SCAF – Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation

In association with HOME: Chen Chieh-jen and Chien-Chi Chang
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation proudly presents

Linda Jaivin in conversation with Dr Sophie McIntyre
Moderated by Dr Gene Sherman AM

on Thursday, 31 July 2014
6–8 pm
Conversation to commence at 6.30 pm

at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
16–20 Goodhope Street
Paddington

RSVP by Tuesday, 22 July 2014
02 9331 1112 or bookings@sherman-scaf.org.au
Light refreshments will be served.

Join us as Linda and Sophie consider their experiences of Taiwan and mainland China – Linda will discuss her impressions of the Mainland during the 1980’s whilst Sophie will reflect upon her engagement with contemporary Taiwanese art.

Speakers:

Linda Jaivin is the author of eleven books, including the the recent Quarterly Essay Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World, her seventh novel, The Empress Lover (April 2014) and the non-fiction Beijing (June 2014). Her first novel was the comic-erotic international best-seller Eat Me. Her fifth, The Infernal Optimist, a dark comedy set in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, was short-listed for the 2007 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Linda has also written for the stage and she is a literary translator from Chinese, with a specialty in film subtitles. She is an editorial consultant and visiting fellow at the ANU’s Australian Centre on China in the World.

Sophie McIntyre is a curator, lecturer and art writer, with a background in Asian art and expertise in Chinese art. During the mid-1980’s she lived in China, and in 1990 she made her first trip to Taiwan to study Chinese. Since that time she has been regularly returning to Taiwan for curatorial and academic research. Sophie has curated numerous exhibitions that have featured art from Taiwan and China. These include: Penumbra: Contemporary Art from Taiwan, 2008; Islanded: Contemporary Art from New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan, 2006 (co-curated with LeeWeng Choy and Eugene Tan); Concrete Horizons: Contemporary Art from China, 2004; and Face to Face: Contemporary Art from Taiwan, 1999–2000. In 2012, she completed her PhD, which explored the impact of identity politics and cross-strait relations in contemporary art from Taiwan. Sophie has been published widely and is currently working on a book of Taiwan’s art and curating an exhibition of Chinese art.

Last chance: HOME: Chen Chieh-jen and Chien-Chi Chang is on exhibtion at SCAF and NAS Gallery until Saturday, 2 August 2014. Don’t miss it!

Image: Chen Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations (still), 2014
Blu-ray, B/W & colour, sound, four channel video installation, duration approx. 25:00 mins
Commissioned by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
Image courtesy the artist