ACCA Podcast
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Conversations and events from Melbourne's flagship contemporary art space
Episodes
- ACCA x MADA Publication Launch | The Second Studio: Drawing on Contemporary Art in the Gallery
ACCA and MADA launched a collaborative publication titled 'The Second Studio: Drawing on Contemporary Art in the Gallery'. The event featured a panel discussion with Lauren Simmonds, Amélie Scalercio, Andrew Atchison, and Dr Rosslynd Piggo…
- Julius von Bismarck: This is not the storm Artist Talks
Artist Julius von Bismarck and ACCA's Senior Curator Shelley McSpedden tour the exhibition 'This is not the storm'. The discussion covers the works on display at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
- Labels: Fashion and Identity
ACCA presents a panel discussion on "Labels: Fashion and Identity," featuring ACCA Curator Sophie Prince, Shauna Toohey, Jackie Wu, and Ricarda Bigolin. The discussion explores how fashion expresses identity, including unisex and gender no…
- We need to talk: with Tourmaline and Sophie Prince
The ACCA Podcast episode "We need to talk" features artist Tourmaline and ACCA curator Sophie Prince discussing Tourmaline's exhibition, "Transcendent." The series explores the art world through conversations with artists, thinkers, and cu…
- Artist Talk and Book Launch: with r e a, Judith Ryan AM and Myles Russell-Cook
This ACCA Podcast episode covers an artist talk with r e a, Judith Ryan AM, and Myles Russell-Cook held on December 13, 2025, discussing the exhibition 'r e a : c l a i m e d', which surveys works by digital media artist r e a.
- We need to talk: with Tschabalala Self and Myles Russell-Cook
*CONTENT WARNING: Please note that this podcast includes discussions of genocide. Support is always available: Lifeline 13 11 14, Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 ‘We need talk’, is a bold new series of free public conversations that bring togethe…
- Artist Talks: with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Megan Cope, Khaled Sabsabi and Ali Tahayori
*CONTENT WARNING: Please note that this podcast includes discussions of suicide and genocide. Support is always available: Lifeline 13 11 14, Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 Listen to our latest talk with artists Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Megan Cope…
- 'Tina Stefanou: You Can't See Speed' - Digital Publication Launch
Moderated by exhibition curator Elyse Goldfinch, join us as we hear from designer Lloyd Mist, and contributing writers Azza Zein, Fayen d’Evie, Tara Heffernan and Tessa Laird. The talk includes a tour of the interactive digital publication…
- Artist Talk: with Tina Stefanou
Listen to our talk with artist Tina Stefanou, curator Elyse Goldfinch (and special guests) on her new exhibition 'You Can't See Speed'. This podcast was recorded as part of an Artist Talk at ACCA on Saturday 05 April 2025. 'Tina Stefanou:…
- Trickle down
Trickle down by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Agritemple
Agritemple by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Centipede
Centipede by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Toilets
Toilets by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- You Can't See Speed
You Can't See Speed by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Days in Doreen
Days in Doreen by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- From the hooves
From the hooves by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Title wall
Title wall by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Grief Ramp
Grief Ramp by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
- Concrete Archives Book Launch | Panel Discussion: Yhonnie Scarce & Lisa Radford with Vikki McInnes
Listen to Yhonnie Scarce and Lisa Radford in conversation with Vikki McInnes, discussing their artistic practice and publication 'The image is not nothing (Concrete Archives)'.. 'Concrete Archives' is the culmination of Radford and Scarce’…
- Panel discussion: Living Queer Histories
Listen to our panel discussion focusing on the lineages of queer histories on the present. Featuring the research and practices of three speakers, Angela Hesson, Patrice Sharkey and Elyssia Wilson-Heti, who variously engage with queer subc…
- Artist Talks: Andy Butler and Nicholas Smith
Listen to our talk with artists Andy Butler and Nicholas Smith on their new works presented as part of 'Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions'. This podcast was recorded as part of an Artist Talk at ACCA on Saturday 13 July 2024.
- Artist Talks: Kim Ah Sam, Teelah George, Joel Sherwood Spring and Salote Tawale
Listen to our talk with artists Kim Ah Sam, Teelah George, Joel Sherwood Spring and Salote Tawale on their new works presented as part of 'Future Remains: The 2024 Macfarlane Commissions'. This podcast was recorded as part of an Artist Tal…
- Keynote with Laure Prouvost in conversation with Annika Kristensen
Listen to ACCA's in conversation with Laure Prouvost and Annikka Kristensen, following a screening of 'They Parlaient Idéale' 2019. This program was recorded on Monday 18 March at ACMI as part of ACCA's exhibition 'Laure Prouvost: Oui Move…
- In conversation with Barbara Creed and Lisa French
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 Communication at RMIT Univer…
- Lecture with Carol Yinghua Lu
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, Carol Yinghua Lu is a…
- Maria Kozic Artist Talk
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 painting, sculpture,…
- Tega Brain & Sam Lavigne Launch of 'Offset'
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
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 resistance? This experime…
- Suvani Suri with Aasma Tulika, Uzma Falak, Shareeka Helaluddin, Mehak Sawhney
Listen to performance lectures 'Loops, Echoes, Phonophanies, and other Détournments' by Suvani Suri and 'Listening to Misrecognition' by Thao Phan, as well as an Artist Talk with Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne on their new digital commission '…
- Zach Blas Performance Lecture
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 his encounters with…
- Lauren Lee McCarthy In Conversation With Jenny Kennedy
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 body, and over a l…
- Mimi Ọnụọha Performance Lecture
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
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 improve cultural spaces.…
- Mithu Sen in conversation
Listen to artist Mithu Sen in conversation with Max Delany, ACCA’s Artistic Director & CEO, alongside special guests Irina Aristarkhova, Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Digital Studies Institute of the Universit…
- Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing (Audio-only)
This recording is part of a video commissioned for 'Writing in the Expanded Field IV: Touching Feeling Writing' developed in conjunction with ACCA’s exhibition ‘Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH’ (23 September – 20 November 2022). The digital pub…
- Paul Yore In Conversation With Nick Henderson
Listen to the in conversation with artist Paul Yore and Nick Henderson, volunteer committee member at the Australian Queer Archives, and Curator at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. They will be discussing Yore’s extensive…
- WRITING & CONCEPTS Lecture with Mykaela Saunders
Listen to the lecture by editor Mykaela Saunders speaking on the critically acclaimed anthology 'THIS ALL COME BACK NOW'. 'THIS ALL COME BACK NOW' is the world’s first anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction…
- Artist Talks: Gian Manik, Jason Phu and Jahnne Pasco-White
Listen to our Artist Talks with Gian Manik, Jason Phu and Jahnne Pasco-White. This Artist Talk was recorded in association with the exhibition ' Like a Wheel That Turns: The 2022 Macfarlane Commissions', now showing at the Australian Centr…
- Artist Talks: Lucina Lane, Betty Muffler and JD Reforma
This Artist Talk was recorded in association with the exhibition ' Like a Wheel That Turns: The 2022 Macfarlane Commissions', now showing at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne until 4 September 2022. In this Artist Tal…
- In Conversation: Frances Barrett and Daniel Mudie Cunningham
This conversation was recorded in association with the exhibition 'Frances Barrett: Meatus', now showing at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne until 19 June 2022. In this conversation we hear from artist and curator Fr…
- MTalks—Who’s Afraid of Public Space? Think Tank #4: Movement of People & Safety in Public
This panel discussion explores ideas of safety, movement, surveillance, physical distancing, visibility and invisibility within Melbourne’s public spaces. Think Tank Moderator Nur Shkembi, artist, curator and PhD candidate, University of M…
- Distribution series #3: Publishing Art Serials
Listen to Melbourne Art Library for the final in their series of discussions about the values of the public library. Reflecting on the library of written materials on public art, public culture and public space in the Reading Space: The Co…
- Insurgent modes for urban reconnection: Scaling, augmenting, and counter-mapping public space
Creative practice researchers: Prof Carol Brown, Dr Troy Innocent, and A/Prof Linda Knight, chaired by Rachel Iampolski addresses how artistic practices offer insurgent modes for developing reconnection with urban spaces after a prolonged…
- Making Spaces Public
Urbanists and planners need to engage in broader and messier practices if they are to design inclusive and accessible public spaces. The production of space is as much a social and political process, as a physical one, and identities of pl…
- Artist Talks: Education Space with Ross Coulter, Eugenia Lim and James Nguyen
Listen to ACCA’s Artist Educator and Curator of the Education Space Andrew Atchison with artists Ross Coulter, Eugenia Lim and James Nguyen for a discussion about art and working in public space. This program is associated with the Educati…
- Distribution series #1: Introduction to Art Librarianship
Listen to Melbourne Art Library for the first in their series of discussions about experimental modes of sharing information. Reflecting on the library of written materials on public art, public culture and public space in the Reading Spac…
- Artist Talks: Who's Afraid of Public Space? – Offsite projects #2
Join artists Jon Campbell, Guled Abdulwasi, and Laresa Kosloff at ACCA as they discuss their commissioned works as part of Who’s Afraid of Public Space? offsite projects.
- Distribution series #2: Alternative Collections
Join Melbourne Art Library for the second in their series of discussions about experimental modes of sharing information as part of Who's Afraid of Public Space?. The forum panel includes: Nell Fraser (Melbourne Art Library), Caroline Phil…
- Panel discussion: City of Melbourne Commissions
Join artists Sean Lynch and Mikala Dwyer, and writer Alicia Sometimes for a panel discussion about public art, presented in association with the recent launch of two major City of Melbourne temporary public art commissions in University Sq…
- Artist Talks: Who's Afraid of Public Space? – Offsite projects #1
Join artists Simona Castricum, Michael Candy, Hoang Tran Nguyen, and Callum Morton at ACCA as they discuss their commissioned works as part of Who’s Afraid of Public Space? offsite projects.