In this time of isolation, Olivia Meehan thought it might be interesting to consider the art of looking, the practice of seeing and describing, and in the case of podcasts, the serenity of just listening.

In this second episode of her series to explore the Museum From Home programs, she will be taking us to Nezu Museum in Tokyo. At the end of the episode, the audience will be hearing Robyn Archer's reading of In Praise of Shadows.

Resources & Links:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/

Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en

British Museum London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/

V&A London

https://www.vam.ac.uk/

NGV - National Gallery of Victoria

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/

Art Gallery of New South Wales

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

National Library of Australia

https://www.nla.gov.au/

Nezu Museum Tokyo

http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/index.html

Reading

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows 陰翳礼讃, In'ei Raisan, translated by Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker, London: Vintage Books, 1977.

With thanks to Robyn Archer for the reading.

In this second part of the conversation between Mitch Goodwin and Jennifer Beckett, they chat about how to maintain a sense of personal well-being while working from home, and ways to help our students during this time of local and global upheaval.

More information on the The ALGEE Health Plan mentioned in the episode

Host: Mitch Goodwin

Guest speaker: Jennifer Beckett

Editor and producer: Xia Cui

Jennifer Beckett is an expert on managing online communities, and she's very familiar with the subtle art of keeping these communities healthy, safe, and productive in an educational context. In this episode, our host Mitch Goodwin chats with Jen to find out how.

Further information on the Sense of Community Index as mentioned in the episode.

Host: Mitch Goodwin

Guest Speaker: Jennifer Beckett

Editor and producer: Xia Cui

As school children are now studying at home, how can educators and parents help them to adapt? Today our guest speaker on the matter is William Newman from Alice Spring School of the Air, the world's largest classroom covering 1.3 million kilometres, which has been providing education to children in remote areas since 1951.

Interviewer: Xia Cui

Guest speaker: William Newman

Producer and editor: Xia Cui

This is part 5 of the "checking-in" series in which our host Wajeehah Aeyeshah zoomed in with academics from the Faculty of Arts and chatted about how they are adjusting in life and teaching in this fast changing situation.

Muhammad Kamal is a senior lecturer in Islamic Studies. He admitted that he's not a technological person and doesn't even have a mobile phone himself. So how has he been doing working and teaching from home? Find out in this episode.

Host: Wajeehah Aeyeshah

Guest Speaker: Muhammad Kamal

Editor and producer: Xia Cui

In this time of isolation, Olivia Meehan thought it might be interesting to consider the art of looking, the practice of seeing and describing, and in the case of podcasts, the serenity of just listening.

Hence in this special series, she will be exploring a few of the Museum From Home programs and guiding the audience to appreciate the selected collections around the world through the art of looking. Her language is beautiful, and description vivid, putting the audience right there among the artworks.

At the end of each episode, the audience will also get to hear the reading of selected works by Robyn Archer.

This first episode of the series presents Kettle's Yard house museum and gallery in Cambridge, England.

Resources & Links of interest

Look Up! The Art and Science of Looking

The Art of Slow Looking Podcast

Arts and Culture Google

Kettle's Yard Museum, Cambridge England

ReCollection: Oral History Archive

A Handful of Objects - explore five key objects from the Kettle's Yard collection through film, sound, images and 360-degree views.

Work of Art

Christopher Wood, Boy with a Cat (Jean Bourgoint), 1926, oil and graphite on canvas, 1480 x 585 mm

http://tour.kettlesyard.co.uk/e1-library/attachment/boy-cat/

Reading

A Room to Live In: A Kettle's Yard Anthology edited by Tamar Yoseloff, Cambridge: Salt Publishing, 2007, pp.52-53.

First Reading: Meredith Bowles

Second Reading: A Bowl By Lucie Rie by Susan Watson

With thanks to Robyn Archer for the reading.

This is part 3 of the "checking-in" series in which our host Wajeehah Aeyeshah zoomed in with academics from the Faculty of Arts and chatted about how they are adjusting in life and teaching in this fast changing situation.

In this episode, Mara Favoretto from the School of Languages and Linguistics shared her experience, in particular, why she would like to do more online teaching even after the pandemic.

Host: Wajeehah Aeyeshah

Guest Speaker: Mara Favoretto

Editor & producer: Xia Cui

This is part 4 of the "checking-in" series in which our host Wajeehah Aeyeshah zoomed in with academics from the Faculty of Arts and chatted about how they are adjusting in life and teaching in this fast changing situation.

In this episode, Fabio Mattioli from the School of Social and Political Sciences shared his experience: what's new, what has changed, and what he actually really enjoys.

Host: Wajeehah Aeyeshah

Guest Speaker: Fabio Mattioli

Editor & producer: Xia Cui

Kathryn Coleman is an artist, researcher and senior lecturer in Visual Arts and Design Teacher Secondary Education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

In this episode, she shared her insights into the integration of digital pedagogies for authentic learning experience, and new opportunities for learners that arise from the online environment.

Host: Xia Cui

Guest Speaker: Kathryn Coleman

Editor and producer: Xia Cui

This is part 1 of the "checking-in" series in which our host Wajeehah Aeyeshah zoomed in with academics from the Faculty of Arts and chatted about how they are adjusting in life and teaching in this fast changing situation.

In this episode, Lousie Olliff from the School of Social and Political Sciences shared her experiences.

Dr Louise Olliff works as a senior advisor for the Refugee Council of Australia, where she has been employed in policy, research and advocacy roles since 2009. Her current role focusses on RCOA's international and community engagement work.

Host: Wajeehah Aeyeshah

Guest Speaker: Louise Olliff

Editor & producer: Xia Cui