Connection, image by Forte.
Artists have the capacity to question dominant narratives, disrupt systems, define new stories, envisage better futures, and reconceptualise our relationship with the world. At a time of poly-crisis this is needed more than ever. In this panel we explore examples of art works and methodologies that offer a reframing of our relationship with the planet and one another. We ask what would happen if artists played a role in co-creating living cities—not relegated to beautification, but essential agents in rethinking how we live, relate, and regenerate, part of a natural, living system?
Chair
Kate Goodwin, The University of Sydney
Speaker
Anne Loxley, Executive Director, ACE
Anne Loxley is an award-winning curator who specialises in collaborating with artists and communities to creatively address significant issues. In 2020 she joined ACE as Executive Director. Previously Anne was Senior Curator, C3West, for Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, (2011-2019) where she developed innovative ways for artists to collaborate with communities, businesses and non-arts organisations, to address important concerns. Anne is Deputy Chair of the City of Sydney’s Public Art Advisory Panel, and a member of these organisations: Western Sydney Arts Alliance Working Group, Western Sydney Women’s Leadership Network – Art and Culture and the Sydney Cultural Network council. With Blair French, she co-edited Civic Actions: Artists’ Practices Beyond the Museum (2017).