Talk: Being, Human Being UFO Photography

30 April 2022
Image: Ronnie van Hout, [Found UFO Image], 2015. Courtesy of Bus Projects, Melbourne

Image: Ronnie van Hout, Found UFO Image, 2015. Courtesy of Bus Projects, Melbourne

When

30 April 2022

Saturday, 3-4:30pm (AEST)

Venue

Gertrude Glasshouse [i]
44 Glasshouse Rd, Collingwood
Thu – Sat, 12pm – 5pm

Accessibility

Wheelchair access

Price

Free, no bookings required

Gertrude is pleased to present a public program to accompany Being, Human Being: UFO Photography as part of PHOTO2022.

Artistic Director Mark Feary will discuss the development of the exhibition as a context for research, belief and curiosity, followed by Dr. Martin Plowman discussing his research on ufologists, culminating in his book ‘The UFO Diaries’ (Allen & Unwin, 2011).

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Speakers

  • Mark Feary

    Mark Feary is the Artistic Director of Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. He has worked within the visual art sector for fifteen years in a range of contemporary art centres, universities, museumsand artist-led initiatives, with an emphasis on contemporary art and almost exclusively within the not-for-profit sector. Feary has worked in curatorial and programming roles at Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney; Artspace, Sydney; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne; and West Space, Melbourne.

  • Martin Plowman

    Dr. Martin Plowman became interested in UFOs as a child. While he’s a non-believer he decided to write his Cultural Studies PhD in the phenomenon of Ufology. When he received his PhD he made national news, including The Age, the SMH, The Australian, The Herald-Sun, MX, The Canberra Times, Channel 10 news, Sunrise, a dozen radio stations all over the country and Irish radio.

Founding Partners
  • Bowness Family Foundation
  • Naomi Milgrom Foundation
Major Government Partners
  • City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program
  • Creative Victoria
Major Partners
  • Maddocks

PHOTO Australia respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we work and live, and the rich and diverse Indigenous cultures across what is now called Australia. For over 60,000 years, Indigenous arts and culture have thrived on this sacred land, and we honour Elders and cultural leaders past and present. This was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

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