GoMA Talks: Art and the Imagination

Overview

It’s often said that there’s no such thing as an original thought, but clearly that’s bollocks because it takes a very original mind to come up with a concept like this. Same goes for the snuggie - millions of years of evolution have honed humans to be the absolute geniuses that we are, coming up with useful concepts every day. Not just limited to infomercials and the Japanese, originality is abound everywhere, if you know where to look for it.

Running alongside the Surrealism exhibition, GoMA Talks is a discussion program with the topic: what makes creative minds tick? Amanda Smith, Philip Brophy, Dr Jason Gallate, Fiona Hall and Dr Damon Young make up the distinguished panel who tackle the topic from varying angles, dissecting the inner workings of innovators from a range of disciplines and how they create (and enable the creation) of new ideas and concepts.

The event is free, but if you can’t make it down to the Cultural Centre you can also stream the webcast and join in the discussion on Twitter using the #GoMAtalks hash tag.