This Wednesday at CCP - Robert Rooney: A Night of Talks

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Robert Rooney Talks

Robert Rooney: A Night of Talks
Wednesday 24 April 6—8pm
â¨Centre for Contemporary Photography

Artist Philip Brophy, writer and curator David Homewood and Martyn Jolly, Head of Photography and Media Arts, ANU School of Art, speak on and around the work of Robert Rooney.

Children and adolescents are often seen as ragged kid-flaneurs, re-mapping familiar urban or suburban spaces. Using a diverse range of historical Australian sources, Martin Jolly will explore these secret, under the adult radar, territories and trajectories.
— Martyn Jolly is Head of Photography and Media Arts at the ANU School of Art. He is an artist and writer. His book Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography came out in 2006.

David Homewood's talk will discuss the negation of artistic intention in Rooney's work from the late 1960s and early 1970s. It will focus in particular on the serialised depiction of the commonplace in several of his photographic works.
— David Homewood is a writer and curator who lives in Melbourne.

Philip Brophy will discuss how Robert Rooney's painting draws upon a conceptual understanding of the figurative and iconic, and how that legacy relates to current modalities of painting-as-thinking-about-painting.
— Philip Brophy writes on painting among other things. philipbrophy.com

A discussion will follow, lead by the exhibition curators, Maggie Finch and Patrick Pound.

Bookings advised—www.trybooking.com
Entry by gold coin donationâ¨

Digital imaging should be simple and straightforward, but unfortunately this is rarely the case. Often the many resources on digital imaging can be confusing, and time is wasted looking for answers on the web, without much success.

This evening is an opportunity to have Dr Les Walkling answer your digital imaging questions.

Les will begin the evening by discussing the three questions he is most commonly asked:
—Why are my prints too dark?
—Why don't my prints match my screen?
—I'm drowning in data and can't find specific images when I need to, what can I do?

You will be able to comment on all topics discussed and ask questions throughout the evening. Les will provide detailed, practical information that can be applied to your own practice. It will be an instructive and informal event to which everyone is welcome.

The evening will also provide an opportunity to ask Les about the photography courses he runs on weekends at CCP, and which of these would be suited to your interests and experience.

Bookings advised—www.trybooking.com
Free Entryâ¨

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Image: Robert Rooney Children, Hawthorn East 1 1958, courtesy the artist, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney.

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Robert Rooney: A Night of Talks Wednesday 24 April 6—8pm â¨Centre for Contemporary Photography Artist Philip Brophy, writer and curator David Homewood and Martyn Jolly, Head of Photography and Media Arts, ANU School of Art, speak on and around the work of Robert Rooney.

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Robert Rooney: A Night of Talks
Wednesday 24 April 6—8pm
â¨Centre for Contemporary Photography

Artist Philip Brophy, writer and curator David Homewood and Martyn Jolly, Head of Photography and Media Arts, ANU School of Art, speak on and around the work of Robert Rooney.