Writing in the Expanded Field

Writing in the Expanded Field is an experimental art writing and publishing project led by Dr Lucinda Strahan in partnership with Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

Writing in the Expanded Field explores new compositional modes and digital rhetorics for writing art. Bringing together critics, artists, curators, poets, designers, programmers, fiction and nonfction writers, this research asks: how might we expand the forms and formats through which we come to know and make sense of art, so that more people feel engaged by, and included in Australian art and  ideas. How can interdisciplinary creative writing research help arts institutions speak to and echo the complexity and vibrancy of Australian culture and audiences?

The publications and outcomes of each edition of Writing in the Expanded Field are located and showcased in the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s Digital Wing for innovation and future-focused practices through sites of experimentation, development and collaboration.

2019 participant Ava Amedi sings in front of Brent Harris's works at the Public Readings Event at ACCA August 2019. Photo by Jacqui Shelton. Ava Amedi sings in response to works by Brent Harris in the exhibition On Vulnerability and Doubt, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, August 2019. Photo by Jacqui Shelton.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.