Join us for A Biography of Daphne panel discussion with Mihnea Mircan (curator), Lauren Burrow, Nicholas Mangan, Belinda Scerri (CoVA/University of Melbourne, School of Culture and Communication), with pre-recorded provocations provided by international artists Ho Tzu Nyen and Inge Meijer.
The panel will discuss how local and international artists have translated the myth and reshaped its meaning for their times, reflecting on the sexual violence that precipitates Daphne’s metamorphosis, and the enduring prevalence of misogyny and aggressions towards women that continue to mark our present moment. It will consider the connections between memory and metamorphosis; how we might overcome prescribed identity, and fashion new forms and behaviours from the space between what we have been told we are and that with which we identify.
This event is delivered in partnership with the Centre for Visual Art (CoVA), University of Melbourne, Graduate Academy Conference: Memory.
