Join us for a symposium dedicated to exploring air through presentations and dialogues between artists and researchers. Panels include Air as a Medium, Air and Fire, and Air in Conflicts. 

This symposium is co-presented by the University of Tasmania Library and Cultural Collections with the Centre for Safe Air on the occasion of the exhibition Articulate Matter, presented at the Plimsoll Gallery as part of the Ten Days on the Island Festival.
 

Panel 1
Air as a Medium
10.15am - 11.45am

Air is a life-giving medium while also holding the potential to be life-taking. In this panel of artists and researchers, we explore the breadth of air as a medium—breathing, art, sound, and pollution—and its impact on health and society.

Panellists 

• Emily Parsons-Lord, artist
• Dr Nur Sabrina Idrose, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Geoffrey Morgan, Environmental epidemiologist, The University of Sydney
• Associate Professor Ivan Hanigan, School of Population Health, Curtin University
• Dr Mark Veitch, Director of Public Health, Tasmania

Moderator

• Professor Fay Johnston, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, The University of Tasmania

Panel 2
Air and Fire
12.15pm - 1.45pm

This panel will explore our relationship with air and fire, from myths, stories, contemporary fire practices, worldbuilding, and survival.

Panellists

• Loren Kronemyer, artist
• Professor Fay Johnston, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, The University of Tasmania
• Professor David Bowman, Director of the Fire Centre, The University of Tasmania

Moderator

• Dr Rhea Psereckis, Public Health Medicine Registrar, Centre for Safe Air

Panel 3
Air in Conflict
2.30pm - 4pm

This panel will explore the politicisation of air, air in private and public spaces, transboundary impacts, and clean air as a proxy for equity.

Panellists

• Hannah Foley, artist
• Conjoint Professor Bin Jalaludin, School of Population Health, UNSW Medicine & Health, University of New South Wales
• Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Moderator

• Caine Chennatt, Director, Curatorial and Cultural Collections and University Librarian (Interim), The University of Tasmania