MPavilion

In 1932, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) established the world’s first curatorial department devoted to architecture and design. Director Glenn D. Lowry pioneered and presided over the museum’s 2004 renovation, designed by the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi, and is currently overseeing the ambitious expansion and redevelopment that is set for completion in 2018. Lowry spoke at MPavilion in October 2014 about design’s role in the museum, and was joined in conversation by Edmund Capon, chair of the Australian Institute of Architects Foundation and former director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/moma-director-glenn-d-lowry-in-conversation-with-edmund-capon

Presented by DIS-cour.se, this discussion looks at the themes prevalent in the film Cathedrals of Culture—a screening collaboration between ACMI and MPavilion in November 2014—and will deliberate on the narrative that is created by our interaction with spaces we know all too well. This panel—of multidisciplinary artist Callum Morton, architects Aaron Roberts and Kristin Green, and visual artist Marnie Edmiston—focuses on how the perception of our environment is often only a thin veil of the real space.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-cathedrals-of-culture-dis-cour-se-presents-distraction-and-recognition

Presented by DIS-cour.se, this discussion looks at the themes prevalent in the film Cathedrals of Culture—a screening collaboration between ACMI and MPavilion in November 2014—and will deliberate on the narrative that is created by our interaction with spaces we know all too well. This panel—of multidisciplinary artist Callum Morton, architects Aaron Roberts and Kristin Green, and visual artist Marnie Edmiston—focuses on how the perception of our environment is often only a thin veil of the real space.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-cathedrals-of-culture-dis-cour-se-presents-distraction-and-recognition

Who was John Truscott? The multi-talented theatre designer, festival director and Academy Award-winning film designer was instrumental in creating the vibrant, celebratory public art culture Melburnians enjoy today. He was also responsible for the much-loved Botanica event in the Queen Victoria Gardens—the site of MPavilion.

Truscott's skills, achievements and legacy are fuel for lively discussion in this Q&A panel discussion that features contributions from those who knew him well—designer Ken Cato, landscape designer Paul Bangay, Australian Galleries' Stuart Purves, artistic director of White Night Melbourne, Andrew Walsh, and Martin Carlson, Chair of the John Truscott Design Foundation.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/melbourne-festival-john-truscott-a-creative-melburnian-talk

Who was John Truscott? The multi-talented theatre designer, festival director and Academy Award-winning film designer was instrumental in creating the vibrant, celebratory public art culture Melburnians enjoy today. He was also responsible for the much-loved Botanica event in the Queen Victoria Gardens—the site of MPavilion.

Truscott's skills, achievements and legacy are fuel for lively discussion in this Q&A panel discussion that features contributions from those who knew him well—designer Ken Cato, landscape designer Paul Bangay, Australian Galleries' Stuart Purves, artistic director of White Night Melbourne, Andrew Walsh, and Martin Carlson, Chair of the John Truscott Design Foundation.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/melbourne-festival-john-truscott-a-creative-melburnian-talk

Professor Rob Adams explores ‘design and the city’ in this special Melbourne Festival edition of MTalks. What role does design play in urban revitalisation? What challenges persist for Melbourne’s CBD? What’s next for the inner suburbs and our commuter corridors? Prof. Adams presides over an evening of talking about thinking about cities, with contributions from Bernard Salt (KPMG), Patrick Ness (Cox Architects), Eli Giannini (MGS Architects) and Simon Spain (Artplay).

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-melbourne-festival-melbourne-as-a-design-city-with-rob-adams-am

Professor Rob Adams explores ‘design and the city’ in this special Melbourne Festival edition of MTalks. What role does design play in urban revitalisation? What challenges persist for Melbourne’s CBD? What’s next for the inner suburbs and our commuter corridors? Prof. Adams presides over an evening of talking about thinking about cities, with contributions from Bernard Salt (KPMG), Patrick Ness (Cox Architects), Eli Giannini (MGS Architects) and Simon Spain (Artplay).

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-melbourne-festival-melbourne-as-a-design-city-with-rob-adams-am

Sean Godsell, architect of the inaugural MPavilion, in conversation with Melbourne Festival creative director Josephine Ridge. Hear how Sean’s pavilion was inspired by pragmatic design responses to the Australian landscape—as well as outback sheds and verandas—and how his versatile and welcoming design echoes the way plants respond to the sun. This flair for flexibility and sustainability is a hallmark of Sean’s architectural practice, visible in previous works such as the ‘breathable’ photovoltaic skin of his RMIT Design Hub, and his award-winning Future Shack.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-melbourne-festival-sean-godsell-with-josephine-ridge

Sean Godsell, architect of the inaugural MPavilion, in conversation with Melbourne Festival creative director Josephine Ridge. Hear how Sean’s pavilion was inspired by pragmatic design responses to the Australian landscape—as well as outback sheds and verandas—and how his versatile and welcoming design echoes the way plants respond to the sun. This flair for flexibility and sustainability is a hallmark of Sean’s architectural practice, visible in previous works such as the ‘breathable’ photovoltaic skin of his RMIT Design Hub, and his award-winning Future Shack.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-melbourne-festival-sean-godsell-with-josephine-ridge

What does it take to commission an architectural pavilion and create it from scratch? This talk traces the vision behind MPavilion, from its initial concept and funding to its innovative design. Hear from MPavilion’s patron Naomi Milgrom—whose foundation helped make it a reality—alongside acclaimed architect Sean Godsell, who designed the inaugural 2014/15 pavilion, and Serpentine Galleries director Julia Peyton-Jones, who conceived a similar architectural pavilion commission program in London in 2000. They appear in conversation with MPavilion creative director Robert Buckingham and senior curator Natalie King.

http://www.mpavilion.org/program/mtalks-naomi-milgrom-sean-godsell-and-julia-peyton-jones