SCAF – Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation

In association with Janet Laurence: After Eden,
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation proudly presents

Margaret Throsby in conversation with
Janet Laurence

Saturday, 19 May 2012
2–5 pm

at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
16–20 Goodhope Street
Paddington

RSVP by Wednesday, 16 May 2012
02 9331 1112 or bookings@sherman-scaf.org.au

Join one of Australia’s most versatile, popular and admired broadcasters in conversation with one of Australia’s most respected artists. Margaret Throsby and Janet Laurence discuss her project After Eden commissioned by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation.

Speakers:

Margaret Throsby is one of Australia’s most versatile, popular and admired broadcasters. Her highly successful career encompasses both radio and television. Margaret presents Mornings on ABC Classic FM. Accolades for her achievements include: Member of the Order of Australia (for Services to Broadcasting, 1989), Variety Club of Australia’s Radio Award, Two Avion Awards for the ‘Best in the World’ in-flight audio programmes (QANTAS), Golden Gavel Award presented by the Law Society of NSW for Excellence in Legal Reporting, Children’s Week Media Award and Rostrum Speaker of the Year.

Janet Laurence lives and works in Sydney. Her practice explores notions of art, science, imagination, memory, loss and the interconnection of life forms and ecologies. Laurence also addresses the impact that humans have on the threatened, natural world through both site specific and gallery works. Experimenting with and working in varying mediums, Laurence continues to create immersive environments that navigate the interconnections between all living forms. Her practice has sustained organic qualities and a sense of transience, occupying the liminal zones, or places where art, science, imagination  and memory converge. Laurence exhibits internationally and has been represented in major curated and survey exhibitions