MPavilion

Listen to this future-focused panel discussion about Smart Cities: what does innovation look like in the 21st century? This talk was recorded as part of the Assemble Papers 'Living Closer Together Symposium: Future Legacies' a series of discussions exploring the intersection of design, action and community.

Listen to this future-focused panel discussion about citizen-lead housing projects, as part of the Assemble Papers 'Living Closer Together Symposium: Future Legacies' a series of discussions exploring the intersection of design, action and community.

Revisit this panel discussion with Amelia Wallin, Edition Office, Mark Feary, Mathieu Briand and Megan Cope, as they investigate the possible guidelines and outcomes for the creation of contemporary art spaces, and explore the important relationship between architects and the contemporary Australian arts ecology: How is a contemporary narrative suggested through architecture and design? What is the significance of this to the community when we don’t all share the same perspective.

Listen to host Peter Maddison in conversation with Glenn Murcutt AO and Naomi Milgrom AO (founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation which commissions each year’s MPavilion)as they discuss Glenn's design for the 2019 edition of MPavilion, his illustrious fifty-year practice, and his most recent and forthcoming projects.

In this special presentation podcast for our MPavilion 2019 season, architect Glenn Murcutt AO spoke with Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler while sitting inside his newly completed pavilion. Glenn explains in poetic detail his design for the 2019 edition of MPavilion. We hear how the surrounding park breathes into this seasonal structure, and how all his works are is in deep dialogue with their environment. We also learn more about the origins of his keen observational skills and work ethic, instilled in childhood.

Leading the first all-black curatorial team for the 10th Berlin Biennale, Gabi Ngcobo has made international headlines this year, speaking about the importance of revisiting history in our art institutions.

This MTalks event, co-presented by the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), brought a lecture by Gabi, the curator and educator titled 'Working with the unknown', which was MUMA's Boiler Room Lecture for 2018.

In this talk, Gabi Ngcobo spoke about her collaborative curatorial practice starting from the founding and ending of the collaborative platform Centre for Historical Reenactments (2010–2014) to co-establishing NGO—Nothing Gets Organised.

Both projects traverse her artistic and educational approaches and have influenced some of the large scale projects she has been worked on during the past five years, including A Labour of Love, 32nd Sao Paulo Biennale and the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art.

The lecture was convened by Hannah Mathews, MUMA’s senior curator.

What does Indigenising education mean in the built environment? Should we learn about the Indigenous built environment and, if so, what should we learn, and when, how, why and from whom? Hear from current students, graduates, practitioners and educators about the past, present and possibilities for the future of education and its representation of Indigenous perspectives and realities.

MPavilion’s second annual BLAKitecture forum brought together Indigenous built environment practitioners on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people. The 2018 forum aimed to centralise Indigenous voices in conversations about architecture, the representation of histories, the present state and the future of our built environments. BLAKitecture 2018 was curated by MPavilion’s program consultant Sarah Lynn Rees.

What does Indigenising education mean in the built environment? Should we learn about the Indigenous built environment and, if so, what should we learn, and when, how, why and from whom? Hear from current students, graduates, practitioners and educators about the past, present and possibilities for the future of education and its representation of Indigenous perspectives and realities.

MPavilion’s second annual BLAKitecture forum brought together Indigenous built environment practitioners on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people. The 2018 forum aimed to centralise Indigenous voices in conversations about architecture, the representation of histories, the present state and the future of our built environments. BLAKitecture 2018 was curated by MPavilion’s program consultant Sarah Lynn Rees.

Many individuals, groups and institutions in Australia now incorporate an acknowledgement of country into official proceedings—a recognition of the Traditional Owners of the land in which people gather, and events take place. But what does that actually mean in practice?

In so many ways, architecture and urbanism are invested in ideas of land, and historical conceptions of ownership—be it through force or other means. So, to kick off MPavilion’s 2018 season, we sought to take some time out and think Critically about Country: the levels of meaning, understanding, occupation and use of land.

Participants in this chat included Melbourne Festival director Jonathan Holloway, MPavilion 2018 architect Carme Pinós, architect Jefa Greenaway and the Royal Botanic Gardens of Melbourne’s Robin Penty.

Explore the different aspects of sound healing and music therapy in this intellectual and spiritual discussion at MPavilion as part of Melbourne Music Week 2018. Hear how music and sound can help improve your physical and mental health, and how sound can induce a state of profound relaxation, meditation, expansion of consciousness and self-healing.