Knowledge Forum 2002
ASIA AND THE ARTS POLICIES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE
Saturday, 15 June 2002 - 2.00 - 5.00 pm
The Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne
Forum Contents: | Introduction | Summary
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A discussion with a distinguished group of speakers on the way forward for arts activity in our region. What are the major issues for arts development for the next five to ten years and what is our potential role in this?
Speakers:
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Yasuko Furuichi is in charge of Exhibitions for the Asia Centre, a part of the Japan Foundation in Tokyo. The Asia Centre has organized major exhibitions of Asian art and important seminars and lectures on the visual arts of our region. [PDF format]
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Amna Kusumo, a performing arts specialist, is the founding director of the Kelola Foundation, the key centre developing arts management strategies and support for the arts in Indonesia.
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Penny Amberg comes to DFAT from long experience working with the arts in other cultures, including being Australian Cultural Counsellor in Washington. One of her current responsibilities is management of Australia Week at the Shanghai International Festival 2002.
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Karilyn Brown's role at the Australia Council encompasses a range of strategic initiatives for Australian arts at home and internationally. She has broad policy experience at the Council, the City of Sydney and recently as Program Manager for the cultural program of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. [PDF format]
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With a paper from Tim Doling, Assistant Director, Visiting Arts, Hanoi. [PDF format]
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The contemporary arts in Asia today are at a cross-roads: to turn to the local or embrace the global; to celebrate the future or glorify the past; to elevate individual genius beyond cultural context or to focus on local relevance; to be safe or to take risks; and to question even the usefulness of focusing on this one particular region of the world.
How do these issues impact on regional partners like Australia? What is our future in the region, or, more importantly, what can we offer, and in turn gain, from it in the next ten years?
Invitees brought their ideas on these broader issues of the arts in our region to discuss the most effective paths we might take for the future. The speakers introduced key issues, strategies and 'blue-sky' scenarios, followed by the discussion.
For further information, please contact:Alison Carroll
Director, Arts Program
Email: a.carroll@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 61-3-8344 4800
Fax: 61-3-93471768