Join us for the reVision Speaker Series, guest curated and facilitated by Agency Associated Curator Sebastian Goldspink.

Guildhouse members FREE / Non-members $15 +bf

Session 1:
R.E.P.R.E.S.E.N.T
Tuesday 4 April, 7pm (Adelaide ACST)
Online via Zoom

Speakers: Reko Rennie and Amrita Hepi

This talk will explore the added pressure First Nations artists have to represent their people and how often they are called upon. The panel will discuss issues beyond the artistic, and how this role can be both a privilege and a burden.

Session2:
Country & Western
Wednesday 12 April, 7pm (Adelaide ACST)
Online via Zoom

Speakers: Tess Allas, Dennis Golding and Carmen Glynn-Braun

The panel will explore the increasing presence of public art by First Nations artists, and how artists formulate ideas for the monumental and respond to Country.

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This series of talks is presented by Agency in partnership with Guildhouse and curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Agency’s Associate Curator.

Sebastian Goldspink is a Sydney-based independent curator. In 2011, he created the artist run space, ALASKA projects as a platform for exhibiting contemporary art in unused or disused spaces. Since its inception, ALASKA has showcased over 500 artists across 150 exhibitions. A proud descendant of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Goldspink has curated exhibitions nationally throughout Australia and internationally in London, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Christchurch.

Goldspink has held professional appointments at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Month Sydney, National Art School and Dlux Media Arts. He has consulted and collaborated with institutions including Museum of Old and New Art, Performance Space, Sydney Symphony, HOTA Gold Coast, Art Bank and Kaldor Public Art Projects. In 2013/14 he was appointed Guest Curator of the John Fries Memorial Prize, an annual non-acquisitive award recognising emerging and early career visual artists. He writes regularly for publications including Art Collector, Art Monthly and Artist Profile. He is a frequent speaker and interviewer with a wide focus of contemporary practice. He has worked with numerous brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Paul Smith and Lion Nathan.

A former Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (CoFA), Goldspink is Associate Curator, Agency. He was recently appointed as the curator of the 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

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For more information about the program and the speakers, please visit our website.

Join us for the reVision Speaker Series, guest curated and facilitated by Agency Associated Curator Sebastian Goldspink.

Session 1:R.E.P.R.E.S.E.N.TTuesday 4 April, 7pm (Adelaide ACST)Online via Zoom

Session2:Country & WesternWednesday 12 April, 7pm (Adelaide ACST)Online via Zoom

Session 1:
R.E.P.R.E.S.E.N.T
Tuesday 4 April, 7pm (Adelaide ACST)
Online via Zoom

Session2:
Country & Western
Wednesday 12 April, 7pm (Adelaide ACST)
Online via Zoom