H.V. Evatt Memorial Dinner 2018 with Ian Milliss
Sat, 19 May
|Mountain Heritage Hotel
Ian Milliss: The disappearance of art: the Evatts, the arts, the webs
Time & Location
19 May 2018, 6:30 pm
Mountain Heritage Hotel, 6/10 Apex St, Katoomba NSW 2780, Australia
About the Event
MC: Susan Templeman MP
Hosted by the Evatt Foundation in association with the Katoomba branch of the ALP.
Speech and video now available.
About the speaker
Ian Milliss is an artist and writer who has long argued that art is the process of constant cultural adaptation, and that this now occurs in work not usually seen as art, produced by people who do not usually describe themselves as artists. His approach emphasises the need to adapt: to evolve, to recycle the materials we appropriate, and to ensure that our culture, our society — and, indeed, ourselves — remain sustainable. Ian's early conceptualism developed into a practice based on cultural activism, working with community and political groups rather than the art market. The issues he has worked with include green bans, prisons, unionism, artists’ rights, sustainable farming, community media and arts programs (including the Australia Council’s ‘Art and Working…