SLOW LOOKING WORKSHOP
With Kylie Banyard and Sarah Empey
Thursday 5 October 2024, 1-2pm
Verge Gallery
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Kylie Banyard, Hal with a face full of correa, 2024, acrylic and oil on hawthorn dyed canvas, 53 x 71cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne.
Feeling overwhelmed and in need of a breather? Is doom-scrolling taking its toll? Remedy your attention fatigue and learn to see differently at our slow looking workshop, facilitated by artist Kylie Banyard and accessibility consultant Sarah Empey.
Expanding upon the art historical technique of closely examining the visual fundamentals of an artwork, this workshop will involve a series of guided slow looking activities which respond to works in Banyard’s upcoming exhibition soft landing. Acting as an exercise in mindfulness rather than a tool for analysis, slow looking is a means of learning about the world in a way that is free from judgement, and which brings us into the present moment.
In a society that is increasingly fast-moving, this workshop is an opportunity to stop and smell the roses or, in this case, observe the brushstrokes.
Food & drink provided
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ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Kylie Banyard
Dr Kylie Banyard's practice-led research engages with painting, photography, textiles and sculpture. Her multidisciplinary practice questions and tests how speculative and poetic encounters with place and the more than human (both contemporary and historical) can bring about other more generative and just ways of being in the world.
Dr Banyard holds both a Masters of Fine Arts and a PhD in Fine Arts from UNSW, has been the recipient of several competitive artist’s residencies, and has exhibited work across numerous Australian galleries, such as the MCA, UTS Gallery, and Lismore Regional Gallery.
Sarah Empey
Sarah Empey is legally blind and is currently working as a consultant with art galleries and museums. With lived experience and background in accessible and inclusive design, Sarah has set her “sights” on audio descriptions to bring the world of art to the blind and low-vision community. Sarah has worked with the Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, William Robinson Gallery, Museum of Brisbane, and The Abbey Museum.
Having grown up in Calgary, Canada, Sarah is currently living in Brisbane, Australia.
VENUE ACCESS
Wheelchair access - there are two lifts available: one on City Rd and one on Maze Crescent.
Accessible and all-gender bathrooms are located about 90 metres from Verge. They are equipped with a handrail. A baby-change table is available.
Guide Dogs and support animals are welcome at Verge.
For detailed access information to the venue, please visit the Access page on our website.
If you have any further questions, suggestions, or would like any information in another format, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at vergeassistant@usu.edu.au, or via phone at (02) 9563 6218.