AAANZ 2025 Conference ‘Unruly Objects’, December 3-5th
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to this year’s conference is hosted by The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The Berndt Museum, and the UWA School of Design, and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies.The theme unruly objects looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming with vitality, power or ancestral subjectivity.
The full program schedule is now available along with a map of conference locations, see the website to download these: https://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2025-conference-unruly-objects/program/
UNRULY BOOK FAIR
The AAANZ conference is hosting an ‘Unruly Book Fair’, situated at UniHall (adjacent to the dining hall where lunch will be served). The Book Fair room will be open to conference attendees and the public each day of the conference, between 11am and 2pm. Along with several publishers selling books, conference attendees are invited to sell or give away publications, with no extra cost.
You will be responsible for all sales and for your stock in the room. The room will be secured after 2pm each day of the conference, so stock can be left there overnight during the conference. All leftover stock must be picked up before 2pm on Friday 5 December.
On Wednesday 3 December, before 10:30am, books can be dropped off at the registration table, situated at the reception of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. These will be taken over to UniHall before 11am. Otherwise you will need to bring your own stock to UniHall. Please note: trestle tables and chairs will be provided.
THINGS TO NOTE FOR DAY 1
- Registration and housekeeping announcement is at 8.00am, Reception at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
- Keynote #1: Obstinate objects and awkward encounters with Ken Arnold is at 9.00am, PHYS: [G41] Ross Lecture Theatre
- Welcome to Country by Whadjuk / Ballardong Elder Freda Ogilvie is at 10.30am, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
- Unruly Book Fair from 11.00am, K Common, University Hall
- Keynote #2: Khaled Sabsabi and Mikala Tai in conversation is at 3.00pm, PHYS:[G41] Ross Lecture Theatre
- Sundowner and AAANZ Awards with sounds by Boorloo-based sovereign sistagirl Lulkbudia (Miriwoong Gadjerong) from 2Lubly, and Place Makers exhibition featuring Fiona Foley, Gladys Milroy, Margaret Morgan and Edith Trethowan at 4.30pm, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (LWAG)
Please note: these events are for registered conference delegates only.