Name: Midweek Minds: Legally Bonded
Start: 2026-06-10T08:00:00
End: 2026-06-10T09:30:00
Location: State Library of New South Wales

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Mindy Seu, Shaun Daniel Allen, Jason Phu

How do artists own their own work and voice, under the forces of algorithmic recommendations, AI-generated content and the shifting terms of fair use...

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Auditorium, Macquarie St
2000 NSW
Australia

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State Library of New South Wales

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Midweek Minds: Legally Bonded | Mindy Seu, Shaun Daniel Allen, Jason Phu

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Mindy Seu

Mindy Seu is an artist, technologist and academic based in Los Angeles and New York City. A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET follows her first book CYBERFEMINISM INDEX (2023), a pseudo-encyclopedia of three decades of online activism and net art. Seu is also an Associate Professor at UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts.

Shaun Daniel Allen

Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal) is a Yugambeh-born Bundjalung artist whose bold, lyrical paintings bridge cultural worlds. He has been commissioned by the Art Gallery of NSW and Museum of Contemporary Art, Apple Music, Louis Vuitton, Nike and more. Rooted in punk, tattooing, and surfing, Shal’s unconventional path informs his art. His works blend Bundjalung ochre, foraged dyes, and topographical motifs to explore Country, identity, and personal history.

Jason Phu

Jason Phu is a Sydney based multi-disciplinary artist who brings together sometimes contradictory references, from traditional ink paintings to street art, everyday vernacular to official records, plus folk tales, family history and funny jokes. Working across installation, painting and performance, he has recently illustrated a kids book written by Jazz Money and is moving towards, animation, writing and plays.

Event Details

How do artists own their own work and voice, under the forces of algorithmic recommendations, AI-generated content and the shifting terms of fair use? Or are we overlooking the liberation of an all-in creative commons?

With rapid-fire keynotes, acclaimed artists question the best way forward for artists, including those who co-opt and subvert existing icons and IP, as part of Midweek Minds, Vivid Sydney’s Wednesday night gatherings for the creative and curious at the State Library of New South Wales.

At Legally Bonded, hear from US artist, technologist and academic Mindy Seu, whose work focuses on online culture and internet history, as well as Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal), a Bundjalung painter whose works bridge cultural worlds, and Jason Phu, whose mixed media practice contains images from comics, comics and pop-culture.

Afterward, head to the Library Bar for a chance to chat with the speakers, meet other creatives and establish community in the spirit of informal networking.

Find further inspiration each Wednesday during Vivid Sydney with Midweek Minds.

On 27 May, A New Cultural Paradigm lays out paths towards a more ethical, equitable creative landscape, featuring New York architect Dong-Ping Wong, Walkley Award-winning photojournalist Mridula Amin and Lesbian Space Princess filmmakers Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs.

On June 3, catch The Engagement Generation, where The New Yorker creative director Nicholas Blechman and Australian artists Elliot Ulm and Steffie Yee dissect how to find and maintain audiences in 2026.

This event is presented in partnership with State Library of New South Wales.

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