What changes have been taking place in public art in recent years and how have ideas about public art been changing?

It seems that public art choices are largely made by politicians, bureaucrats, developers, architects, committees or panels. How often is an idea of active, informed curatorial activity part of these processes? 

If we do bring such an idea to public art, what practices, challenges and values will we be working with? How does an actively curatorial approach affect how we think about the commissioning, production, acquisition and display of public art?

With these questions in mind... the 2010 Swell Sculpture Festival Public Art Forum will be opened with introductory remarks by Professor Andy Bennett, Director of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research.

The Keynote address, Curatorship and Public Art - Practices and Models, will be given by Virginia Rigney, Curator, Gold Coast City Gallery.

John Cox will provide an exhibiting artist’s perspective in his presentation, Large Scale Public Art in the Digital Age. 

The audience is always central to the success of the Swell Sculpture Festival Public Art Forum. Discussion will be facilitated by Associate Professor Patricia Wise of Griffith University’s School of Humanities.

Please join us for another lively conversation about public art and its publics:

Time: 1.30pm for 2pm start until 5pm

Where: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Green Guardian Theatre

Further information, please email enquiry@swellsculpture.com.au