Online Symposium: Art & Activism in the Nuclear Age

Symposium: Saturday 7 May, 10.00 am - 5.30 pm

Online venue: a Zoom link will be sent at least 48 hours prior to the event.

About the symposium

Building on the momentum of grassroots campaigns in Australia, Japan and across the globe, the symposium invites participants to explore the political and cultural shifts that have accompanied the transition to a nuclear world since the 1940s, and the current achievement of the United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons that took effect on 22 January 2021. 

Join us in discussion panels led by Okamura Yukinori, curator at Maruki Gallery, Maralinga Tjarutja artists, ICAN founders, Allan Marett and Yuki Tanaka on modern Noh performance.

Program

Panel 1: 10.10 am - 11.30 am

非核芸術の系譜 (Past and Contemporary Visual Atomic Art)

Presented in Japanese with English PowerPoint

(日本語でのプレゼンテーション ・ パワーポイント英語添付）

Speaker: Yukinori Okamura　（岡村幸宣）

Interpreter: Roman Rosenbaum

Chair: Yasuko Claremont

Break: 11.30 am - 11.45 am

Panel 2: 11.45 am - 1.15 pm 

"Atomic Art by Australian First Nations artists"

Speakers: Mima Smart OAM and other painters from Yalata community

Chair: Paul Brown

Break: 1.15 pm - 2 pm 

Panel 3: 2pm - 3.30 pm 

“ICAN and Civil Anti-Nuclear Movements”

Speakers: Tilman Ruff, Dimity Hawkins and Gem Romuld

Chair: Liz Rechniewski   

Tea break: 3.30 pm - 3.45 pm

Panel 4: 3.45 pm - 5.15 pm 

“The Power of Traditional Japanese Noh Theatre in the Nuclear Age” 

Speakers: Allan Marett, Yuki Tanaka

Chair: Yasuko Claremont

This exhibition was assisted by the Australian-Japan Foundation and University of Sydney Chancellor Committee's Grant.

Credits

Image (detail): ICAN Campaign Meeting, April 2018 in Geneva. Photo by Ari Beser. Courtesy ICA

Further information

For gallery talks and events please visit our events web page.

For further details on this exhibition and on the 2022 Tin Sheds Gallery program please visit the gallery website.