Article about Mark Seymour speaking at the Music + Me exhibition in Melbourne.

Author:  Paul Cashmere, Noise 11.

Date: 18 December 2013.

Original URL: http://www.noise11.com/news/mark-seymour-speak-music-melbourne-exhibition-20131218

Article Text

Mark Seymour, frontman for Hunters & Collectors, will address the issues facing musicians in a free talk during the Music, Melbourne + Me exhibition in Melbourne.

‘Music, Melbourne + Me’ is a free exhibition at the RMIT Gallery in Melbourne and open until February 22.

The Mark Seymour talk is free and open to the public but with limited spaces, bookings are essential.

The Mark Seymour talk is on February 12.

Music, Melbourne + Me will also host a talk with Dogs In Space director Richard Lowenstein who will discuss Melbourne’s independent music scene before a screening of Dogs In Space on February 13.

The Music, Melbourne + Me exhibition features four decades of Melbourne music artifacts including costumes worn by Kylie Minogue and Split Enz, the original artwork for Skyhooks Living In The 70s album and a photo exhibition by Melbourne music photographers Ros O’Gorman from Noise11 and Mark Boukouvalas.

Wed 12 Feb MARK SEYMOUR – PUBLIC TALK 
Mark Seymour addresses a range of issues affecting musicians which are revealed as themes in the Music, Melbourne and Me exhibition. http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=zw72z1b46xp41

Thu 13 Feb DOGS IN SPACE – REVISITED. FILM SCREENING AND TALK 
Dr Kipps Horn and Richard Lowenstein discuss the Melbourne indie band scene before screening the movie Dogs in Space. http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=dvz5jvochpu41

Wed 19 Feb GLITTER ROCK TO GRUNGE: MUSIC AND FASHION 
Melbourne, Music and Me curator Dr Kipps Horn speaks with Associate Professor Robyn Healy about rock fashion past and present. http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=szibxrhht4a51

Thu 20 Feb AUTOLUMINESCENT: ROWLAND S. HOWARD;FILM SCREENING AND TALK 
Dr Kipps Horn, Lynn-Maree Milburn and Richard Lowenstein discuss performance cults and the punk scene in Melbourne. http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=b5r83xbrst451

Dates and Times

Music, Melbourne + Me;
40 Years Of Mushroom 
& Melbourne’s Music Culture
RMIT Gallery, 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Open weekdays from 11 am – 5pm (to 7pm Thursdays)
Saturdays 12 noon – 5pm
(Closed Sundays, public holidays and from 25/12/2013 – 2/1/2014)

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