FIELD WORK

Nov 25 2020 12 ep. 22 mins 9

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Bus Projects is an artist run organisation based in Melbourne.

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Episode 8 - Environmental activism, with Raquel Ormella

Sep 07 2018 25 mins

In Episode 8, the final episode of season one of FIELD WORK, Drew Pettifer speaks to artist Raquel Ormella and Greens MP Adam Bandt about environmental activism and social change. Raquel Ormella is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses video, objects, drawing and writing. Her work looks at the complex relationship between humans and the natural environment and the e

Episode 7 - Bioethics with Stelarc

Jul 19 2018 26 mins

In Episode 7, Drew Pettifer speaks to artist Stelarc and Professor Peter Singer about bioethics, biotechnology and the body. Stelarc is a performance artist whose work explores and expands the concept of the body and its relationship with technology. He is renowned for his early body suspension pieces with hooks into the skin. Throughout his career he has used medical instruments,

Episode 6 - Queer Rights and Representation with William Yang

Jun 10 2018 37 mins

In Episode 6, Drew Pettifer speaks to artist William Yang, the Hon Michael Kirby and academic Paul Sendziuk about queer rights, the AIDS pandemic and representation. William Yang is a prolific storyteller. His photographs and monologues with slide projections describe his experience of coming to terms with his identity as a gay Chinese Australian. Yang’s work is a rich visual rec

Episode 5 - Fashion and Identity with Lyndal Walker

May 25 2018 28 mins

In Episode 5, Drew Pettifer speaks to artist Lyndal Walker, academic Ricarda Bigolin and curator Pippa Milne about the relationship between fashion and identity. Lyndal Walker’s work interrogates the construction of images, gender roles and our relationship to time. Fashion, as reference, subject matter and context has been important to her practice and her work emerges out of an

Episode 4 - Intersectional Feminism with Eugenia Lim

May 08 2018 26 mins

In Episode 4, Drew Pettifer speaks to artist Eugenia Lim, academic Carolyn D’Cruz and curator Paola Balla about the complexities of intersectional feminism. Eugenia Lim works across video, performance and installation. She is interested in how nationalism and stereotypes are formed, inventing personas to explore the tensions between alienation and belonging in a globalised world.

Episode 3.5 - Biennales 2018

Apr 26 2018 17 mins

In this Bonus Episode of FIELD WORK, Drew Pettifer speaks to the Director of the Sydney Biennale and the Director of the Adelaide Biennial about their visions for their biennales.

Episode 3 - Indigenous Trauma with Yhonnie Scarce

Apr 12 2018 27 mins

In Episode 3 of FIELD WORK, Drew Pettifer speaks to artist Yhonnie Scarce, academic Odette Kaleda and curator Clothilde Bullen about complex histories of Indigenous Trauma. Yhonnie Scarce is a Kokatha and Nukunu woman from South Australia. She uses the unlikely medium of glass to explore the treatment of Aboriginal Australians in both historic and contemporary contexts.

Episode 2 - Otherness with Abdul Abdullah

Mar 26 2018 32 mins

In Episode 2, Drew Pettifer unpacks Otherness with artist Abdul Abdullah, academic Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, and Mikala Tai, Director, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Abdul works across painting, photography, video, installation and performance. His projects have engaged with different marginalized minority groups and he is particularly interested in the experience of y

Episode 1 - Activism with Deborah Kelly

Mar 11 2018 34 mins

FIELD WORK is a new podcast exploring the stories and contexts behind contemporary art in Australia. In each episode we’ll be unpacking an artist’s practice, interrogating the ideas behind their work with experts in their field and the artists themselves. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or favourite our website: www.fieldworkpodcast.com.au.