LIVE FUTURES 2022
Returning to Liveworks 2022, LIVE FUTURES are a a series of curated public conversations that explore the pivotal role of artists in defining the new civic life we are entering. In this sustained period of disruption and change, LIVE FUTURES offers radical new thinking and investigates ways to build a more empowered and equitable world. All LIVE FUTURES event will be held live in-venue at Carriageworks, and live streamed online (they will also be available on demand until November 6).
LIVE FUTURES: Keynote Conversation with Eric Bridgeman and Bradley Vincent (HOTA)
Saturday 22 October
Join Australian-Papua New Guinean artist Eric Bridgeman for a conversation about his major commissioned work A barrow, a singsing—viewable across the duration of the Liveworks Festival—as well as his broader artistic practice, which takes place between his Queensland studio and his ancestral homelands in Papua New Guinea and often involves collaboration with members of his extended family. Bridgeman’s work is intensely personal, while also engaging with broader cultural narratives including tribal custom, family relationships and the sporting code rugby league.
LIVE FUTURES: FUTURE TOOLBOX
Sunday 23 October
Join curator experimental artist Loren Kronemyer as she learns about the novel and fantastic survival tools in the arsenals of three experts from different disciplines. This crash course will see her attempt to transform from a naive dilettante into a capable polymath. Along the way, we will explore how the pragmatics of both hard and soft survival skills can help us navigate the uncanny terrain ahead.
Panellists:
Tallulah Brown
Ian Millis
Dr. Diana Chester
LIVE FUTURES: NIU BEGINNINGS
Saturday 29 October
NIU BEGNININGS introduces the artists of the SaVAge Lab and explores new ways to apply Pacific-led principles into contemporary art-making and world-building. The six artists of the SaVage Lab—led by Rosanna Raymond and Latai Taumoepeau—will be undertaking a residency across the duration of the 2022 Liveworks Festival, responding to the Pacific collections held in museums across Sydney and exploring collaborative methods for devising and developing performance.
Panellists:
Salvador Brown
Rameka Tamaki
Kilia Tipa
LIVE FUTURES: FUTURE TRUTHS
Sunday 30 October
Who sets the boundaries of our world, and who creates the stories we use to understand them? Curated by Jeremy Smith, this conversation brings together Liveworks artists whose works interrogate, explode and reinvent the myths of the past in order to build a more equitable and exciting tomorrow.
Panellists:
Raghav Handa
Sarah Rodigari (Field Theory)
