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60 61 ARTLINES 4 | 2020 WHAT’S ON VIRTUAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS Stay connected with the Gallery and your community through virtual events. For more information, visit qagoma.qld.gov.au/virtualevents. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: DISRUPT THE NARRATIVE TALKS Select dates | 7.00–8.00pm | Online via Zoom In this talk series, meet guests who are working to disrupt narratives of the past and re-write histories. Hosted by Rhianna Patrick (ABC Radio). MEDIA | 2 December 2020 Luke Pearson (CEO, IndigenousX) HISTORY | 27 January 2021 Professor Heidi Norman (University of Technology Sydney) ART | 3 March 2021 Artist Abdul Abdullah Free, book online at qagoma.qld.gov.au/virtualevents THE MOTORCYCLE: VIRTUAL TALKS Select dates | 7.00–8.00pm | Online via Zoom From the history of the leather jacket to the motorcycle being used as a vehicle for change, virtual talks during ‘The Motorcycle’ will consider the role that motorcycle culture has played in shaping history and design. Free, book online at qagoma.qld.gov.au/virtualevents. GOMA TALKS: THE FUTURE OF PROTEST Tuesday 1 December | 6.30–7.30pm | Livestreamed via YouTube GOMA Talks returns during the Children’s Art Centre exhibition ‘Now is the Time’ for a special virtual session exploring the future of protest. Hosted by Paul Barclay (ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas ). Watch the livestream at qagoma.qld.gov.au/youtube. Free, no bookings required. Presented in partnership with ABC Radio National. UBUNTU: ONE WOMAN’S MOTORCYCLE ODYSSEY ACROSS AFRICA (2016) HEATHER ELLIS Wednesday 20 January | 3.00pm | Online via Zoom Thursday 21 January | 10.30am | Online via Zoom Saturday 30 January | 3.00pm | QAG At the age of 28, while sitting in a friend’s backyard in the remote mining township of Jabiru, Heather Ellis has a light-bulb moment: she is going to ride a motorcycle across Africa. Despite never having done any long-distance motorcycle travel, nor any travel in Africa, the idea felt right. One year later, she was unloading her Yamaha TT600 at the docks in Durban, South Africa. Her travels take her to the dizzying heights of Mount Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori Mountains to the deserts of northern Kenya. Everywhere she goes, Heather is aided by locals and travellers alike, who take her into their homes and hearts, helping her to truly understand the spirit of ubuntu — a Bantu word meaning ‘I am because you are’. THE FLAMETHROWERS (2013) RACHEL KUSHNER Wednesday 24 February | 3.00pm | Online via Zoom Thursday 25 February | 10.30am | Online via Zoom Saturday 27 February | 3.00pm | QAG Rachel Kushner’s critically acclaimed lightning bolt of a novel, The Flamethrowers , follows the life of a young artist who turns her fascination with motorcycles into an art career, exploring the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. The narrative straddles two revolutions: the squatter–artist scene of Manhattan’s SoHo in the 1970s and the rise of Italy’s radical left during the same period. When protagonist Reno moves to New York in 1975 with little more than a camera, she finds a fast-paced, downtown art world of makers, fakers, manipulators, lovers and friends. She begins dating a ‘golden boy’ of that world — a fellow artist and the wealthy heir to an Italian motorcycle fortune. When she travels to Italy to meet his family, she discovers a rift she can’t bridge, one that sends her spiralling through betrayal and into a radical scene in Rome. SHOPPING CHRISTMAS DESIGN MARKET Saturday 5 December | GOMA Forecourt Treat yourself and those you love to a handmade gift this Christmas. The QAGOMA Store Christmas Design Market is Brisbane’s favourite market, carefully curated to include only the best makers in Queensland. Stop by and meet some local artisans, enjoy their diverse offerings and take the stress out of Christmas this year! DOUBLE-DISCOUNT SHOPPING DAY Saturday 5 December | 10.00am – 5.00pm | QAGOMA Store Prepare to shop at the Members Double- Discount shopping day! Flash your Membership card to receive 20 per cent off everything* in the QAG and GOMA Stores. *No further discounts apply. Discount does not apply at the Christmas Design Market stalls SUMMER BOOK CLUB Discuss art, life, culture and creativity from the comfort of your own home at the QAGOMA Members Virtual Book Club or join us on site for a socially distanced discussion in the Members Lounge. After a break in December, the titles on the summer reading list will connect to, contextualise and discuss the ideas presented in ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store. Pre-order your books to avoid disappointment. Contact the QAGOMA Store on (07) 3840 7290 at the beginning of the season. LOOKING AHEAD From March to May, the titles on the QAGOMA Members Book Club reading list will reference the themes and ideas presented in the forthcoming exhibition ‘William Yang: Seeing and Being Seen’. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Virtual Book Club: Free for Members / $5 Members’ guests / On-site Book Club: $12 Members / $17 members guests and includes afternoon tea / Book online or (07) 3840 7278 CATCH UP From drawing workshops to in-depth art courses, relive and catch up on past virtual events on QAGOMA’s YouTube channel, via qagoma.qld.gov.au/youtube. QAGOMA’s Online Public Programs are proudly supported by Presenting Partner HSBC Opposite, above QAGOMA Store Winter Design Market 2019 / Photograph: Tammy Law Former This page, from top Ducati 750SS 1974 / Private collection / Photograph: John Downs; and President of Dykes on Bikes Sydney, Lyn Doherty, and her mother, Marie Hocking. Hear from Lyn at a virtual ‘Vehicle for Change’ talk on Wednesday 10 February / Photograph: Kendal Walton Photography