Domestic Arts Building, Field Building, Cradle Coast Campus, Burnie
Summary:At this CaféLab you'll learn about Australia's National Photographic Portrait Prize, discover what makes a great contemporary photographic portrait and be part of a conversation about what portraiture can teach us about our identity, as individuals and a community.
Presenter(s):
- Sandra Bruce, Exhibition Curator, National Portrait Gallery in Canberra
- Mark Viner, Executive Manager, Burnie Arts and Function Centre, Burnie City Council
- Dr Tracy Edington-Mackay, Community Mobiliser, Burnie Community House
- Dr Troy Ruffels, Head of Photo Media, School of Creative Arts and Media, UTAS
- Sarah Rhodes, PhD candidate researching photographic portraiture, UTAS
For two decades, Ten Days on the Island (Ten Days) has celebrated Tasmania's unique identity and offered a platform to profile Tasmania's innovative, creative and resourceful character. In 2022, Ten Days brings the exclusive premiere of the Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize (NPPP) to Burnie. The annual exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
To celebrate the exhibition in Burnie, the University of Tasmania is partnering with Ten Days to present an engaging evening of lively, creative discussion in two parts:
5:40pm - 6:10pm
- A live, online presentation by exhibition curator Sandra Bruce, directly from the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. Sandra discusses this year's NPPP selection, the quirks of this year's NPPP, what were the deciding factors on what was presented (and what wasn't).
6:10pm - 7:15pm
- A panel discussion with Tasmanian photography experts, on what makes a good photographic portrait, what portraiture can teach us about our identity as an individual and a community and how the genre has evolved
Registrations are essential for catering and COVID compliance.
Please visit the Ten Days website for more information.
This event will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. Please use this link to join online via Zoom.
This event and the Living Memory exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.
Touring the Living Memory exhibition to pataway/Burnie has been made possible thanks to the support of Ten Days on the Island, Burnie City Council, Business Northwest and the Tasmanian Government through Arts Tasmania.
IMAGE CREDIT: Winning work - Drought story, 2020 Joel B. Pratley. Courtesy of the artist. © The artist.
