Current PhD Projects: Nasibeh Ghasri Khouzani, “Art practice and Self-censorship among Iranian Diaspora” Soo-Min Shim, “The Gyopo Gap: Contemporary Art and the Korean Diaspora” Lucie Folan, "Unlocking aspects of Indian Art & Cultural Heritage: the history, creation, context and collection of Jain pilgrimage paintings" Miho Watanabe, "...
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn: All that Arises (2019)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn: All that Arises, 25-year survey of the Lao-Australian artist’s work Drill Hall Gallery, 16 August-13 October 2019. Funding: Australia Council for the Arts (with Savanhdary Vongpoothorn), $29,400. Curator and author: Chaitanya Sambrani Savanhdary Vongpoothorn’s deeply contemplative work is remarkable in sustaining...
The Gyopo Gap: Contemporary Art and the Korean Diaspora (2020 - current)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Key personnel: Soo-Min Shim My research studies the artistic, cultural and social impact of diasporic, expatriate and immigrant Korean artists from and within the Anglophone West, with a focus on Australia and New Zealand. This thesis addresses the gap in Asian-Australian literature on the Korean community, also known as gyopo, by examining how...
The Slideshow Project (2018)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Curator: Associate Professor Patsy PayneProducer, project manager: Dr Elly KentArtists: Elly Kent, Rose Montabello, Heidi LeFebvre, Karen Golland, Ali Jane Smith, Hanna Bath Funding: ArtsACT: $10,000 The Slideshow Project commissioned artists and a curator to produce work in response to vintage slides of travel in East and Southeast Asia. An...
The ‘Wonders’ that Basham Saw (2018 – current)
Asia: Innovation and transformation
Members: A/Prof Chaitanya Sambrani (project leader) with Jesse Newman (research assistant), Dr Alex Burchmore (University of Sydney), Carol Cains and Beatrice Thompson (National Gallery of Australia), Dr Priya Maholay-Jaradi (National University of Singapore), A/Prof Mallica Kumbera Landrus (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University), and Dr Meera...