At the Arts & Cultural Management Conference, we believe that meaningful discussions and creative exchanges should have no boundaries. Our online events are designed to bring together thinkers, creators, and leaders from across the globe to explore the evolving landscape of arts and culture.
Upcoming events
Borderless Fashion Practice: Collaboration, Community, and Disruption
With Vanessa Gerrie
The ACMC is pleased to announce the second online event in the lead up to our 2024 conference titled Transgression and Collaboration. Join us to hear from Vanessa Gerrie as she presents an online talk Borderless Fashion Practice: Collaboration, Community and Disruption. Twenty-first century fashion practice has become increasingly borderless and diverse in the digital era, calling into question the very boundaries that define fashion in the Western cultural context. Borderless Fashion Practice engages the work of fashion designers whose work intersects with other creative disciplines such as art, technology, science, architecture, and graphic design.
Vanessa Gerrie is a Senior Lecturer in Critical Studies at the College of Creative Arts | Toi Rauwhārangi, Massey University Wellington | Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. She has a Ph.D. in fashion studies, which was completed in 2020. Her background is in art history and theory, visual culture, and media studies with an emphasis on fashion and new media and how they intersect with critical theory. Her doctoral thesis titled ‘Borderless fashion practice: Contemporary fashion in the metamodern age’ focused on interdisciplinary creativity, collaboration, and the expanding borders of contemporary fashion practice. It was adapted into a book published by Rutgers University Press in 2023.
Past events
Togetherness and Becoming: Culture as Survival
With Bayo Akomolafe and Nick Hunt
Join philosopher, writer, activist and academic Bayo Akomolafe, travel and fiction writer, editor and storyteller Nick Hunt, and ACMC President Gabriela Mocan in a conversation centred on transgression, cultural exploration, human identity and the quest for connection. This is sure to spark transformative ideas and inspire change, don’t miss it!
Culture wields immense influence, pushing boundaries and reshaping societal norms. Creativity, balancing disruption with cooperation, serves as a catalyst for change and unity. How can writers and artists challenge norms and offer fresh perspectives on society? Through Nick’s exploration of nature and human identity, Bayo’s views on global crises, activism, and social change, alongside Gabriela’s insights, we’ll delve into societal and ecological responsiveness, cultural exploration, and our connection with the world around us.