The United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney is delighted to host a special event for the Biennale of Sydney, in conjunction with the National Institute for Experimental Arts (NIEA) at the College of Fine Arts (COFA), the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Binh Danh, a Vietnamese-American artist who works in photomedia, and the members of Postcommodity (four Native American artists working with installation and sound) will present their work in conversation with Phoebe Scott from the National Art School (NAS) and Brenda L. Croft, Senior Research Fellow, NIEA.
Binh Danh and Postcommodity members Cristóbal Martínez, Kade Twist, Nathan Young and Raven Chacon deal with ideas of memory and displacement engendered by very different historical circumstances: the Vietnam War for Binh Danh, and the loss of traditional American lands and languages for Postcommodity. Their Biennale of Sydney installations are on view at the Art Gallery of NSW.
You are invited to join us for drinks prior to the illustrated forum. Professor of Art History, Roger Benjamin from the United States Studies Centre, will chair the forum.
Date: Tuesday 3 July, 2012 
Time: 6−7.15pm (drinks from 5.30pm)
Venue: United States Studies Centre, Institute Building (H03), City Road, University of Sydney
Places are limited! Register online via USSC Events.
A campus map is available at the University of Sydney website.
Panel members
Binh Danh respondent: Phoebe Scott, specialist in 20thC Vietnamese art, NAS, Sydney.
Postcommodity respondent: Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji/Mutpurra), distinguished Indigenous Australian curator and Senior Research fellow, at the NIEA, COFA, UNSW.
Co-hosted by the National Institute for Experimental Arts.
