The Birds | Public Program
Presented by Monash University Museum of Art
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Monash University Museum of Art
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield VIC, Australia
DATES
Sat 24 May 2 – 3pm
This conversation will discuss The Birds, a collaborative project by artists Jen Berean, Callum Morton and Linda Tegg at Monash University Museum of Art. The sculpture project aims to find ways for public art to contribute to the health of the flora and fauna of the places they are in and asks: what happens when the public art audience is expanded to include birds?
Participants
Callum Morton
Callum Morton is an artist, Professor of Fine Art at MADA (Monash Art Design and Architecture) and Director of MAP (Monash Art Projects). He has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1987. His public projects include Stonewash (2004) for the Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibition 2: Tunel-Karakoy, Turkey, Hotel (2008) on the Eastlink freeway in Melbourne, the permanent pavilion Grotto (2009) for the Fundament Foundation in Tilburg, the Netherlands, Silverscreen (2011) for the entrance to MUMA in Melbourne in 2010, Monument Park in Melbourne’s Docklands (2014), City Lights (2021) on the back facade of The ACE Hotel, Sydney, In Through the Out Door (2024) for the City of Sydney and The Underneath (2024) for the new Gadigal Station as part of the new Sydney Metro project. In 2007 Morton represented Australia at the Venice Biennale with his outdoor work Valhalla and in 2011 Morton’s work was the subject of a retrospective at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
Jen Berean
Jen Berean is an artist, architect and Associate Director of MAP (Monash Art Projects). Her collaborative art practice with Pat Foster (Foster Berean) was established in 2001 and together they have exhibited in Australia and internationally. Employing a diverse array of media and processes, their work unpicks the hidden systems that make up the sites and infrastructure that surrounds us. Foster Berean have been the recipients of several awards and residencies including the Australia Council residency at the ISCP, New York, Gertrude Studio Program, and the Monash University Prato Visual Arts Residency.
Linda Tegg
Linda Tegg’s artwork engages with life and the built environment. Her immersive installations and interventions aim to accumulate biodiversity and biodiverse perspectives within human-centred spaces. Interdisciplinary collaboration characterises much of her work. In 2018, she was a co-creative director of ‘Repair’ at the Australian Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Biennale Venice with Baracco+Wright Architects. She created ‘Wetland’ in conversation with Balladong Whadjuk woman Vivienne Hansen for the Perth Festival in 2024. Linda works with cultural institutions and public space and has been widely exhibited in Australia, The United States, and Europe.