Speakers (India) Parineeta Dandekar, Coordinator, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People; Vibha Galhotra, Conceptual artist (Australia) N'Ahweet Carolyn Briggs, Indigenous language specialist and Boonwurrung Elder; Aunty Di Kerr, Wurundjeri Elder; Rueben Berg, Victorian Environmental Water Holder Commissioner; Dr Matthew Currell, RMIT Senior Lecturer, Hydrogeology & Environmental Engineering; Dr Justine Philip, PhD Ecosystem Management, Museum Victoria Associate; Dr Sandra Brizga,...

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Vice President, College of Design and Social Context, Paul Gough Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global Development, Andrew MacIntyre Academy-winning animation writer, director and producer, Adam Elliot Deputy Chairman, Village Roadshow Ltd, John Kirby AM RMIT alumnus and co-founder of Route 59, Ngoc Thi Minh Vu www.rmit.edu.au/capitol

An entire verification ecosystem has sprung up to fight the problem of misinformation (y’know, “fake news”). From tech solutions to business models and strategies, hear from some of the superheroes focused on rebuilding trust in journalism and facts. Our panel, a veritable justice league for journalism, are fact-checkers, verifiers, debunkers and educators employing an arsenal of new tech solutions and old-fashioned journalistic techniques. They’ll talk about how the role for media is...

Fashion journalist and sustainability expert Clare Press hosts an panel that reveals change-making is as diverse as the fashion world itself. Everyone can make a difference — as consumer, designer or industry-professional. She is joined by German designer Ina Budde and Melinda Tually, the driving force behind the Fashion Revolution Australia/NZ, as well as David Giles-Kaye, CEO of The Council of Textile and Fashion. Change-making beyond the catwalk on July 21, 2017, is presented by RMIT...

Dr Georgia McCorkill is a lecturer (School of Fashion and Textiles) and completed her PhD in 2015 (from School of Architecture and Design) and Jo Cramer is a lecture and current PhD candidate, RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles.

Jane Morley's work will feature in the Slow Fashion Studio at RMIT Gallery as part of the exhibition Fast Fashion: the dark side of fashion.

The RMIT Gallery/ Goethe-Institut’s upcoming exhibition Fast Fashion - The dark side of fashion opens on 21 July and takes a critical look behind the scenes of the fashion industry and consumer habits. What’s the true cost of that cheap bargain hanging in your wardrobe? In response, the exhibition’s Slow Fashion Studio provides an upbeat response, exploring new fashion practices and experiences to bring about positive change, featuring exciting new work from practitioners at RMIT’s School of...

Taking a critical look behind the scenes of the fashion industry with an exhibition that undresses the social, economic and environmental impacts of cheap fashion. https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/exhibitions/2017/july/fast-fashion--the-dark-side-of-fashion

Alex McCulloch from The Arts Show chats with Creative Producers and RMIT alumni Jodi Newcombe and Kim de Kretser to discuss their latest project, Empire of Dirt presented by Wonderment Walk Victoria. Also on the show is artist Tom Vincent to talk about his upcoming solo exhibition with NKN Gallery. This interview originally aired on The Arts Show.

Lynette Wallworth talking about her work Coral, rekindling Venus, in the RMIT Gallery exhibition Ocean Imaginaries.

Ocean Imaginaries focuses on some of the contradictions and conflicted feelings raised by how the ocean is imagined in an age of environmental risk.

Cultural organisations - galleries, museums, libraries and the media are designing new ways to engage with the public. Prominent change-makers Justine Hyde, Dan Hill, Seb Chan, Ewan McEoin and Priscilla Davies join Professor Martyn Hook in conversation. They discuss how contemporary design research methods are used to create new experiences and appeal to new audiences for their collections and media. About the panel: Justine Hyde is Director Library Services and Experience at the State...

Performance-exhibition-kinetic sculpture Number of the Machine opens on May 19 at RMIT Gallery and features sound and motion simulators from RMIT's AkE Lab. Interview is with award winning choreographer Antony Hamilton, featuring ominous soundtrack by RMIT's (((20hz))) - edited by Darrin Verhagen.

Photography 130 panel discussion. Thursday 16 March at RMIT Gallery - exploring 130 years of photography at RMIT with Shane Hulbert, Pauline Anastasiou, John Billan, Gale Spring, and Alex Syndikas.

‘Magical Modernities’, Invited Plenary Address for the Triennial conference of FILLM (the International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures), University of Delhi,15-17 March 2017. Magical Modernities? Post-secularism and spiritualism on Indian television Channel surfing on morning television in India—a truly bewildering experience given there are now 800 plus channels and rising—involves navigating a mix of news and sports channels, children’s shows, cookery shows, soaps, nature...

RMIT University's photography students and staff have captured and contributed to the shifting cultural and political climate in Australia over the last 130 years. Hear curator Shane Hulbert talk about the history of photography at RMIT and the upcoming exhibition at RMIT Gallery, Photography 130. http://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/exhibitions/2017/march/photography-130

RMIT alumnus and printmaking lecturer Dr Jazmina Cininas will present a bold new incarnation of her ongoing Girlie Werewolf Project at White Night Melbourne (18th February). Jazmina talks about her creation with Evelyn Tsitas. Read more: http://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/201…e-night-melbourne

Audiovisual artists MindBuffer, who illuminated Storey Hall in 2016 with their custom projection mapping technology have teamed up with world renowned digital artist Andy Thomas to create Ectoplasm, which will be projected onto Storey Hall at White Night 2017. Digital design lecturer Dr Joshua Batty and MindBuffer partner RMIT alumni Mitchell Nordine speak about their creation with Andy Thomas in this interview with Evelyn Tsitas. Read more: www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/201…e-night-melbourne

Virtual Reality is a technology that has threatened to be vaporware since the 1990s. Now that it’s here, what are we using it for? What should we be using it for? Industry professionals and visionaries at the forefront of using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) will chat about current and future projects in a panel discussion facilitated by Dr Jonathan Duckworth, Director of Creative Interventions, Arts and Rehabilitative Technology Lab. This promises to be a special event...

In this symposium, working journalists and editors debate the changing nature of journalism and the challenges for media operators and teachers at a time of disruption – not just of the business models but also of the Western media culture that developed and dominated in the 20th century. Objective, independent journalism remains the goal – but is it still possible in a time of such change? Panel members include: Helen Trinca - Managing Editor, The Australian Misha Ketchell - Managing...

Kim de Kretser, RMIT alumnus artist, ThreeOclock gallery manager and curator and Clare McCracken, RMIT alumnus artist and PhD candidate discuss their involvement with the ThreeOclock gallery’s recent exhibition, A Girl’s Place. Interview with gallery manager and RMIT alumnus Kim de Kretser Kim and Clare discuss: -Art in response to issues of gender equality -Women feeling safe in public spaces -How a city can be planned to benefit women, men, the elderly and young.

Funded by the European Research Council, Why We Post examined uses of social media across eight countries. Part of the intention of the project was to make research findings easily accessible to a worldwide audience over digital platforms which resulted in developing an e-learning course for FutureLearn, making short films and publishing Open Access books. Moderated by John Postill, three members of the Why We Post team – Daniel Miller, Jolynna Sinanan and Sheba Mohammid – will discuss the...

Seeking Approval - A Question of Power, Gender or Culture Featuring Dr Elizabeth Gower, Dr Leslie Cannold, Sushi Das and Dr Meagan Tyler a public program event for the exhibition Elizabeth Gower - he loves me, he loves me not RMIT Gallery 11 March - 23 April 2016