This recording is part of a video commissioned for 'Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing' developed in conjunction with ACCA’s exhibition ‘Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH’ (23 September – 20 November 2022). The digital publishing project exploring new compositional modes and publics for art writing will be released in early 2023.

Credits: 
Rebecca Bracewell, sound editor 
Sofie McClure, videographer 
Lucinda Strahan, editor and program leader 
Loni Jeffs, editorial coordinator 
Michaela Bear, participant 
Ange Crawford, participant 
Mig Dann, participant 
Rachel Keir-Smith, participant  
Carmen-Sibha Keiso, participant 
Shari Kocher, participant 
Josephine Mead, participant 
Nasim Patel, participant 
Sofia Stavrou, participant 
Denise Thwaites, participant

Presented in partnership with RMIT University non/fictionLab.

Read more and watch the video here: https://acca.melbourne/program/writing-in-the-expanded-field-iv-touching-feeling-writing/

Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing (Audio-only)

DEFINING MOMENTS LECTURE SERIES: Founding of Gallery 4A and the inaugural exhibition in 1997 with Dr Mikala Tai

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In this lecture, Dr Mikala Tai discusses the founding of Gallery 4A in Sydney and its inaugural exhibition in 1997 featuring three Asian-Australian artists: Emil Goh, Lindy Lee and Hou Leong, curated by Melissa Chiu, 4A’s first curator and director. Tai considers the exhibition and the context in which the organisation launched and how 4A continues to expand and thrive.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr Mikala Tai is the Director of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and a curator, researcher and academic specialising in contemporary Asian art and Australian design. Tai has collaborated with local, national and international organisations to strengthen ties between Australia and Asia. As an academic Tai has lectured at both RMIT and the University of Melbourne, and devised and delivered the inaugural Contemporary Asian Art syllabus at RMIT (2012 – ) and the first China Fieldwork Course (2015 – ) with Rebecca Coates and Kate McNeill at the University of Melbourne. Tai was the founder and director of Supergraph – Australia’s Contemporary Graphic Art Fair, which has been held twice at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne and exhibited at Somerset House, London (2015). Tai currently sits on the board of BUS Projects, Melbourne. 

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS:
Presenting Partner Abercrombie & Kent; Research Partner Centre for Visual Art (CoVA); Event Partners Melbourne Gin Company, Capi and City of Melbourne; Media Partners Art Guide Australia, The Saturday Paper, 3RRR FM
Produced by Gatherer Media.

Further information: acca.melbourne/series/defining-moments/

Defining Moments: Founding of Gallery 4A with Dr Mikala Tai

Conversations and events from Melbourne's flagship contemporary art space

Defining Moments: Founding of Gallery 4A with Dr Mikala Tai

ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

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