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MONDAY 21 OCTOBER
Radical
Bodies
3.30pm,
Monday 21 October: Room 2
Defining body image and sexuality
has a long tradition of dissent, shock and actively seeking to
challenge views of sexuality in Australian culture. The body
is the site of 'first view' by a culture, and our most personal
representation.
- Are new
forms of presenting 'radical bodies' seeking to change anything
or are they manifestations of self-indulgence?
- Are our physical bodies
still a site of dissent that can lead to genuine social and cultural
change?
- How is the 'radical body'
being explored in new ways?
- What makes a body radical?
Is it radical simply because someone intends to be radical?
Moderator - George TALEPOROS, lectures at Deakin University, wrote
his Ph.D. on disability and sexuality, and has been influential
in exploring cultural action by people with disabilities.
Panel
- Jaye HAYES, an emerging independent artist
and activist whose work combines the theory of pirate/net radio
with the processes of culture jamming and the practice of environmental
dance - operating covertly in public and virtual space.
- Belinda MASON-LOVERING (TBC) recently produced an exhibition,
Intimate Encounters a photographic exhibition about disability,
sexuality and body image.
- Nicky SULLIVAN lectures in the Department of Critical
and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University. Her areas of research
are Queer Theory and Culture and Body Modification.
- Jane TRENGOVE is visualartist with extensive experience
in community cultural development, sensitively combining identity
politics and visual art practice in queer and disability communities.
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