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Designer, writer, creative producer. Also: @critical_visualisation @urbanfieldnaturalist

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💧BODIES OF WATER💧TALKS NOW LIVE 💧

We are thrilled to share the highly requested recordings of our 'Bodies of Water' public program series. Led by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski, the program was presented in parallel with the exhibition 'A river runs through' by Spence Messih.

'Bodies of Water' brought together researchers, students, educators and the public to explore the relationships between bodies, waterways, place and Country through conversation, storytelling, and creative workshops. We hope the program offered meaningful opportunities for learning, dialogue, and deepening engagement with the entangled systems that shape our worlds.

We extend our thanks to Jason Benedek and the UTS Production team and the Faculty of Design & Society for making these recordings available.

Watch now via links in bio.

#bodiesofwater #bodiesandboundaries #riverkin #writingbodiesandplaces #utsfds

[ID: a carousel of different people speaking to an audience in a gallery setting, with quotes from each of the presenters displayed on vibrant earth-coloured backgrounds.] taken in UTS Gallery & Art Collection by @zoesado

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What will the graphic design industry look like in 10 years? With the current rate of technological change, is it even possible to imagine that far ahead? Join @utsviscom and grad Principle Product Designer for @canva @jessica_faccin reflecting on her career designing digital products, the impact of GenAI on the design industry, and whether moral ambiguity is a skill designers need to survive the years ahead.

6.15 for 6.30 start, L5 UTS Building 6: 702 Harris St Ultimo. See story or DM for Humantix link.

The second in a series of talks hosted by UTS School of Design @utsfds addressing the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities of Design in uncertain times. Recordings at: https://www.youtube.com/@UTSDesign

Series design by @anjas__studio by @zoesado

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Join Lucy Kimbell and camerontw in conversation on Design | Futures | Policy | Politics. The first in a series of talks, workshops and barstool lectures from UTS School of Design interrogating the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities for Design in uncertain times.

RSVP for in person attendance, or a link to the recording later. https://events.humanitix.com/tonkinwise-kimbell

6.15 for a 6.30pm start, Monday 31 Aug
Level 5, UTS Bldg 6, 702 Harris Street Ultimo by @zoesado

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2 months ago

THIS WEEK:
𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 & 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜, featuring creative writing practitioners Dr Delia Falconer, Dr Dave Drayton, Holly O’Neil and Georgina Reid
Thursday 13 August, 5–6pm
UTS Gallery (Building 6, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo)

This program offers a critical look at the language we use to describe complex and entangled systems through live readings of recent creative nonfiction writing, to be followed by a creative writing exercise. 𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 & 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 is the final session in a series of free learning and making programs organised by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski, presented in parallel with the exhibition 'A river runs through' by Spence Messih. RSVP via link in bio.

Bios in comments below 👇

#bodiesofwater #zoesadokierski #utsgallery #learningprogram #deliafalconer davedrayton hollyoneil georginareid

[ID: a carousel of images including an earth-toned colour poster with simple text, promoting an upcoming learning and making session at UTS Gallery, followed by images of the speakers.] taken in UTS Gallery & Art Collection by @zoesado

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What can a river teach us when we trace the entangled relationships that constitute its intelligence—between water, sediment, species, and seasons? And how might sitting with that complexity open up ways of thinking, making and caring, that take seriously the more-than-human?⁣
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Join Indigenous water science researcher Bradley Moggridge and artist, curator and researcher Kirsten Wehner for a panel discussion on the provocations prompted by waterways, facilitated by Zoë Sadokierski, 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 program academic lead and designer, writer, creative producer and educator.⁣
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The discussion will be followed by a collage session addressed to bodies of water.⁣
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A separate screening of the short documentary 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭 (2024), co-produced by the National Museum of Australia, the Cad Factory and Otis Filley Studios, follows the session.⁣
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𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧 with with Prof Bradley Moggridge, Dr Kirsten Wehner, facilitated by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski ⁣
Thursday 6 August, 12–2.30pm⁣
UTS Gallery, CB06.04.358, (Building 6, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo)⁣

𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧 is the second in a series of free learning and making programs organised by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski, presented in parallel with the exhibition 𝘈 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 by Spence Messih. RSVP via link in bio.⁣
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𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 screening⁣
2–2.40pm⁣
The Rizzo, CB06.03.022 Collaborative Theatre (Building 6, Level 3, 702 Harris St, Ultimo)⁣
A short documentary on collaborative responses to mass fish kills along the Barka/Darling River, where ecological crisis is approached through cultural and creative practice.⁣

[continued in comments] by @zoesado

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3 months ago

COMING UP: 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 & 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, with Dr Astrid Lorange and Dr Ali Chalmers Braithwaite
Wednesday 22 July, 1230–2pm
UTS Gallery (Building 6, Level 4, 702 Harris St, Ultimo)

In this session, Lorange reflects on recent writings and Chalmers-Braithwaite discusses her project 'The Body Traces Archive: Designing Slimy VR for Queer Embodiment', with a dialogue to follow that examines methods for subverting dominant visual and descriptive modes of bodies in virtual space. The discussion will be followed by a body trace drawing session. 'Bodies and Boundaries' is the first in a series of free learning and making programs organised by Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski, presented in parallel with the exhibition 'A river runs through' by Spence Messih. RSVP via link in bio.

𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 is a writer, editor, and teacher. She is Senior Lecturer in the School of Art & Design and Associate Dean of Graduate Research in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture at UNSW Sydney. She is one-half of the critical art collective Snack Syndicate and she co-edits Rosa Press. Her recent poetry book is 'Raw Materials', Atelos Press, 2024. A book on contemporary art and police power, co-written with Andrew Brooks, is forthcoming with Power Publications.

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗲 is a design researcher, creative practitioner, and Lecturer of Interaction Design (Education Focused) in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney. Their work explores how queer and cyberfeminist approaches can be used in designing with digital mediums and interactive experiences such as virtual reality. As part of their doctoral research, Alexandra produced the VR experience 'Body Traces Archive' (2024). Alexandra also collaborates with contemporary Australian artists on projects such as 'Habit Habit' by Kalanjay Dhir (2022).

#bodiesofwater #zoesadokierski #utsgallery #learningprogram #astridlorange alichalmersbraithwaite

[ID: a carousel of images including an earth-toned colour poster with simple text, promoting an upcoming learning and making session at UTS Gallery, followed by images of the speakers.] taken in UTS Gallery & Art Collection by @zoesado

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𝙱𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 is a free learning program presented in parallel with the exhibition 'A river runs through' by Spence Messih, bringing together artists, writers and researchers across July – August 2026 to explore water, place and more-than-human relations. UTS Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski is the inaugural Academic Lead for the 2026 program. Open to researchers, students, educators and the wider public, 'Bodies of Water' offers new ways to connect with contemporary ideas through art, research and making.

Wednesday 22 July, 12.30–2pm
'Bodies & boundaries'
Featuring Dr Astrid Lorange and Dr Ali Chalmers Braithwaite, who examine how bodies are produced and mediated through writing, research and VR practice, followed by a participatory workshop on embodied tracing.

Thursday 6 August, 12.30–2pm
'River kin'
Convenes First Nations Water Science researcher Bradley Moggridge and artist, curator and researcher Kirsten Wehner to discuss rivers as living relational systems, followed by a collage-based workshop.

Thursday 6 August, 2–3.30pm
'Screening: More than a Fish Kill'
A short documentary on collaborative responses to mass fish kills along the Barka/Darling River, where ecological crisis is approached through cultural and creative practice.

Thursday 13 August, 5–6pm
'Writing bodies & places'
Featuring creative writing practitioners Delia Falconer, Dave Drayton, Holly O’Neil and Georgina Reid, followed by an experimental writing exercise.

RSVP to sessions via link in bio.

#bodiesofwater #zoesadokierski #utsgallery #learningprogram

[ID: a carousel of 5 soft, earth-toned colour posters with simple text, promoting an upcoming program of free learning and making sessions around themes of water, place and more-than-human relations.] taken in UTS Gallery & Art Collection by @zoesado

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3 months ago

Behind the scenes for an essay on the @powerhousemuseum’s Maralinga clock, papier-mâché mushroom models, eucalyptus tree samples and other objects drawn together by a literal or metaphorical connection to Australia’s nuclear history. Link in bio and:
https://powerhouse.com.au/stories/minutes-and-millennia-the-maralinga-souvenir-clock

Images here are from a trip to the Castle Hill storage facility in late 2024 with @jemmabirrell and the encyclopaedic @matthewconnell4

Spending time with the objects — observing, sketching and, where permitted, handling — deeply informed my writing. From noticing hand written marks on the back of the clock to being unexpectedly moved by the tree samples in deep, crazy-cold storage, encountering the objects ‘in the flesh’ was a vastly different process than desktop research. It’s always worth investing time in site visits. taken in Powerhouse Castle Hill by @zoesado

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3 months ago

A free program of roundtables, workshops, and performances exploring topics including decolonial mapping, augmented reality for social justice, visualising cultural metadata and AI ethics. The program features a Data Salon, co-hosted by the Sydney Culture Network in the UTS Data Arena, an exhibition of postgraduate ‘Objects of Research’, a storytelling event at Knox Street Bar and a workshop stream providing hands-on experience of disruptive methods. All welcome but please RSVP for catering (we hate waste):

https://events.humanitix.com/disruptive-methods by @zoesado

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4 months ago

It's a big weekend of activities at The Social Glue of Sydney exhibition this weekend.

Saturday May 16, 11 - 1:
Wacky Characters workshop with @bettina_kaiser_art and @6t.scissors
$15, $10. 6 places left

Sunday May 17, 2 - 2.30
Anarchival collage, a talk by @zoesado free

Sunday May 17, 2.45-4
Miniature concertina workshop with @zoesado and @prettyshakecollage (includes Zoe Sadokierski's talk). 1 ticket left!

Links to tickets for all events in our bio.

And of course you are welcome to visit the gallery anytime 10-4, this Saturday and Sunday, and then next Thursday-Sunday for our final week. taken in Chrissie Cotter Gallery by @zoesado

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5 months ago

This is the second of our workshops for this coming weekend.

Sunday 17 we have this "Make a Miniature Concertina Book" workshop, which is prodeced by a talk on "Anarchival Collage" by our own Zoe Sadokierski @zoesado
The talk is free, the workshop, which includes the talk, is a small fee. The facilitators for the workshop are Zoe Sadokierski and Social Glue founder Kathryn Bird @prettyshakecollage

Saturday 16 we have "Collage kids - wacky characters". The facilitators are Social Glue members Bettina Kaiser @bettina_kaiser_art and Jacqui Biffin @6t.scissors

We have 2 general admission and 3 financial hardship places left for this Sunday's workshop, so be quick! taken in Chrissie Cotter Gallery by @zoesado

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Work/Play documents a decade of my collage practice, across studio experiments and commercial work. It was produced through the @blurbbooks Creator Program, and was awarded Best Designed Small-run Book at the 2026 @theabda awards. by @zoesado

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