Human Instruments: Sensory Science and the Exclusions of Perceptibility
Lecture/seminar
In this paper, Dr Ella Butler analyses how perceptibility is organised as a social process in a scientific experimental setting. Specifically, she details how an American sensory science lab conducts a form of test called descriptive analysis which aims to transduce the sensory experience of a…
Painting Itself 绘画本身: Curator Tour
Gallery
Join curator Jonathan Nichols for a tour of the exhibition Painting Itself / 绘画本身.The Drill Hall Gallery has partnered with Perth Institute of Contemporary Art to present Painting Itself 绘画本身. Curated by Jonathan Nichols the exhibition explores a horizontal culture in painting,…
Plant Sensibilia with Friends of Wanniassa Hills
Experience
Join us and the Friends of Wanniassa Hills for a special collaborative event as part of Living City: People, Plants and Place. Experience the Plant Sensibilia Machine, a large-scale, hand-operated textile dyeing device that brings the creative process from the studio to the public…
Sign on Screen Film Festival
Festival
The full program and tickets are now available for the Sign on Screen Film Festival, taking place at the National Film and Sound Archive from 6pm Friday May 22 - 5pm Sunday May 24 2026. All events are Auslan <> English interpreted, all screenings are captioned with hearing loop…
Anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: 3,000 years of adaptation and resilience on Efate, Vanuatu
Lecture/seminar
Join the Canberra Archaeological Society and the ANU Centre for Archaeological Research on Friday the 22nd of May for a special National Archaeology Week public lecture, delivered by the ANU's own Professor Stuart Bedford!Anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: 3,000 years of…
Sign on Screen Festival
Festival
Join us for the Sign On Screen Film Festival, a collaboration between the Australian National University, Deaf Connect, the Australian Research Council, and the NFSA.Sign on Screen is an Australian Research Council-funded project about the representation of sign languages on cinema, television and…
Painting Itself 绘画本身: In Conversation
Gallery
Join exhibition curator Jonathan Nichols in conversation with artists Ruth Waller and Peter Alwast, and DHG Hassall Writers Fellow Quentin Sprague.The Drill Hall Gallery has partnered with Perth Institute of Contemporary Art to present Painting Itself 绘画本身. Curated by Jonathan Nichols the…