Exhibition viewing: 5.30PM – 6PM

In conversation: 6PM – 7PM

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Join us for an in-conversation between artist Santa Fe based artist Sara Morawetz and Independent Curator Meryl Ryan as they discuss Sara’s current exhibition MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE.

Listen as Sara delves into the making and producing of her epic work ‘étalon’, a 112-day / 2,100km journey along the length of the Paris meridian remeasuring the curvature of the Earth and redetermining the length of the metre. For the first time since its creation the work has been presented in full at The Lock-Up exploring what it means to measure and be measured, and asks if in pursuit of such endeavours, can we ever truly measure up?

About Sara Morawetz
Sara Morawetz is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the processes that underpin scientific action, examining how these concepts can be leveraged through artistic inquiry. Interested in the ‘Scientific Method’ and its philosophical implications, her work is devised to test and expose the internal processes of methodological labour. Her practice examines how concepts of observation, experimentation, method and standardisation operate as both scientific and cultural apparatus, exploring the dichotomies inherent in these dual perspectives.

Her recent projects have incorporated diverse collaborations between the arts and sciences, including partnerships with scientists from NASA, MIT and NIST. Sara’s work has been exhibited throughout Australia and internationally including exhibitions at the Museé des Arts et Métiers (Paris), the Australian Consulate-General New York (New York) and a winner of the 2017 Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholar (QAGOMA Foundation).

About Meryl Ryan
Meryl Ryan is an exhibition curator, catalogue editor and essay writer, with over three decades experience in the arts sector. Currently commissioned for a biennial exhibition series at The Lock-Up (2020-2028), and previously Senior Curator, Museum of Art and Culture yapang, she has curated over 70 contemporary multidisciplinary exhibitions with projects and publications endorsed through national awards.

Meryl has worked internationally and including seven years as an editor/writer in London, UK. She was the recipient of ANU’s inaugural Janet Wilkie Memorial Scholarship for Fine Art; the recipient of ASIALINK Curatorial Exchange (Japan) in 2009 and M&G NSW Fellowship (NYC, USA) in 2013.