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Interactive Tours

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In this facilitator-led experience, students will be guided through Poetry goes no further than language (Term 2 & 3) Using their deep knowledge of the exhibition, Learning Experience Facilitators will introduce students to the key concepts and ideas through group discussions and activities, prompting students to think critically about the works.

Students and teachers receive access to the Exhibition Resource, filled with engaging audio-visual and text-based content providing detailed insights into the exhibition.

Exhibition Summary

Poetry goes no further than language revisits a defining moment in mid-1980s China, when a group of artists began to question existing ideas about art. Among them were the Beijing collective New Measurement Group and Shanghai-based artist Qian Weikang. Drawing on extensive research and careful reconstruction, this exhibition reunites the complete experimental output of New Measurement Group alongside key works by Qian Weikang, bringing this rarely seen chapter of art history to Australia for the first time. A new responsive commission by Melbourne-based artist Darcey Bella Arnold unfolds throughout the exhibition, creating a dialogue across time, space and language.

Details

Available: Terms 1-4

Levels: Levels 10-12 and VCE

Sessions: 9:30-10:45; 11-12:15; 13:00-14:15

Duration: Up to 90mins

Capacity: 30