The Word for World is Ocean: Book Launch and Lecture
As part of our multi-year research and programming arc Blue Assembly, please join us for the final in person session of The Word for World is Ocean reading circle led by Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris. The final in-person gathering will launch Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris’s new book The Hydrocene: Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water (Routledge, 2024) which challenges conventional notions of the Anthropocene, instead championing the Hydrocene as a disruptive, conceptual epoch and curatorial theory. The research emphasises water's pivotal role in the climate crisis and contemporary art. There will be discounted copies of the book available to purchase or order a copy when you register.
This is a hybrid event and participants are welcome to join online or in person at the UQ Art Museum for this special final session.
All are welcome - students, researchers, artists, artworkers and individuals with an aligned interest. We encourage you to engage at the level you feel comfortable with, and we value all kinds of discussion.
Details:
- 5:30pm: Explore the exhibition How we remember tomorrow
- 6:00pm: Book Launch and Lecture by Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris
- 7:10pm: Light refreshments and drinks in the foyer
Please note any accessibility requirements through the ticket registration. The option to provide this information will be available on the page after you click 'Register'. Please note that a two week lead time is required to secure Auslan interpretation for this event.
See our accessibility information here.
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Dr Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris is an Australian and Swedish curator, writer and lecturer with expertise in the politics and poetics of eco-aesthetics. Based Ngurra (Country) of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples, she is a sessional academic of curatorial theory and practice at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales where she was also awarded her doctoral degree with distinction. Bronwyn maintains an independent curatorial practice, having curated multiple exhibitions in Stockholm, Sydney, Melbourne and Madrid, alongside published writing on art, water and ecology in France, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Italy, U.S.A and Australia. She is Project Curator and Steering Committee member for Climate Aware Creative Practices Network, a nation-wide alliance of creative arts educators, researchers and practitioners committed to meet the challenges posed to creative practice and pedagogy by climate change. Her first monograph The Hydrocene: Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water was released in 2024 in the Environmental Humanities Series, Routledge UK.
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About Ultramarine Conversations
Free events
Ultramarine Conversations presents guest speakers from a diverse range of fields and practices. Through a series of talks and panel discussions they will take you into the watery spaces of our planet, exploring biodiverse environments, human and non-human habitats, and the varied and complex place of the ocean in global cultures.
Ultramarine was originally mined in the Hindu Kush mountains of what is now known as Afghanistan. During the early Renaissance period it became the most prized and expensive colour to paint with. The word comes from the medieval Latin word ultramarinus: "beyond the sea".
The series is presented as part of Blue Assembly.
