Kircher Library Visual Arts

7 minute video

11 1/2 minute sound recording of Vernon Ah Kee talking about his work.

5 minute video of Vernon Ah Kee talking about his exhibition "Cant Chant (we grew here) at the Venice Biennale 2009.

1 1/2 minute soud recording about Vernon Ah Kee's work.

4 1/2 minute video of artist Vernon Ah Kee talking about his work, which is included in the exhibition Half light: portraits from Black Australia.

A two minute sound recording talk about Vernon Ah Kee's work. This is a print by contemporary Aboriginal artist Vernon Ah Kee titled Austracism (2003). It is a direct play on the word 'ostracism', looking at the commonly expressed sentiments surrounding racism in Australia.

Article about Vernon Ah Kee's multimedia work.

Article about Vernon Ah Kee's work in the Sydney Biennale 2008.

2 1/2 video interview with Vernon Ah Kee, one of the artists in Sakahan: International Indigenous Art, on view at the National Gallery of Canada until 2 September 2013.

Article about the commissioned works by artists Vernon Ah Kee, Brook Andrew and Jonathan Jones. The Barak Commissions: Brook Andrew, Marks and Witness: A Lined Crossing in Tribute to William Barak; Jonathan Jones, Untitled (muyan); Vernon Ah Kee, Ideas of Barak.

A 15 minute video about the making of Ai Weiwei's Sunflower seeds. Ai Weiwei's (艾未未) Sunflower Seeds is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but actually unique. However realistic they may seem, these life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain. Each seed has been individually sculpted and painted by specialists working in small-scale workshops in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen. Far from being industrially produced, they are the effort of hundreds of skilled hands. Poured into the interior of the Turbine Hall's vast industrial space, the 100 million seeds form a seemingly infinite landscape. Porcelain is almost synonymous with China and, to make this work, Ai Weiwei has manipulated traditional methods of crafting what has historically been one of China's most prized exports. Sunflower Seeds invites us to look more closely at the 'Made in China' phenomenon and the geo-politics of cultural and economic exchange today. Sunflower Seeds was on display at Tate Modern from 12 October 2010 - 2 May 2011.

A one hour video program of  Ai Weiwei in conversation with ABC TV journalist and presenter Virginia Trioli. Hear Ai Weiwei explore his artistic and philosophical approach.