[ Events Program : Special Events : Biennale Film Program ]

Events Program

24, 26 May 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm, 25 May 6.00pm - 12.00 pm
Yoko Ono's Smile projections
Yoko Ono's projection of stills from Film No. 5, the Smile Film will appear on the AMP building Circular Quay. This event can be seen from the forecourt of Customs House.
VENUE: AMP Building, Circular Quay
COST: FREE

Friday 26 May 10.30 am - 12.00 pm
Artists' talks: Destiny Deacon, John Mawurndjul (with translator Murray Garde), Luc Tuymans and Grazia Quaroni on Kingelez
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Friday 26 May 1.00 pm - 2.30pm
Artists' talks: Xu Bing, Cai Guo-Qiang and Judith Ryan talks about Ginger Riley
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Friday 26 May 2.30 pm - 4.40 pm
Biennale Symposium I: Space for a War
Panel 1: "Intellect is International, Stupidity is National and Art is Local" Maurice de Vlaminck Destiny Deacon, Paul Mc Carthy, Robert Storr, Boris Mikhailov. Ken Unsworth, chair: Tony Bond
Panel 2: On the party line: critic vs artist vs curator vs viewer.
"According to Robert Hughes, critics are the last in influence, after dealers and collectors, with museum curators next.Others argue that it is a more balanced system in power, rather like that game of scissors/paper/rock where no one is in the ascendant."
Patricia Bickers,Benjamin Genocchio, Juan Munoz, Daina Augaitis, George Alexander, chair :Dr. Ursula Zeller
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Friday 26 May 8.30 pm
Yoko Ono - Lecture
A unique and intimate performance Yoko Ono's Lecture is a one night only show developed with site specific reference to Australia and the Sydney Opera House. A major international artist since the 1950s, Ono is a famed conceptual artist whose work is quietly confrontational and poignant. Ono's performances vary from event to event and the subject of the Lecture will not be divulged until the night. Previous performances have included such events as inviting audience members to come on stage and cut off pieces of her clothing.
The live performance at the Sydney Opera House has sold out but you can join the live streaming of the Lecture.

Saturday 27 May 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Biennale Symposium II: Connecting Flights"
We are all citizens of a new millennium. Artists seem to be flying off in a dozen directions. In staging large-scale art exhibitions how do the curators, the local context, and the various artists, make connections with each other and with the Public. How do they reconcile radical practice and market assimilation? How important is it (following Walter Benjamin) to lose oneself in contemporary art, as much as it is to find oneself in it?
Fumio Nanjo, Gracia Quaroni, Paul McCarthy, Mike Parr, chair: Daniel Thomas.
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Saturday 27 May 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Performance: Lisa Reihana and the Pacific Sisters
Lisa Reihana and the Pacific Sisters present a performance that revives and extends their Pacific cultural identities. The Pacific Sisters are a collective of multi-media artists formed in 1992. Through working together on fashion orientated projects they have created a network of urban Pacific artists, designers and performers who promote Pacific pride in Aotearoa.
Since 1996 Reihana has collaborated with the Pacific Sisters, a collective of urban Pacific artists who employ fashion and performance in the service of reviving and extending their cultural identity.
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Saturday 27 May 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Artists' Talks: Boris Mikhailov and Ken Unsworth
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 28 May, 11.00 am-12.30 pm
Symposium III: Truth and Lies
"Art is the lie, that makes us realise the truth" Pablo Picasso
Michael Desmond, Luc Tuymans, Rosemary Laing, Xu Bing, Jon Mundine, chair: Nick Waterlow
VENUE: MCA Harbour Terrace, Level 6
COST: FREE

Sunday 28 May, 2.00-3.00
Performance by Lisa Reihana and The Pacific Sisters
Reihana and the Pacific Sisters present a performance that revives and extends their Pacific cultural identities. The Pacific Sisters are a collective of multi-media artists formed in 1992. Through working together on fashion orientated projects they have created a network of urban Pacific artists, designers and performers who promote Pacific pride in Aotearoa.
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Sunday 28 May, 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Biennale Symposium Focus: Robert Storr on Gerhard Richter
Robert Storr, Senior Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York and a member of the Biennale of Sydney 2000 International Selection Panel reflects on the paintings of Cologne-based artist Gerhard Richter.
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Monday 29 May, 1.00 pm
Art Gallery of NSW Volunteer Guides Talk
VENUE: AGNSW (Domain)
COST: FREE

Monday 29 May 2.00 pm -4.30 pm
Biennale Symposium IV: Clearing the Decks - Curatorial Forum
The nineties saw museums adopt a more pro-active stance in the promotion of a range of contemporary arts. Museums also responded to communities and contents that have been traditionally excluded from these hallowed halls. In light of these changes, have there been any real paradigm shifts in contemporary museum and curatorial practices?
Melissa Chiu, Alasdair Foster, Robert Storr, chair: Elizabeth Ann McGregor, Michael Desmond.
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Tuesday 30 May 6.15 pm - 7.15 pm
Conversations with Contemporary Artists - Fiona Hall
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: Inquires: 02 9225 1744

Wednesday 31 May 6.00 pm
Wednesday Evening Conversations on the Creative Process
Art Gallery Society
Cinema: Samantha Lang (film director) and Margaret Pomeranz (SBS)
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: Inquires: 02 9225 1744

Saturday 3 June 10.00 am - 4.00pm
Biennale and Beyond: A teachers enrichment day
An intensive day beginning at the Art Gallery Of New South Wales and concluding at Museum Of Contemporary Art including lectures, exhibition viewings and workshops. Discover the historical precedents for international festivals and their role and impact in a contemporary sphere, join two Sydney critics for a conversational guided tour of the exhibition, meet a Biennale artist and workshop programming ideas. Educational support materials provided.
VENUE: AGNSW/MCA
COST: $40/$35 Limited numbers, bookings essential
Inquiries and bookings: 02 9225 1740, fax: 02 9221 5129

Saturday 3 June 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
Teachers preview
COST: Inquires: Craig Judd, phone: 9368 1411

Saturday 3 June 1 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Bottoms, director: Yoko Ono in collaboration with David Cox, 1966 - 70
Fly, director: Yoko Ono in collaboration with John Lennon, 1966 - 70
Nice coloured girls director: Tracey Moffatt, 1987. 16 mm 17 min.
Double Blind (No Sex Last Night), director: Sophie Calle in collaboration with Gregory Shepard. 1992 [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 4 June 2.30 pm
Floor talk
Craig Judd, Biennale of Sydney Education Manager hosts a walk through the Biennale
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Sunday 4 June 2.30pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat program of Saturday 3 June
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Tuesday 6 June 6.15 pm
Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Cheo Chai Haing.
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: Inquires: 02 9225 1744

Wednesday 7 June, 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
Student Study Days, Engarde avant-garde
Immerse your students in cutting-edge contemporary art from around the world through a full day program of guided exhibition visits, artist talk and
workshop beginning at AGNSW and concluding at MCA.
VENUE: AGNSW/ MCA
COST: $15 per student
Inquiries and bookings: 02 9225 1740, fax: 02 9221 5129

Wednesday 7 June 1.00pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Tokyo-ga, director Wim Wenders, 1985 [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Wednesday 7 June
Wednesday Evening
Wednesday Evening Conversations on the Creative Process: About Food.
Joanna Savill of SBS TV with Kylie Kwong of Billy Kwong's Restaurant
VENUE: AGNSW
Cost: $30.00/ $25.00 AGNSW members
Bookings:02 9255 1878

Sunday 11 June 2.30 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat of program Wednesday 7 June [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 11 June 4.00 pm
Matthew Barney, CREMASTER 2 1999
Screened by the Biennale of Sydney 2000 as part of the Sydney Film Festival. During the 1990's Matthew Barney has been making a series of films called CREMASTER. To be screened as part of the Sydney Film Festival as well as for the Biennale of Sydney 2000, this work is a highlight of the extensive display of film and video on show at the exhibition.
VENUE: Dendy Theatre, Circular Quay
COST: $12.00

Sunday 11 June 2.30 pm
Critics talk: Ben Genocchio, art critic The Australian
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Sunday 11 June 2.00 pm
Gene Pool: Webs of Life and the Gondwanan Connection
Fiona Hall's Gene Pool Garden transforms the Government House tennis court. The Gene Pool garden will be open to the public, free of charge, for viewing in the grounds of Government House. A tour of Gene Pool Garden, afternoon teas and slide lecture/discussion in the Ballroom Government House led by the artist and author Mary E. White.
VENUE: Government House, Macquarie Street
COST: $ 25.00/$20 concessions/members, includes afternoon tea
Bookings essential, phone: 02 9518 6866

Wednesday 14 June 1.00 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Hoop Dreams, director Steve James, 1994 16mm 175 mins.
Depicts five years in the lives of two African American teenagers from poor inner-city Chicago who, as a result of their superior Basketball skills, are thrust into the predominantly white environment of a selective Catholic school. This documentary / real life drama centred around the pressure on the teenagers to succeed, explores privileged access, the politics of race and sport in American business, black street culture and the often vicious cycle of life of poor urban blacks in the US. A parallel to the biting, poignant statements about Australian culture and the complexities of racial definition by artist Gordon Bennett (Biennale of Sydney 2000) [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Wednesday 14 June 7.00 pm
Matthew Barney, CREMASTER 2 1999
Screened by the Biennale of Sydney 2000 as part of the Sydney Film Festival. During the 1990's Matthew Barney has been making a series of films called CREMASTER. To be screened as part of the Sydney Film Festival as well as for the Biennale of Sydney 2000, this work is a highlight of the extensive display of film and video on show at the exhibition.
VENUE: Dendy Theatre, Circular Quay
COST: $12.00

Wednesday 14 June, 6.00 pm
Wednesday Evening Conversations on the Creative Process
Music: John Clare (music critic and author) with Michelle Morgan (jazz poet)
COST: Inquires: 02 9225 1744

Sunday 18 June 2.30 pm
Fourplay, the contemporary rock band/string quartet play in the MCA galleries VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Wednesday 21 June 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
Student Study Days Engarde avant-garde
Immerse your students in cutting-edge contemporary art from around the world through a full day program of guided exhibition visits, artist talk and
workshop beginning at AGNSW and concluding at MCA.
VENUE: AGNSW/ MCA
COST: $15 per student
Inquiries and bookings:02 9225 1740, fax: 02 9221 5129

Wednesday 21 June 1.00 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Entr'acte, director: Rene Clair, 1924
Frame, director: Richard Serra, 1971 16mm 21 mins.
The man with the movie camera, director: Dziga Vertov [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Wednesday 21 June, 7.30 pm
Wednesday Evening Conversations on the Creative Process
Science: Robyn Williams (ABC Science) in conversation with Allan Saunders from ABC Comfort Zone
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: $30.00/ $25.00 AGNSW members
Bookings:02 9255 1878

Sunday 25 June 2.30 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat of Wednesday 21 June program [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 25 June, 2.30 pm
Sunday Afternoon at the MCA
MCA curator Rachel Kent contextualises and contrasts the practices of Japanese artists Mariko Mori and Yayoi Kusama
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Tuesday 27 June
Conversations with Contemporary Artist: Ken Unsworth
VENUE: AGNSW
Cost: $20.00/ $15.00 AGNSW members
Bookings: 02 9225 1740

Wednesday 28June, 10.00am-2.30pm
Student Study Days, Engarde avant-garde
Immerse your students in cutting-edge contemporary art from around the world Through a full day program of guided exhibition visits, artist talk and
workshop beginning at AGNSW and concluding at MCA.
VENUE: AGNSW/ MCA
COST: $15 per student.
Inquiries and bookings: 02 9225 1740, fax: 02 9221 5129

Wednesday 28 June 1.00 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
The sweet smell of success, director: Alexander Mackendrick, 1957 [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 2 July 2.30 pm
Talk: Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of the MCA, will speak on the art of Gordon Bennett
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Sunday 2 July 2.30 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat of Wednesday 28 June Program [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Wednesday 5 July 1.00 pm
Biennale Fim Program
Rear Window, director: Alfred Hitchcock, 1954 [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 9 July, 2.30 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat of Wednesday 5 July program [ more ]
COST: FREE

Sunday 9 July 2.30 pm
Curators' talk: Gary Dufour
Gary Dufour, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, discusses the work of Jeff Wall
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Wednesday 12 July 1.00 pm
Biennale film program
Judex, director: Georges Franju [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 16 July 2.30 pm
Talk: Art Dealer Ray Hughes
Art Dealer Ray Hughes in conversation with Nick Waterlow, Chair of the Biennale of Sydney international selection panel.
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Wednesday 19 July 1.00 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
"L'Argent", director: Robert Bresson, 1963 [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 23 July 2.30 pm
Biennale of Sydney Film Program
Repeat of Wednesday 19 July program [ more ]
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: FREE

Sunday 30 July 2.30 pm
Talk: Curator Diane Moon
Curator Diane Moon, former Maningrida Art Advisor, speaks on John Mawumdjul and the Maningrida sculptures
VENUE: MCA
COST: FREE

Ongoing Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 11.00 am
Guided Tours - A continuing ptogram of guided tours
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: Inquires: 02 9225 1744

Ongoing Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 1.15 pm
15 minute slide talks - A continuing program of short slide talks
VENUE: AGNSW
COST: Inquires: 02 9225 1744

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