Art is made to be looked at, to be objectified. But people are not. So what could this mean for those painted onto canvasses that are then flaunted around museums across the world? This week on Uncurated, Yimin Qiang and Angus Thomson venture into Melbourne University’s Arts West to look at 100 women’s faces, all of which were painted by men. Who are these women? And where are all the female artists?

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Music for this week’s episode was sourced with permission from Jack Burmeister:
“Tundra” / Jack Burmeister  

All additional music is by Jack Burmeister as part of Melbourne University’s Living Instruments project.

Art is made to be looked at, to be objectified. But people are not. So what could this mean for those painted onto canvasses that are then flaunted around museums across the world? This week on Uncurated, Yimin Qiang and Angus Thomson venture into Melbourne University&rsquo;s Arts West to look at 100 women&rsquo;s faces, all of which were painted by men. Who are these women? And where are all the female artists?
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Music for this week&rsquo;s episode was sourced with permission from Jack Burmeister:
<ol>
<li>&ldquo;<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-839269279/jack-burmeister-tundra">Tundra</a>&rdquo; / Jack Burmeister &nbsp;</li>
</ol>
All additional music is by Jack Burmeister as part of Melbourne University&rsquo;s <a href="https://livinginstruments.grainger.unimelb.edu.au/">Living Instruments</a>&nbsp;project.

An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia. 

An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia.

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The Women that Men Painted

A thesis, glass tubes, a bronze plaque. This is the evidence left to remember world-class atmospheric physicist Jean Laby. She was the first woman to achieve a PhD in the School of Physics in 1956. But on a campus that lacks recognition of historically significant women, this prompts the question: how would Laby have been commemorated if she was a man? Jade Murray explores the University of Melbourne Parkville campus to search for the forgotten stories of women in science. 

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Interviewees:
Elisabetta Barberio – Professor of Physics and Director of the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence
Katie Wood – Senior Archivist at the University of Melbourne Archives
Em Bawden - Immunologist from the Peter Doherty Institute
Joe Pascoe - Poet and co-curator of the Jean Laby exhibit 

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from Pixabay

 ‘Order’ - ComaStudio

‘Space Chillout’ - penguinmusic

'Tuesday' - amaksi

A thesis, glass tubes, a bronze plaque. This is the evidence left to remember world-class atmospheric physicist Jean Laby. She was the first woman to achieve a PhD in the School of Physics in 1956. But on a campus that lacks recognition of historically significant women, this prompts the question: how would Laby have been commemorated if she was a man? Jade Murray explores the University of Melbourne Parkville campus to search for the forgotten stories of women in science. 
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Interviewees:
<ul>
<li>Elisabetta Barberio – Professor of Physics and Director of the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence</li>
<li>Katie Wood – Senior Archivist at the University of Melbourne Archives</li>
<li>Em Bawden - Immunologist from the Peter Doherty Institute</li>
<li>Joe Pascoe - Poet and co-curator of the Jean Laby exhibit </li>
</ul>
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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from Pixabay
 ‘<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-order-99518/">Order</a>’ - ComaStudio
‘<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-space-chillout-14194/">Space Chillout</a>’ - penguinmusic
'<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/beats-tuesday-glitch-soft-hip-hop-118327/">Tuesday</a>' - amaksi

To Infinity and Beyond

Marker 01

This is a story about an artwork illustrating a Chinese camp in Ballarat, Victoria, depicted by Percy Lindsay. This is a story about a painting that carries within it the joy, tears and fears of Chinese gold miners. This oil canvas is hidden and locked away in a black suitcase at the Ballarat gallery with its paper sketch stored at the University of Melbourne. This week on Uncurated, Caitlin Duan and Isabella Vagnoni take you on a road trip to uncover the forgotten history of Percy Lindsay. And along with it, capture the story of Chinese-Australian migrants during the gold rush era all the way into the 21st century. 

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Interviewees:
Alyssa Bunbury - Curator of the Grimwade Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
Juanita Kwok - History and Heritage consultant with an interest in local histories in Australia and Chinese communities in rural Australia
Charles Zhang - Committee member of the Chinese library and President of the Chinese Australian Cultural Society of Ballarat

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from https://www.purple-planet.com and https://www.FesliyanStudios.com under relevant licensing agreements. 

This is a story about an artwork illustrating a Chinese camp in Ballarat, Victoria, depicted by Percy Lindsay. This is a story about a painting that carries within it the joy, tears and fears of Chinese gold miners. This oil canvas is hidden and locked away in a black suitcase at the Ballarat gallery with its paper sketch stored at the University of Melbourne. This week on Uncurated, Caitlin Duan and Isabella Vagnoni take you on a road trip to uncover the forgotten history of Percy Lindsay. And along with it, capture the story of Chinese-Australian migrants during the gold rush era all the way into the 21st century. 
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Interviewees:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Alyssa Bunbury - Curator of the Grimwade Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne</li>
<li aria-level="1">Juanita Kwok - History and Heritage consultant with an interest in local histories in Australia and Chinese communities in rural Australia</li>
<li aria-level="1">Charles Zhang - Committee member of the Chinese library and President of the Chinese Australian Cultural Society of Ballarat</li>
</ul>
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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from <a href="https://www.purple-planet.com/">https://www.purple-planet.com</a> and <a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/">https://www.FesliyanStudios.com</a> under relevant licensing agreements.

The Other Gold Rush

For First Nations people, art has been a vehicle to tell personal and universal stories for over 60,000 years. Ngarrindjeri artist Trevor Nickolls’ story is complex, exploring the history of dispossession and loss, and the hope and beauty of finding a way back to knowing. Breaking free of the assumptions and prejudices placed on First Nations artists by white society, his ground-breaking career inspired artists across the country to express their own identities. This week on Uncurated, Sean Ruse and Prealene Khera explore Nickolls’ life and legacy through his long-lost painting “Tightrope Walking”.

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Interviewees:
Judith Ryan - former Senior Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Victoria
Angelika Tyrone - Director and Owner of Australian & International Arts
Tiriki Onus - Head of the Wilin Center for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne 
Richard Bell - Renowned Artist and Activist 

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from freesound.org, freemusicarchive.org, Blue Dot Sessions and ABC News under relevant licensing agreements.

Dany Pkl by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

Piano Tape Loop by Daniel Birch (https://freemusicarchive.org/home)

Trevor Nickolls’ interview with Emma Sleath on ABC (https://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2009/11/27/2754081.htm)

For First Nations people, art has been a vehicle to tell personal and universal stories for over 60,000 years. Ngarrindjeri artist Trevor Nickolls’ story is complex, exploring the history of dispossession and loss, and the hope and beauty of finding a way back to knowing. Breaking free of the assumptions and prejudices placed on First Nations artists by white society, his ground-breaking career inspired artists across the country to express their own identities. This week on Uncurated, Sean Ruse and Prealene Khera explore Nickolls’ life and legacy through his long-lost painting “Tightrope Walking”.
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Interviewees:
<ul>
<li>Judith Ryan - former Senior Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Victoria</li>
<li>Angelika Tyrone - Director and Owner of Australian &amp; International Arts</li>
<li>Tiriki Onus - Head of the Wilin Center for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne </li>
<li>Richard Bell - Renowned Artist and Activist </li>
</ul>
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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from freesound.org, freemusicarchive.org, Blue Dot Sessions and ABC News under relevant licensing agreements.
Dany Pkl by Blue Dot Sessions (<a href="http://www.sessions.blue/">www.sessions.blue</a>).
Piano Tape Loop by Daniel Birch (<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/home">https://freemusicarchive.org/home</a>)
Trevor Nickolls’ interview with Emma Sleath on ABC (<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2009/11/27/2754081.htm">https://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2009/11/27/2754081.htm</a>)

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