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King Power Symposium
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Convenor
Peter Allan, RMIT Fashion Program, School of Architecture and Design
About the King Power: Designing Masculinities Symposium
16 -17 August 2007
King Power was presented by the RMIT Fashion Program and the Frances Burke Centre (now part of the RMIT Design Archives) in collaboration with RMIT Gallery. The two day Symposium addressed the expression of masculinity through notions of style, identity and appearance. King Power featured more than twenty-five presentations by individuals and panel members from the international practitioner and academic community including RMIT University, Monash University and University of Melbourne; University of Technology, Sydney, and University of Sydney; Queensland University of Technology; Curtin University of Technology; Massey University, New Zealand; Fashion Institute of Technology, University of California and Drexel University, USA; and Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Keynote Presenter:
Shaun Cole
Research Fellow, Centre for Fashion, the Body and Material Cultures - London College of Fashion
Special Guest Lecturer:
Dr Alka Pande
Consultant Arts Advisor and Curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, Visiting Faculty for ‘Aesthetics’ at the Delhi College of Art, formerly Head of Department of Fine Arts, Panjab University, and the Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University. Dr Pande has a special interest in Ancient Indian Erotic literature and art.
Keynote and special guest lecturer profiles – King Power
King Power Panel:
Take Me to Your Leader
Facilitator:
Sue Ryan, Frances Burke Centre, RMIT Design Archives
School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University.
Panelists:
Shaun Cole: King Power Symposium Keynote Speaker
Research Fellow, Centre for Fashion, the Body and Material Cultures - London College of Fashion, UK
Jo Ely: Exhibitions and displays curator, Performing Arts Collection, Melbourne
Georgina Safe: Fashion Editor, The Australian newspaper
Dr Alan Saunders: Cultural Critic and Presenter, The Philosopher's Zone and By Design, ABC Radio National.
Living Elvis Exhibition
This Symposium coincided with the Living Elvis exhibition, RMIT Gallery, curated by Peter Barnes and RMIT Gallery Director, Suzanne Davies. Delegates were invited to the exhibition which explored the cultural myths of Elvis Presley as reflected in the visual arts.
King Power – Full Papers
King Power Designing Masculinities SymposiumConference Proceedings
ISBN 978-1-921166-94-5
Papers were peer reviewed by a panel of experts independent of the King Power Designing Masculinities Symposium Organising Committee in accordance with the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) guidelines.
The following papers were presented at the King Power Symposium and published on this website in March 2009 (PDF files open in new window):
Catherine Gomes: Where has Bruce Lee gone (PDF 122KB 22p)(Opens in new window)
Helen Kenny: Questioning Current Notions of Masculinity as Constructed by the British Lifestyle Media (PDF 94KB 13p)
The following papers were presented at the King Power Symposium and published on this website in December 2007:
Anne Farren: Suiting Up (PDF 68KB 13p)
Caitlin Fry: Built for the Kilt: Gendered constructions of what "real men" wear (PDF 156KB 16p)
Vicki Karaminas: Über (PDF 187KB 12p)
Peter McNeil: Dissipation and Extravagance: Ageing Fops (PDF 394KB 17p)
Sharon Peoples: Vision of Masculinity (PDF 97KB 13p)