Area Discourse: To Represent

About

Join us for a discussion with artist Gillian Kayrooz and Claire Dillon, art historian, and contributor to Khaled Sabsabi’s Venice Biennale catalogue the companion.

Gillian and Claire met at this year’s Venice Biennale and have taken their experience of the Biennale and Khaled’s work as a springboard for sustained, critical conversations.

You are invited to hear their reflections on the experience of the Biennale, considering who and what is represented, how we navigate these vast international exhibitions, and what we take away from encountering art across different cultural and geographic contexts.

Area Discourse is a conversation series where artists from Western Sydney and beyond unpack their work as it relates to political, social and cultural events, past and ongoing.

Visit our website for more information on the program.

About the artists:

Gillian Kayrooz and her art practice were nurtured on unceded Dharug land in Guildford, Western Sydney and is deeply rooted in alternative methods of truth-telling through image-making. Working across photography, video and participatory practice, her work foregrounds collective memory, everyday life and community resilience while challenging dominant forms of representation.

She was awarded the 2018 Create NSW Young Creative Leaders Fellowship and has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions across Australia. Kayrooz has held a studio tenancy at Parramatta Artists’ Studios and served as Co-Director and Co-Chair of Firstdraft…