Public programs
Easton Pearson | Aguada dress Spring Summer 2007 | Fine cotton sateen, hand decorated with tiger’s eyes stones, Swarovski crystals and cotton tape; hand frayed edges | Photograph: Natasha Harth | Image courtesty: Easton Pearson
In-conversation
3.00pm Sunday 23 August
Designers Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson in conversation with 'Easton Pearson' exhibition curator Miranda Wallace. Gallery 1.3, GoMA.
Curator’s tour
2.00pm Thursday 10 September
Join Francis Parker, Curator, Contemporary Australian Art for an overview of the exhibition.
Gallery talk
2.00pm Sunday 20 September
Handmade in a digital age: Technology versus traditional fashion practice
Although technology is pivotal to many design industries, the majority of clothing design is still realised through traditional practices. Local fashion professionals Dean Brough and Wendy Armstrong discuss the role of conventional fashion practices and digital processes in contemporary fashion design. Please meet in the exhibition space.
Discussion: Contemporary fashion in context
2.00pm Saturday 17 October
Fashion academics and writers including Kath Horton and Tiziana Ferrero-Regis discuss contemporary fashion in the context of topics such as society and the environment. Chaired by Professor Suzi Vaughan, Head of Fashion, Queensland University of Technology, and co-editor of Five: Fashion Musings 2009. Cinema B, GoMA
Talks
Slash/Slash: The future for fashion businesses?
1.00pm Sunday 25 October
Kay McMahon, Lecturer, Fashion, Queensland University of Technology, explores the new business models for fashion designers
in traditionally ‘peripheral’ fashion cities such as Brisbane, and how this has contributed to reshaping perceptions of ‘designer’ fashion versus the mass production of clothing. Cinema B, GoMA
Dressmakers, designers and domestic spaces
2.00pm Sunday 1 November
Paula Dunlop questions some of the traditional focuses of fashion history, such as the focus on influential designers and the modern fashion ‘industry’ by revisiting the role of the dressmaker in the modern period. Paula Dunlop’s research project Unravelling design: Fashion and the plan investigates the interplay of intention and fabrication in the process of fashion design. Cinema B, GoMA
New Wave — Programs for young artists and tertiary students
Fashion event
3.00pm Wednesday 23 September
Join local fashion professionals, including Suzi Vaughan, Nadia Buick, and Leigh Buchanan for talks and refreshments in conjunction with the Easton Pearson exhibition.
