The Institute for Australian and Asian Arts and Culture (IAC) at Western Sydney University is partnering with Rochford Gallery in holding this conversation with author Linda Jaivin, artist Guo Jian and Professor Jing Han on Jaivin’s new book "Bombard the Headquarters! The Cultural Revolution in China" at Rochford Gallery in North Sydney.
Retired theatre director and actor, Carrillo Gantner AC, has had a long career in the promotion of Australian theatre and closer cultural engagement with our neighbours in the Asian region. Carrillo believes that Australia’s major arts festival directors and arts centre program managers should be as, or more conversant with the rich and diverse performing arts across Asia as they are with those of Western Europe and North America. To this end, over the last 15 years, three times he has led delegations of senior Australian performing arts managers to China as guests of the Ministry of Culture & Tourism, most recently in October last year (2024). This talk focuses on this last delegation.
IAC Culture Talks is a cross-disciplinary series aiming to build up cultural knowledge and understanding of multiculturality through sharing recent studies of specific areas.
Art Talks aims to explore and to present traditions and forms of Chinese art and the influence of Chinese art on various new or renewed forms and styles of art in Australia, mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and around Asia Pacific.
My China Story is a distinctive, face-to-face conversation series to build a three-dimensional understanding of China. Each conversation features a guest speaker who will share individual stories and experiences to enable audiences to build their own perception of China.
