Melbourne newCardigan Interview 2018 Recorded In Studio Cienan Muir, Senior Project Officer at the Koori Youth Council and cosplayer discusses the importance of cosplay for indigenous youth and the burgeoning comic and geek scene that incorporates a wider variety of cultures than the mainstream would suggest. As part of the Indigenous Comic Con, which is […]

Perth June 2018 cardiParty Recorded Live Sarah Murphy, Manager of Interpretation and Collections, takes us on a tour of the heritage listed East Perth Cemeteries, exploring the history behind the foundation of this space, as well as ongoing maintenance and protocols that have been put in place to ensure the longevity of this important part […]

Melbourne May 2018 cardiParty Recorded Live Anna Burkey, Head of StartSpace, speaks about leading development of a new statewide StartSpace Network for State Library Victoria, supporting early-stage entrepreneurs in a state-of-the-art new $2 million facility. StartSpace is part of the Library’s $90 million transformation program to increase public access for Australia’s oldest and busiest library. […]

Perth April 2018 cardiParty Recorded live Eddie Marcus (the sharp mind behind the Dodgy Perth blog) takes us on the shortest heritage pub trail ever, exploring the Greek and Roman architecture of three iconic Northbridge pubs. There are arches, architects and anecdotes on this entertaining meander through the history of Perth architecture and pubs. The three […]

newCardigan interviews … Madeline Veitch Clare Presser in conversation with Madeline Veitch – Research, Metadata, and Zine Librarian at SUNY New Paltz – in New York for the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) conference ”Out of Bounds”. Clare and Madeline discuss all things Zine! For more information about ARLIS/NA: @ARLIS_NA arlisna.org newcardigan.org glamblogs.newcardigan.org Music […]

Perth February 2018 cardiParty Recorded live The Museum of Perth chronicles the social, cultural, political and architectural history of Perth. Their exhibition space serves as a meeting place of ideas and stories, a retail space, micro-cinema and a cultural hub in a forgotten part of the city. For our March Perth cardiParty, Reece Harley, Executive Director […]

Melbourne February 2018 cardiParty Recorded live Our February Melbourne cardiParty was held at ACCA, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, with Senior Curator Annika Kristensen taking us on a special tour of the exhibition Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism. Annika concentrated her discussion on a number of key artworks in the exhibition. https://acca.melbourne […]

Perth February 2018 cardiParty Recorded live Adam Trainer, curator of the exhibition Alternative Frequencies: 40 Years of RTRFM which celebrates four decades of the state’s longest running FM community radio station, discusses the history of the station, the curation process and the exhibition’s relationship to SLWA’s broader local music collections. newcardigan.org glamblogs.newcardigan.org Music by Professor Kliq […]

newCardigan interviews … Clare McKenzie and Kate Byrne.   During NLS8 the fabulous Andrew Kelly conducted several interviews. This is the last of the series. Andrew was lucky enough to chat with Clare McKenzie, Manager, Scholarly Content at the University of Wollongong (UOW) Library and  Kate Byrne, Research Platforms Product Manager at the software company, Symplectic.   […]

Melbourne December 2017 cardiParty Recorded live Stephanie Milsom discusses her recent exhibition, All of It, a collection of every piece of information Google has collected about her, every piece of data that she has left behind. Stephanie discusses data as art, digital privacy and just what is her relationship with her own data. stephaniemilsom.com newcardigan.org glamblogs.newcardigan.org Music […]