You Can't See Speed

You Can't See Speed

Author: ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) April 1, 2025 Duration: 7:32
You Can't See Speed by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

The ACCA Podcast opens a door to the dynamic world of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, directly from its home in Melbourne. This series captures the institution’s vital program, offering a rich audio archive of artist talks, panel discussions, and critical conversations that unfold within its galleries. Each episode immerses you in the ideas behind major exhibitions and current artistic practices, featuring the voices of curators, thinkers, and the artists themselves. It’s a chance to engage with the questions shaping contemporary art today, whether you’re revisiting a memorable event or discovering it for the first time. By tuning into this podcast, you gain access to the depth and context of ACCA’s projects, hearing directly from the creative minds who define our cultural moment. The audio serves as both a companion to physical visits and a standalone resource for anyone curious about the processes and dialogues at the heart of a leading art space. Listen for insightful critiques, spontaneous moments from live recordings, and explorations of how art intersects with broader societal themes. The ACCA Podcast brings the energy of a flagship institution to your ears, wherever you are.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

ACCA Podcast
Podcast Episodes
In conversation with Barbara Creed and Lisa French [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:13
Listen to ACCA's in conversation with Barbara Creed, author and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne alongside Lisa French, Professor and Dean in the School of Media and Communica…
Lecture with Carol Yinghua Lu [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:30
Listen to ACCA's lecture 'Building a post-revolutionary world through the 8th Yokohama Triennale' with Carol Yinghua Lu, art historian, curator, and current Director, Beijing Inside-Out Art Museum. Alongside Liu Ding, Ca…
Maria Kozic Artist Talk [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:29
Listen to the artist talk with Maria Kozic speaking about her iconic series 'Calendar Girls' 1999 presented in ACCA’s current exhibition 'From the other side' (9 December 2023 – 3 March 2024). Maria Kozic works across pa…
Tega Brain & Sam Lavigne Launch of 'Offset' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:58
Listen to exhibition artists Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne for a talk about their new digital commission 'Offset' on the ACCA Digital Wing.
Thao Phan Performance lecture: Listening to Misrecognition [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:18
What is the sound of racialisation? How might we listen to misrecognition? What does machine error tell us about the precision of racism? And how can the tools of a racist system be used to transcribe new forms of resist…
Zach Blas Performance Lecture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:29
Listen to the performance lecture 'Expositio, Iudicium, Lacrimae, or, Does an AI God Have an Ass?' by exhibiting artist Zach Blas exploring the idea of religious-un/conscious thriving in today’s tech industry. Charting h…
Lauren Lee McCarthy In Conversation With Jenny Kennedy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:40
Roe v. Wade is overturned while gene editing is opening entirely new reproductive futures. What does kin mean as reproductive technologies shift our relationships? How much control should we have over a birthing person’s…
Mimi Ọnụọha Performance Lecture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:20
Through a series of media and artworks, Mimi Ọnụọha’s performance lecture explores absence, knowledge, and how what is missing is still there.
Laura Raicovich: Undoing and Redoing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:17
Listen to writer and curator Laura Raicovich discuss the artworks and methodologies that inform Mithu Sen’s exhibition 'mOTHERTONGUE' in relation to Raicovich’s own practice which calls for institutional change to improv…