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Ross Gibson: The Summer Exercises
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In this illustrated lecture, Ross Gibson discusses his experimental work The Summer Exercises which cleverly captures the world of Sydney in 1946 - sordid and bruised after decades of depredations. Anchored in the realities of 1940s Sydney police investigative procedure, the work is an artistic re-invention of history as it happened. It draws on more than 170 black-and-white photographs generated by NSW police in the course of their investigations between 1945-1960 as a visual reference for a richly imagined story. MCd by Terri-ann White.

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Author Talk  |  Culture & Heritage, New Media, History
Participants
Ross Gibson, Terri-ann White (facilitator)

When
Wednesday, May 20 2009
13:00 - 14:00

Where
The Mint
10 Macquarie Street
Sydney
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Cost
Free

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ROSS GIBSON (LOCAL)Gibson, Ross
ROSS GIBSON makes books, films and audiovisual installations, working in cultural institutions such as the Museum of Sydney and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The Summer Exercises, his latest book, brings to life sordid images of post-WWII Sydney. Ross’ previous books include The Diminishing Paradise, South of the West, The Bond Store Tales, Exchanges and Seven Versions of an Australian Badland. He is currently professor of Contemporary Arts at Sydney College of the Arts.

also appearing at...
97: The Stories in Things

TERRI-ANN WHITE (LOCAL)
Terri-ann White is the Director and Publisher of UWA Press. She also runs The University of Western Australia's Institute of Advanced Studies. Since her start at UWA Press in 2006 she has begun to commission widely in both fiction and non-fiction. Terri-ann is herself a writer, has been a bookseller, and taught creative writing in universities and community colleges.