[mscp] Transforming Aesthetics:

[DonnaB at ag.nsw.gov.au]

The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand in association with the 
Art Gallery of New South Wales and Centre for Contemporary Art and 
Politics, UNSW present the 

Transforming Aesthetics Conference 7-9 July 2005 

Key speakers include: Nicolas Bourriaud, Andrew Benjamin, Ernst van 
Alphen, Jane Taylor and Sean Cubitt 
See the website for programme and registration details:  
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aaanz 

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. THANKYOU 
Register for the full conference, one day or the keynote address by 
Nicolas Bourriaud.


Transforming Aesthetics explores the response of aesthetic theory to new 
forms of art and exhibition practice, emerging in relation to post-9/11 
politics, globalisation, post-colonialism and the demise of Euro-centrism. 

The entanglement of art with politics frequently prompts art theorists to 
import concepts from cultural/political theory. But art is not simply a 
field of application for theory; rather, concepts and theories may be 
understood to emerge from the visual. For this reason it is crucial to 
attend to the specifics of visual or aesthetic languages. New forms of 
political and post-colonial practice call for a new set of critical terms 
- for an expansion and re-evaluation of the field of aesthetic theory. 
Thus this conference maps the ongoing transformation of aesthetics. 

This project has been assisted by the Federal Government through the 
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.



Donna Brett
Project Officer Curatorial Services
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney 2000
T: 02 9225 1615
F: 02 9221 6226
Transforming Aesthetics Website: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aaanz
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