A mouthful of dust: Ned Kelly, new writing and spatial photography
VALA2024 CONCURRENT SESSION 09
Thursday 11th July 2024, 12.15-12.45pm
Dr Kate Rhodes
- Curator
- State Library Victoria
Abstract
Kate Rhodes presentd the first project from the State Library’s new Digital Directorate and Creative Studio. This interactive web experiment brings together ‘Gaussian splat’ spatial photography of Ned Kelly’s armour, boot, rifle, death mask and the Jerilderie Letter with newly commissioned contemporary writing to reimagine how we interpret these nineteenth century objects. This presentation shares the curatorial methods and design that frame the project, as well as the process of its development.
Biography
Dr Kate Rhodes is Curator at State Library Victoria. Most recently she was Foundation Curator of RMIT’s Design Hub and for twenty-five years has worked as a curator across the fields of art, craft, design, fashion, architecture, literature and social history for institutions including the National Gallery of Victoria, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Fashion Festival and the Australian Design Centre. She has edited award-winning books and magazines and curated more than thirty exhibitions in formats including an online TV show, commissioned films, 24hr workshops, audio walking tours and speculative fiction. Her current projects include an exhibition of architecture exhibitions staged between 1979-1989, an interactive exploration of how Peter Carey wrote True History of the Kelly Gang, and an exhibition with writer Christos Tsiolkas.
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