Asia Pacific Literature

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A collection of talks relating to literature in the Asia Pacific region, hosted at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF).

  1. 05/27/2017

    Rob Schmitz in conversation with Gene Sherman

    Rob Schmitz, Shanghai correspondent for NPR and author of 'Street of Eternal Happiness', in conversation with Gene Sherman. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 27 May 2017, in association with the 2017 Sydney Writers' Festival.

    1h 6m

  2. 08/31/2016

    Alice Pung in conversation with Annette Shun Wah

    Alice Pung, acclaimed writer and journalist, in conversation with Annette Shun Wah. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 23 November 2013, in association with SCAF Project 19, Collection+: Sopheap Pich.

  3. 08/11/2016

    Anne Summers book launch: The Lost Mother

    The launch of Anne Summers 2009 novel The Lost Mother: A Story of Art and Love. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 16 July 2009.

  4. 05/18/2016

    Xu Zhiyuan in conversation with Nicholas Jose

    Xu Zhiyuan, cultural intellectual, writer and journalist, in conversation with Nicholas Jose, author and former Cultural Counsellor, Australian Embassy, Beijing. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 18 May 2016, in association with the 2016 Sydney Writers' Festival.

  5. 06/18/2015

    Nicholas Jose shares from Bapo

    Nicholas Jose shares from his 2014 publication, Bapo – a collection of short stories inspired by events, people and personal experience during his decades of involvement in China. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 18 June 2015, in association with SCAF Project 26, Yang Zhichao: Chinese Bible.

  6. 05/21/2015

    Xue Xinran shares from Buy Me the Sky

    Xue Xinran shares from her 2015 book, Buy Me the Sky, recounting stories of men and women born under China's single-child policy instituted in 1979. From the businessman's son unable to pack his own suitcase - to the PhD student who pulled herself out of extreme rural poverty, these revered 'little emperors and suns' form the emerging face of China. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 21 May 2015, in association with the 2015 Sydney Writers' Festival.

  7. 04/23/2015

    Dr Kit Messham-Muir launches Double War

    A discussion between Dr Kit Messham-Muir and Shaun Gladwell, moderated by Gene Sherman, about Gladwell’s time in Afghanistan in 2009 as an official Australian war artist. The discussion is followed by the official launch of Dr Kit Messham-Muir's publication, Double War: Visual Culture and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, by Simon Mordant AM. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 23 April 2015, in association with Shaun Gladwell: The Lacrima Chair, SCAF Project 24, and Collection+: Shaun Gladwell, SCAF Project 25.

  8. 09/25/2014

    Akio Makigawa book launch

    The Sydney launch of the book 'Akio Makigawa' celebrating the artist's life and work. Lesley Alway, Director, Asialink Arts introduces Carlier Makigawa, wife of Akio, in a discussion of this monumental publication (fourteen years in the making). The book is officially launched by Dr Michael Brand, Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 25 September 2014.

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