Critical Animals – Exploring curious and uncharted niches in contemporary art and critical thought.

Critical Animals Research Symposium

28 September - 1 October 2017

Octapod and The Lock-Up present Critical Animals as part of This is Not Art

Exploring curious and uncharted niches in contemporary art and critical thought.

Critical Animals is a creative research symposium held annually as a part of This Is Not Art festival in Newcastle, Australia.

It’s a forum for students, researchers, writers, artists, thinkers and curious individuals who are critically engaged with creative and experimental art practices. It’s an opportunity to present papers and ongoing research, as well as to challenge creative practices and work collaboratively with others in the field..

2017 Events

Official Exhibition

2017 Artists

2017 Theme

Sticker Protest
Nina will produce a sticker highlighting artist fees and working...
Questions of everyday feeling: media and the shaping of gender
This panel focuses on how gender and affects (such as...
Critical Suburbia
Launch of Karen Lowry’s “Chamberlain Street” (suburban poetry game) and...
Co•–st•–l W•–ve Tr•–nsl•–tor
An installation that translates wave data from weather buoys located...
Intoxication
“It’s about connection. Connection in all its forms: between people,...