About the Generations Conversations
Generations is the theme for Asia TOPA’s artist conversation series. These dynamic events bring together artists across different generations to discuss their life, their work and the connections that sustain them through the twists and turns of their creative practice. From cultural inheritance to visions for the future, and the communities that feed them along the way, the pioneering elders of Asia TOPA’s program and their younger counterparts shed light on what it means to live a creative life and the impact of that life on successive generations of culture.
GENERATIONS: In conversation with raymond and Waangenga Blanco with Vernon Ah Kee and Rhoda Roberts AO
Date: 25 February 2025, 7pm
Venue: The Leaper Family Pavilion
Pioneering choreographer, raymond d.blanco reflects on four decades of making art with and alongside his family. Including celebrated conceptual artist, Vernon Ah Kee and, more recently, his nephew, dancer Waangenga Blanco. Join this illustrious family in conversation with the legendary arts director, Rhoda Roberts AO.
Book: https://www.asiatopa.com.au/event/generations-in-conversation-1
GENERATIONS: In conversation with the Pacific Sisters and FAFSWAG
Date: 4 March 2025, 7pm
Venue: The Leaper Family Pavilion
90’s fashion activists Pacific Sisters are celebrating their fourth decade together, creating extraordinary works that fuse craft, performance, tradition, pop culture and more. The Sisters are renowned for paving the way for subsequent generations of Pasifika contemporary artists including FAFSWAG, the South Auckland based Arts Collective that has experienced a meteoric rise in the global arts scene. Both the Pacific Sisters and FAFSWAG are presenting major new commissions for Asia TOPA this year. In this exclusive conversation the two collectives come together to reflect on the lessons kept and lessons left behind from one artistic generation to another. Discover more about how each collective was formed and what inspires them to keep making art, in this one-off event hosted by leading curator Jade Hadfield (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara).
Book: https://www.asiatopa.com.au/event/generations-in-conversation-2
Our Generations series is generously supported by the University of Melbourne.
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