By Associate Professor Bianca Hester

Books

Hester B, 2021, Groundwork, Perimeter Editions, Melbourne, https://perimetereditions.com/GROUNDWORK

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S; Poll M; Yusoff K; Beudel S, 2017, Converging in time, Hughes H; Day C; Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, (eds.), Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, https://osw.com.au/Converging-in-time-publication-2017

Book Chapters

Hester B, 2023, 'Beside these intricate extinctions', in Keogh T (ed.), Fossil Fables, The University of Sydney, Sydney, pp. 29 - 44

Hester B, 2022, 'Moving in memory of lava flows: between Te Kōpuke Mount St John and Te Tokaroa Meola Reef', in Crone B; Nightingale S; Stanton P (ed.), Fieldwork for Future Ecologies: Radical Practice for Art and Art-based Research, Onomatopee, The Netherlands, pp. 313 - 337, https://www.onomatopee.net/exhibition/fieldwork-for-future-ecologies/#publication_19543

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2020, 'The time of the temporary', in Everything is Temporary, Freerange Press, pp. 76 - 83, https://projectfreerange.com/freerange-journal/freerange-vol-12-everything-is-temporary/

Hester B, 2020, 'Collective Modulations', in Heijnen E; Bremmer M (ed.), Wicked Arts Assignments: Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education, Valiz, with Amsterdam University of the Arts, Amsterdam, https://www.valiz.nl/en/publications/wicked-arts-assignments.html

Hester B; Millner J, 2018, 'The practice of remaining perpetually contingent', in Millner J; Moore C (ed.), Feminist Perspectives on Art Contemporary Outtakes, Routledge, New York, pp. 79 - 91

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, 'Carbon Cycles', in Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne, pp. 101 - 106

Hester B, 2016, 'CLUBSproject: Dedicated to the perpetually provisional', in Ulanda Blair ; Rosemary Forde ; Phip Murray (ed.), un Anthology 2004-2014: a decade of art and ideas, un Projects inc., Melbourne, pp. 577 - 589

Hester B; Crone B, 2014, 'Primordial Projection and Cinematic Site: A Conversation', in Crone B (ed.), The Cinemas Project, National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria c/o The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, pp. 61 - 69, http://www.thecinemasproject.com.au/cinemas-project-book/

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2013, 'Shaping Territories', in Hughes H; Barikin A (ed.), Making Worlds: Art and Science Fiction, Surpllus, Melbourne, pp. 124 - 140, https://www.surpllus.com/

Hester B, 2008, 'Enabling Restraints', in McInnes V; Daw K (ed.), Bureau, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, pp. 16 - 22

Conference Papers

Hester B, 2021, 'Encountering lithic bodies: moving in memory of lava flows', ASLEC-ANZ (Association for the study of Literature, Environment and Culture, Australia and New Zealand), Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, presented at Conversations beyond human scales, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 23 November 2021 - 26 November 2021, https://beyond-human-scales.net/

Conference Presentations

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2022, 'Sedimentation of Relationalities', presented at Conversations with Extractivism, Melbourne, Hybrid, 15 July 2022 - 16 July 2022, https://www.monash.edu/mada/events/2022/Conversations-with....Extractivism

Hester B, 2014, 'Embodying convergences, caring to commit', presented at Curating Feminism, Sydney College of the Arts, 23 October 2014 - 26 October 2014, https://www.contemporaryartandfeminism.com/contemporary-art-and-feminism/curating-feminism

Hester B, 2014, 'A provisional context for discussion: thinking-making material relations, fashioning situations, and exhibiting practices in motion', presented at SITUATION: IDEA conference, Design Hub, RMIT, Melbourne, 31 July 2014 - 03 August 2014, https://idea-edu.com/symposiums/2014-situation/

Hester B, 2013, 'Shaggy Edge of Open', presented at AAANZ: Inter-discipine, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, 07 December 2013 - 09 March 2013, http://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2013-conference/

Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)

Hester B, 2014, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Publication: Courtyard loops, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://liquidarchitecture.org.au/artists/bianca-hester

Hester B, 2014, Akaska Projects, Sydney, Publication: re-orchestrating objects, actions, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), http://home.alaskaprojects.com/Performance

Hester B, 2013, Arts House, Melbourne, Publication: approaching/departing four grounds, 23 March 2013, Editor(s): Matthews H, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance), https://www.artshouse.com.au/events/actionresponse/

Hester B, 2012, supported by KUNCI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Publication: Siang dan malam terjadi hanya dari sudut pandang orang di muka bumi, Performances (Music, Theatre, Dance)

Curatorial Outputs

Hester B; Beudel S; Poll M; Fischer L; Wallace G; Campbell B, 2015, Down City Streets, exhibited at: Sydney, 20 February 2015 - 30 November 2015, https://downcitystreets.com/

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2009, The West Brunswick Sculpture Triennial, exhibited at: multiple sites in West Brunswick, Melbourne, 21 March 2009 - 12 April 2009, http://www.openobject.org/wbst/?page_id=260

Hester B; Bird T; Panigirakis S; Kossloff L; Hill C; Consandine C; Usher M; Walter H; Keating M; McMahon K; Geikie S, 2002, CLUBS Project Inc., exhibited at: Builders Arms Hotel, Gertrude Street Fitzroy, Melbourne, 01 March 2002 - 01 June 2007

Theses / Dissertations

Hester B, 2007, Material Adventures, Spatial Productions: Manoeuvring Sculpture Towards a Proliferating Event, RMIT University

Creative Written Works

Hester B, 2020, Sandstone, Phillips J; Woodward M, (ed.), A Published Event, https://www.lostrocks.net/txt

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2019, Works, Working, Work, Writing & Concepts, van Schaik J, (ed.), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, https://www.artandaustralia.com/publishing/titles/writing-concepts-2017-volume-2

Hester B, 2011, a world, fully accessible by no living being, The Narrows, https://issuu.com/thenarrows/docs/hester-newsprint-final32pp-web

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2011, Big Log Book, Monash University Museum of Art, https://osw.com.au/Big-Log-Book-2011-1

Hester B; Bird T; Benjamin A; Nicholson T; Day C, 2010, actions will occur intermittently, Hester B; Day C; Engberg J, (eds.), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, https://content.acca.melbourne/legacy/files/2010_Bianca%20Hester_Catalogue_1.pdf

Hester B, 2009, Accommodating spaces, materials, projects, people, videos, actions, objects, thoughts: relatively, The Narrows

Recorded / Rendered Creative Works

Hester B, 2020, Sandstone: excerpts, FBI radio, Sydney, Published: 10 August 2020, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://omny.fm/shows/canvas/ground-2-3-sand

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2020, Three thoughts about sculptural production: objects, material transformations, geo-social assemblages, "Spaced Apart" program from RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne, Melbourne, Published: 29 July 2020, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://spaced-apart.com/watch/osw

Hester B, 2020, Artist Voice: Bianca Hester, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Published: 25 May 2020, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.mca.com.au/artist-voice/artist-voice-bianca-hester/

Creative Works (non-textual)

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2023, Metabolic Scales (video), Earthern, Cement Fondu, 13 October 2023 - 03 December 2023, medium: Video, at: https://cementfondu.org/better-nature-earthen/

Hester B, 2023, Dust of these domains, SITEWORKS, Bundanon, 26 February 2023 - 27 February 2023, at: https://www.bundanon.com.au/whats-on/dust-of-these-domains-bianca-hester-performance/

Hester B, 2022, Registering inscrutable forces from the edges of time, 2022 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, 12 October 2022 - 20 November 2022, at: https://www.woollahragallery.com.au/whats-on/prizes/woollahra-small-sculpture-prize/2022/bianca-hester

Hester B, 2022, Reading Walking Lithic Bodies, Perspectives on Place, Museum of Contemporary Art, 30 April 2022 - 30 April 2022, at: https://www.mca.com.au/whats-on/reading-walking-lithic-bodies/

Hester B, 2021, Constellating bodies in temporary correspondence, Perspectives on Place: Works from the MCA Collection relating to land, mapping and environmental change., Museum of Contemporary Art, 26 February 2021 - 01 March 2023, medium: sculpture, video, installation, image, at: https://www.mca.com.au/artists-works/exhibitions/mca-collection-perspectives-on-place/

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Open Spatial Workshop: Converging in time, Open Spatial Workshop: Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 10 April 2017, at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Cape Liptrap, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Cape Liptrap formation (Gippsland, Victoria on Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai country). Video: 4.55 minutes, at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Fossilised Kauri Log, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Papercrete platform with fossilised Kauri log (23 million years old) collected from Loy Yang open cut mine (Gunaikurnai Country) on loan from Museum Victoria, 7 bronze casts of meteorite impressions, pine, bronze., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Graphite Ball, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Polymer activated gypsum, fibreglass, glue, graphite., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Hanging Form Incorporating Natural and Artificial Tektites, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Steel, Perspex, tektites (on loan from Museum Victoria), fittings., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Linear Structure for a Room, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Polymer activated gypsum, fibreglass, paint, mild steel, found concrete form, molten scoria form, Murchison meteorite (on loan from Museum Victoria from Ngurai-illamwurrung Country), blown glass form, basalt log (on loan from Museum Victoria, collected from Footscray circa 1860’s), lava bomb., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Pothole Assemblage, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop, at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Saléeite Crystals, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Blown glass forms, lead caps and saléeite crystals collected from Ranger uranium mine, Northern Territory (Mirarr Country), mild steel, steel wire, fittings., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Sand Particles at Big Drift, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Video of sand particles from ‘Big Drift’, Wilson’s Promontory (Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Gunaikurnai Country). Video: 3.06 minutes., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Shelf of artefacts, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Crinoid (sea lily) fossil (416-443 million years old), Silurian era collected from Brunswick clay pits circa 1900’s (Wurundjeri Country); vitrified brick for chemical works made by Hoffman’s Brickworks collected 1923; and greenstone from Wil-im-ee Moor-ring / Mt William, Lancefield (Wurundjeri Country) collected 1853-68, MDF and Perspex., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

Hester B; Bird T; Mitchell S, 2017, Slumped Pasticine Form, Converging in time, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 11 February 2017 - 08 April 2017, medium: Slumped plasticine form and steel models of crystals including graphite [brown coal], vivianite, quartz, copper, saléeite, iron [Murchison meteorite], hermatite [banded iron], jadeite [Victorian greenstone], sanidine [lava bomb], olivine [basalt tree], calcite [trilobite eyes]., at: https://www.monash.edu/muma/exhibitions/exhibition-archive/2017/open-spatial-workshop

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