A six-day conference for Res Artis members and delegates involving Australian and International speakers, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, commissioned performances, music & literary events will be held from Tues, August 10 to Mon August 16, 2004 at the Artspace Visual Art Centre, Woolloomooloo, Australia. International conference speakers will be invited from Asia, Africa, South America and Australia to join with their Australian colleagues and Res Artis delegates to rethink the direction and flow of globalism from the critical position of the South. The Conference is constructed as a city-wide program across Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest capital cities in Australia. A key objective is to ensure that the culturally diverse International delegates and members of Res Artis Artist-in-Residency Centres are exposed to the multidisciplinary infrastructure of Australian art and cultural organisations. The Conference program has been designed on the basis of cultural inclusivity, industry development, international networking and cultural exchange. The Conference program has been designed to coincide with the 14th International Biennale of Sydney and 2004: Australian Visual Art & Culture Exhibition in Melbourne, a major survey of contemporary art, film, video & new media at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The intention of the Conference is to generate discussion that is inclusive and participatory within a framework that privileges contributions at all levels and reduces the space between cultures and difference as well as between speakers and audience participants. The Conference will be a discursive space for dialogue and engagement in the exchange of cultural knowledge and art. For tickets and registration, please visit: CLICK HERE. For more information, please contact: Nicholas Tsoutas Email: artspace@artspace.org.au