Exploring unique approaches to percussive performance, artist and composer Matthias Schack-Arnott’s work has been presented by Melbourne Festival, La Comete (France), Spor Festival (Denmark), Arts House, Supersense – Festival of the Ecstatic (Arts Centre Melbourne) and beyond. In conversation with Creative Director and CEO of Melbourne Fringe Simon Abrahams, Matthias discusses Groundswell—a large-scale sound installation and public sculpture that directly involved the citizens of Sydney. Ahead o...
Oct 01, 2021•46 min
Join Parlour for Women Transforming the City, a lively discussion about the many roles women play in actively making the Australian built environment – as grass-roots activists and as elected representatives, as policy-makers and public servants, as philanthropists and clients, as journalists, writers and historians, as architects, landscape architects, planners and other professionals. How have women shaped the spaces, places and policies of Australian cities? What What actions are underway now...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 43 min
How might we rethink design and (re)construction in bushfire affected places? How can we do this through participation, interdisciplinarity and local cultural knowledge? This conversation brings together insights from an ongoing collaboration between Justin Leonard (CSIRO), Daniel Miller (Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation) and Christy Bryar Architect along with Nikhila Madabhushi, a practising architect who is currently leading research and teaching on this complex topic within ...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 1 min
The years continue on, but has the conversation? This yarn between Maori and Aboriginal Australian built environment practitioners reflects on how—or if—the 'Indigenous Architecture' conversation has changed in recent years, and considers what conversations need to happen now, and in the future. MPavilion’s fourth annual BLAKitecture forum brings together Indigenous built environment practitioners on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people. The forum aims to centralise Indigenous voi...
Aug 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Liam Young is an Australian-born architect, filmmaker and founder of the urban futures think tank Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today. Creative director of MPavilion Jen Zielinska spoke to Liam ahead of the Living Cities Film Series, which features a selection of films curated by Liam in response to the theme ‘The Long View’ titled Imagined Cities: Urban Futures Prototyped through Film. In this conversation, they discuss everything from speculative fiction and the collapsing of time to using fiction as a ...
Jul 21, 2021•37 min
Timothy Morton is an author and professor of English at Rice University who writes and thinks broadly on philosophy, culture and ecology. Co-director of Uro Publications Andrew Mackenzie spoke to Timothy ahead of their opening lecture at this year’s Living Cities Forum. Listeners should prepare to have their minds slightly blown by what the world looks like through this apparently esoteric, but actually acutely real philosophical explosion—enjoy! _________________________________________________...
Jul 21, 2021•33 min
The Melbourne Awards is a community recognition program delivered by the City of Melbourne, proudly supported by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation & MPavilion. As part of the program, in April this year, a stimulating panel discussion was facilitated by Melbourne based comedian Annie Louey. The subject was 'What makes a good capital city?' and featured as guest speakers: Lord Mayor Sally Capp; Professor Doug Hilton AO, Director of WEHI and 2020 Melburnian of the Year; Mitu Bhowmick Lange, Directo...
Jun 29, 2021•54 min
Aleks Hammo sits down with Australian barrister, human rights and asylum seeker advocate, and author Julian Burnside AO QC to discuss meaning, work, hope, and much more.
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr
What do our environments become if we consider the act of design to be less about responding to the rights of humans, and more about responding to our collective obligation to care for Country? This yarn explores the responsibilities we all share as humans that temporarily inhabit Country, and how these might influence the way we design. MPavilion’s fourth annual BLAKitecture forum brought together Indigenous built environment practitioners on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people....
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 31 min
What do our environments become if we consider the act of design to be less about responding to the rights of humans, and more about responding to our collective obligation to care for Country? This yarn explores the responsibilities we all share as humans that temporarily inhabit Country, and how these might influence the way we design. MPavilion’s fourth annual BLAKitecture forum brings together Indigenous built environment practitioners on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people. ...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 10 min
While there is still much work to be done on improving design processes so that they centre the voices of the Traditional Owners, not every project has the capacity to engage. So, when we can't engage, what can we do to ensure we are working in alignment with Country and its values? In conversation with Parbin-ata Carolyn Briggs, senior Elder of the Boon Wurrung People, this talk explores what we can still do for Country when we can't engage. MPavilion’s fourth annual BLAKitecture forum brings t...
Jun 16, 2021•42 min
It could be argued that good food—and an exceptional dining experience—make Melbourne’s heart beat. So how have pandemic-induced changes to the restaurant industry affected the rhythm of our city’s dining culture? Join two of Melbourne’s most beloved restaurateurs, Hana Assafiri of Moroccan Soup Bar, Khanh Nguyen of SUNDA _ and food communicator Dani Valent for a very special panel discussion that illuminates the trials and triumphs experienced by restaurateurs throughout lockdown. While reflect...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 11 min
After the disruption to MDW 2020, Home Made is returning with a new impetus as we emerge from the experience of Covid-19 lockdowns in an altered relationship with our homes. As vacancies rise in investor grade apartments, and city dwellers look to the regions for an improved quality of life, what is the future of compact living in Melbourne? Inspired by the last decade of local housing innovation, which is unique in Australia, this exhibition explores what a more community-centred, sustainable m...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Working with MPavilion’s MRelay format, the curators of UPTOWN present an actioned-packed session of speakers primed to discuss the role of artists and designers in Melbourne’s future. UPTOWN co-curators, Fiona Scanlan and Robert Buckingham, join forces with MPavilion and Turning Circle Collective to explore how artists and designers have contributed to the cultural and economic life of Melbourne in the past and how they can help Melbourne regain its mojo. 'UPTOWN: An art exhibition for out city...
May 28, 2021•2 hr 57 min
We all experience the world through a body, a body that has certain powers, and certain constraints. Three Bodies is a short documentary film by Dorothy Allen-Pickard, commissioned by Molonglo as part of their upcoming Designing with Difference publication. It draws out an embodied relationship with the built environment through the experience of three different people, who each take us on a journey from the interior of their spaces, outside, and into the world. The screening will be followed by...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 19 min
An expert panel discussion on the Social Housing future of Victoria, and how to make it happen. 2020 turned out to be unexpectedly tough, with few opportunities for the housing sector to come together. But it also saw the Victorian Government commit unprecedented levels of funding and support to increase social and affordable housing supply across Victoria and help stimulate the State’s economy. A new Departmental structure was created - Homes Victoria, the $5.3bn Big Housing Build was announced...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min
A conversation around White Cube, the Dutch documentary by Renzo Martens that features OMA—the architecture studio behind MPavilion Monash. Hear from Congalese artist Cedart Tamasala, dutch documentary maker Renzo Martens, our 2018 architect David Gianotten, Congalese architect Arsene Ijambo and artist Eléonore Hellio in conversation with urban planner and architectural theorist Helen Runting on the making of the documentary 'White Cube'. ABOUT THE FILM White Cube follows the work of Cercle d’Ar...
May 12, 2021•36 min
What’s the art of science education and the place of art-making in science? Learn from leading science educators and artists about their study of nature, and how lessons from their research can shape our future. Featuring insights from Melbourne Zoo experts. Surroundings offers a fresh look at our relationship with space, the environment and each other. When we are in harmony with our surroundings we can be at peace with ourselves. Hosted by Triple R’s Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler, Surroundin...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min
While there is still much work to be done on improving design processes so that they centre the voices of the Traditional Owners, not every project has the capacity to engage. So, when we can’t engage, what can we do to ensure we are working in alignment with Country and its values? In conversation with Parbin-ata Carolyn Briggs, senior Elder of the Boon Wurrung People, this talk explores what we can still do for Country when we can’t engage. MPavilion’s fourth annual BLAKitecture forum brings t...
Jan 20, 2021•42 min
Listen in to a series of conversations led by beloved Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler in conversation with our Walsh Street Music artists. For the final installment of our Walsh Street Music program, Gregor work his musical magic in a room of legendary architect Robin Boyd's famous Walsh St home. Melbourne prog-pop eccentric Gregor released his debut album Silver Drop via Chapter Music in late 2018, taking the restless, idiosyncratic spirit of his previous sketches and tune...
Jan 10, 2021•8 min
Listen in to a series of conversations led by beloved Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler in conversation with our Walsh Street Music artists. For part five of our Walsh Street Music program, Baby T occupies a seat in Robin Boyd's iconic home, filling the walls with his original style and emotive lyrical comprehension. The Sudanese-born, Melbourne-bred rapper grew up in the western suburbs before going on to make an impressive name for himself in Melbourne’s underground hip hop...
Jan 03, 2021•7 min
Listen in to a series of conversations led by beloved Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler in conversation with our Walsh Street Music artists. For part four of our Walsh Street Music program, Sleeper & Snake fill a room in Robin Boyd's iconic home with their warbled vocals, fizzed improvised interludes, and shifting layers of sound. Sleeper & Snake are duo Amy Hill (Terry, Primo, Constant Mongrel) and Al Montfort (Terry, Total Control, Lower Plenty, Dick Diver etc…). Se...
Dec 28, 2020•8 min
Listen in to a series of conversations led by beloved Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler in conversation with our Walsh Street Music artists. In part three of the series Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler talk to versatile Chinese/Australian Composer and Guzheng Performing Artist. Mindy Meng Wang. Born and classically trained in China, Mindy studied western musicology in the UK and then migrated to Australia. She is a pioneer to bring Guzheng into many western genres such as expe...
Dec 20, 2020•10 min
Listen in to a series of conversations led by beloved Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler in conversation with our Walsh Street Music artists. In part two of the series Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler talk to Sweet Whirl. Sweet Whirl is the songwriting project of singer and multi-instrumentalist Esther Edquist. For the Walsh St Project she appears with guitarist Liam Barton and label mate Gregor – also on the Chapter Music record label. -----------------------------------------...
Dec 13, 2020•7 min
Listen in to a series of conversations led by beloved Triple R broadcasters Lauren Taylor and Simon Winkler in conversation with our Walsh Street Music artists. In part one of the series Lauren and Simon talk to Kee'ahn. Kee'ahn is a proud Gugu Yalanji, Jirrbal, Zenadth Kes song woman who has ventured from her home town in North Queensland, to pursue her dream in the Kulin Nation (Melbourne, Australia). With a name coming from the Wik people, meaning to dance, to sing, to play – Kee’ahn aims to ...
Dec 07, 2020•7 min
To many of us cities are places of freedom and opportunity imbued with values and qualities we respect. Yet every city has its invisible past and its forgotten people. This episode explores the legacy of colonialism in the contemporary city, speaking with Mabel O. Wilson in New York, Finn Pedersen in Perth and Sarah Lynn Rees in Melbourne. Presented by Andrew Mackenzie and Maitiú Ward from Uro Publications.
Sep 15, 2020•33 min
Due to the renewed lockdown restrictions, Open House Melbourne, MPavilion and Melbourne Music Week will be postponing the announced MERGE performances originally scheduled for Saturday 25th July until the end of August. All artists involved will remain engaged in the project which we look forward to immensely once we are able to recommence. The rescheduled performance date will be announced in early August. In the meantime please enjoy this mixtape, showcasing the five MERGE artists and why we a...
Jul 24, 2020•50 min
Sentences are kind of like suburbs. They’re places where we can use space well… or badly. Are your ideas clear, human and easy to navigate? Or are your readers driving long distances to get to something they need? In this workshop, the grammar enthusiasts at The Good Copy will explore some tactics to help us make the most of our sentence space. Pull up a seat, pick up a pencil and join us for a two-hour dabble in the dark arts of deleting: – squint at your adverbs – destroy prepositions – let yo...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 46 min
Significant research and experimentation are taking place across the globe in the domain of new fabrication processes, prototyping studies and technical advances at the scale of facades, pavilions, structures and buildings. These trajectories are diverse and disparate, working with new materials, new technologies, new computational systems and multidisciplinary coalitions. Prof Philippe Block of ETH is in the forefront of these advances and is visiting Melbourne as the Treseder Fellow at Univers...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 30 min
The suburbs are no place to raise a child. Does it really take a village to raise a child? How about a city, or a suburb? On March 5, Right Angle Studio brought together some of Melbourne’s great minds to flesh these ideas out in front of a live audience. The inaugural Place Debate pits the city against the suburbs as two teams respond to the idea that ‘the suburbs are no place to raise a child’. The evening at MPavilion was moderated by the Strategy and Insights Director at Right Angle Studio, ...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 16 min
