Subtitle
Mindy Seu, Shaun Daniel Allen, Jason Phu

How do artists maintain ownership of their work and voice in an era shaped by constant circulation, reinterpretation and reuse? As images move fluidly...

Midweek Minds: Legally Bonded

Location:

Auditorium, Macquarie St
2000 NSW
Australia

Venue:
State Library of New South Wales
Midweek Minds: Legally Bonded | Mindy Seu, Shaun Daniel Allen, Jason Phu
Midweek Minds: Legally Bonded | Mindy Seu, Shaun Daniel Allen, Jason Phu

Featuring

Mindy Seu

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

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

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 maintain ownership of their work and voice in an era shaped by constant circulation, reinterpretation and reuse? As images move fluidly across platforms and contexts, where does authorship begin and end? And what does it mean to create something truly one’s own today?

With rapid-fire keynotes, three acclaimed contemporary artists with different practices and perspectives explore these questions. Hear from US artist, technologist and academic Mindy Seu, whose work focuses on online culture and internet history, alongside Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal), a Bundjalung painter whose works bridge cultural worlds, and Jason Phu, whose mixed-media practice draws from comics and pop culture.

Part of Midweek Minds, Vivid Sydney’s Wednesday night gatherings for the creative and curious at the State Library of New South Wales.
 

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