 | The UOW Cyprus excavation team includes (left to right) Mr Brogan Bun... The UOW Cyprus excavation team includes (left to right) Mr Brogan Bunt, Professor Diana Wood Conroy, Amanda Hodder, Cameron Candy, Ms Diane Epoff and Matt Dalton |
Professorial Lecture discusses art and archaeology in Cyprus
23 Aug 2007 | Renee Criddle
The most recent Professorial Lecture at the University of Wollongong discussed the journey of artists and archaeologists working together at the excavation of a Greco-Roman theatre in Paphos, Cyprus.
The lecture, entitled The Paphos Theatre, Cyprus: conjunctions of art and archaeology was given by Faculty of Creative Arts lecturer, Professor Diana Wood Conroy.
Professor Wood Conroy discussed how staff and students of the Faculty of Creative Arts participated in the University of Sydney's Paphos Theatre archaeological team in Cyprus directed by Professor Richard Green from 1996 – 2006.
The theatre in antiquity brought together all the arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, poetry, music, song, drama) as the central point of communication and ritual. The lecture will explore the intersections of art and archaeology through the understanding of material cultures between Cyprus and Australia.
The discussion also emphasised the central focus of experimental art making, especially in textiles, drawing and photography and its links to wider theoretical issues in the scholarly research field of archaeology and art history.
The Paphos Theatre project in Creative Arts has enlarged the developing understanding of art as 'research' in a university environment.
The 'Professorial Lecture Series' is an opportunity to hear about the research work and achievements of academic staff members who have either been promoted to professorial level or are recent appointments to the University. Anyone is welcome to attend these lunchtime lectures.
The next lecture will be presented by Professor Colin Woodroffe from the Faculty of Science’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He will give an overview of climate change and the coast of Australia.
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