GOMA Talks
During selected major exhibitions, the lively evening discussion program GOMA Talks explores contemporary ideas and issues from a range of perspectives with special guest panellists and ABC Radio National hosts. Since its inception in 2011, the program has touched on a range of topics and featured leading creative and critical thinkers from various fields. Audiences can interact during sessions via twitter or SMS.
Watch GOMA Talks Sessions online.
Coming soon
6.30 – 7.30pm | Thursdays fortnightly
5, 19 September and 3 October 2013 | GOMA
The GOMA Talks series will return during ‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia’, exploring contemporary art, politics and ideas from a range of perspectives with ABC Radio National hosts and special guests.
GOMA Talks APT7
February – April 2013
During APT7, GOMA Talks explored Australia’s place in the ‘Asian Century’ through four lively events.
GOMA Talks:
Australia in the Asian Century
Thursday 21 February 2013 »
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Anita Lee Hong, Director, Oodgeroo Unit, Queensland University of Technology
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Jason Yat-sen Li, Social commentator and Managing Director, Yatsen Associates, Beijing
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George Megalogenis, Author and political commentator
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Andrew O'Neil, Director, Griffith Asia Institute and Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University:
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Hosted by Paul Barclay, presenter of ABC Radio National's Big Ideas program
GOMA Talks:
Events that shape the world
Thursday 7 March 2013 »
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Paula Abood (Community worker, writer and educator)
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Beck Cole (Filmmaker)
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Nathalie Nguyen (Associate Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University)
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Parastou Forouhar (Iranian artist featured in APT7)
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Hosted by Kate Evans, presenter of ABC Radio National’s Books+ and Books & Arts Daily programs
GOMA Talks Business Sense :
Living contemporary culture
Thursday 21 March 2013 »
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Alison Page (Executive Officer, Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance and award-winning designer)
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Annette Shun Wah (Author, producer, actor, and Executive Producer, Performance 4a)
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John Willsteed (Performer, composer, and Lecturer (Music and Sound), Queensland University of Technology)
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Hosted by Sarah Kanowaski, presenter of ABC Radio National’s Weekend Arts program
GOMA Talks Art and design:
Policy and Politics
Thursday 4 April 2013 »
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Wesley Enoch (Playwright, theatre director and Artistic Director, Queensland Theatre Company)
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Linda Jaivin (Author, sinologist and Visiting Fellow, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University)
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Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA (Founding editor of Griffith REVIEW, and Professor, Centre for Cultural Research, Griffith University)
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Dr Michael Wesley (Professor of National Security, Australian National University and author of There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia (2011))
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Hosted by Geraldine Doogue, AO, presenter of ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra program
GOMA Talks Contemporary Australia: Women
June - July 2012
During 'Contemporary Australia: Women', GOMA Talks tackled some of the most topical questions about contemporary Australia, from national identity and business to sexuality and science.
GOMA Talks Nationhood:
Who creates cultural identity?
Thursday 7 June 2012 »
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Deborah Kelly ('Contemporary Australia: Women' artist)
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Maura Reilly (Art historian, curator and author of Curatorial Activism and Ethical Responsibility 2012)
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Judy Watson ('Contemporary Australia: Women' artist)
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Hosted by Sarah Kanowski, presenter of ABC Radio National's Weekend Arts program
GOMA Talks Sex and Science :
What's the gender question?
Thursday 21 June 2012 »
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Cordelia Fine (Academic psychologist and author of Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society and Neurosexism Create Difference 2010)
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Christina Lee (Professor of Health Psychology, The University of Queensland))
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Amanda Third (Senior Lecturer, Institute for Cultural Studies Association of Australia)
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Hosted by Natasha Mitchell, presenter of ABC Radio National's Life Matters program
GOMA Talks Business Sense :
Who can make it in the top jobs?
Thursday 5 July 2012 »
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Leah Armstrong (Chief Executive Officer, Reconciliation Australia)
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Helen Conway (Director, Euqal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency)
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Madeline Veenstra (Co-founder of Wikifashion)
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Jane Caro (Academic, media commentator and author of Just a Girl 2011)
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Hosted by Geraldine Doogue, AO, presenter of ABC Radio National's Saturday Extra program
GOMA Talks Art and design:
Can women rewrite history?
Thursday 19 July 2012 »
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Julie Ewington (Curator of 'Contemporary Australia: Women' and Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art)
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Niki Kalms (Architecture academic and researcher, Monash University, Melbourne)
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Jenny Kee (Internationally acclaimed fashion designer)
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Justene Williams ('Contemporary Australia: Women' artist)
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Hosted by Fenella Kernebone, presenter of ABC Radio National’s By Design program
GOMA Talks Surrealism
August - September 2011
During 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams', GOMA Talks explored the mind, imagination and art from a range of perspectives. The series questioned how the mind's capacity evolved, and the contributions of philosophy, science, art and literature to new ideas and innovations.
GOMA Talks Art and the imagination:
What makes creative minds tick?
Thursday 18 Augst 2011 »
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Philip Brophy (artist and filmmaker)
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Jason Gallate (Neuroscientist)
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Fiona Hall (artist)
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Damon Young (Philosopher and author of Distraction (2008)
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Hosted by Amanda Smith, presenter of ABC Radio National's Artworks program
GOMA Talks Novel worlds:
What does the written word have to say?
Thursday 1 September 2011 »
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Krissy Kneen (Author)
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Noel Mengel (Chief music writer, The Courier-Mail)
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Lucas Taylor (Interactive Writer and Director, Hoodlum)
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Dave Graney (ARIA-award winning Australian musician and singer-songwriter)
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Hosted by Antony Funnell, presenter of ABC Radio National's Future Tense
GOMA Talks Mastering the mind:
Do our brains control our behaviour?
Thursday 15 September 2011 »
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Nick Allen (Clinical psychologist)
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Wayne Hall (Professor and Deputy Director of Policy, Centre for Clinical Research, UQ)
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Neil Levy (Deputy Director, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics at the University of Oxford UK)
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Sue Woolfe (author)
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Hosted by Kate Evans, presenter of ABC Radio National's Rear Vision program.
GOMA Talks Young minds:
What is in store for our creative future?
Thursday 29 September 2011 »
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Alan Huynh (past Youth Chair, Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia)
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Anastasia Klose (artist)
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Jane Morley (fashion designer, consultant, lecturer, and researcher)
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Thom Woodroofe (foreign affairs analyst)
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Hosted by Richard Aedy, presenter of ABC Radio National's Life Matters program.
GOMA Talks 21st Century
February - April 2011
GOMA Talks was first presented in partnership with ABC Radio National during the Gallery's '21st Century: Art in the First Decade' exhibition.
GOMA Talks Communication:
Who are we in the world of Web 2.0?
Thursday 17 February 2011 »
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Ian Farmer (Managing Partnerand Founder of Frontiering)
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Andrew Frost (Writer, blogger, art critic and television presenter)
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Dr Ian MacColl (Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology)
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Dr Jason Sternberg (Lecturer in Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology)
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Hosted by Antony Funnell, Presenter, Future Tense, ABC Radio National
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Lawrence English (Sound artist)
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Professor Michael Keniger (Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Queensland)
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Meg Mundell (Author, journalist and researcher)
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Angela Ndalianis (Associate Professor in Cinema and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne)
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Hosted by Alan Saunders, Presenter, By Design, Radio National
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Tony Ellwood (Director, Queensland Art Gallery)
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Juliana Engberg (Director, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)
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Callum Morton (Artist, Melbourne)
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Brian Ritchie (Curator, Museum of Old and New Art Festival of Music and Art)
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Hosted by Janne Ryan, Producer, By Design, ABC Radio National
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Professor Ian Frazer (Clinical Immunologist and Director of the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute)
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Anne Fulwood (Media consultant, Sydney)
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Amanda McKenzie (Co-founder and CEO, Australian Youth Climate Coalition)
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Dr Joseph Reser (Environmental Psychologist, Griffith University)
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Hosted by Paul Barclay, Presenter, Australia Talks, ABC Radio National
GOMA Talks Futures:
What will the future of the 21st Century hold?
Thursday 14 April 2011 »
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Tony Albert (Artist)
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Ross Dawson (Futurist, Future Exploration Network)
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Dr Melissa Gregg (Senior Lecturer, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney)
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Tim Longhurst (Futurist and Strategy Lead, Key Message)
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Hosted by Antony Funnell, Presenter, Future Tense, ABC Radio National
