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Development and production of a heritage interpretation of Princes Pier in Port Melbourne, incorporating a permanent digital platform exploring the site’s historical significance to Victoria. Formed a key…
Civil Twilight End Corner Bourke & Village Streets Docklands, Melbourne Civil Twilight End is a permanent public art project by Melbourne-based artists Kate Daw and Stewart Russell, that…
3 Projects by Danius Kesminas and collaborators Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield campus 5 May – 23 July 2011 Australian artist Danius Kesminas is the brainchild behind…
Originally commissioned by Satellite for presentation at the Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Ronnie van Hout’s iconic fallen robot sculpture is currently gracing the new Ian Potter Sculpture Court…
Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield campus 1 February — 16 April 2011 Curator: Geraldine Barlow Assistant Curator: Simon Maidment Artists: Natalie Bookchin, Chris Bond, Dorothy Braund, Heath…
Feature article for Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2010 issue, Ed. Anne Loxley. Excerpt only.
Co-curated exhibition at Gertrude Contemporary as part of the 2010 Melbourne International Arts Festival. Featuring work by six major international artists, Jeremy Blake, Ulla von Brandenburg, Bas Jan…
Text for Column 4, published by Artspace Sydney (Ed. Reuben Keehan). A response to Spaces of Art, 2009 international conference held at the Art Gallery of NSW & Artspace, Sydney.
Essay to accompany exhibition I curated, appearing in the Visual Arts Program Critical Reader accompanying the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2009.
Curator of an exhibition of film works of Gordon Matta-Clark at Melbourne’s Arts Centre. 10–24 October 2009, as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival 2009.
A Critical Reader to accompany the Visual Arts & Design Program of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, 9–24 October, 2009. Edited by Simon Maidment and featuring contributions from:…
Co-curated (with Brett Sheehy, Hannah Fox & Tom Supple) an evening of experimental and collaborative performance featuring Melbourne Town Hall’s iconic pipe organ as part of the Melbourne…
Curated exhibition of work by Matt Stokes (Newcastle, UK), at the Malthouse Theatres, as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2009. Contemporary artist Matt Stokes delves deep…
Melbourne Festival Visual Arts Coordinator Simon Maidment met with French artists Fabien Giraud & Raphaël Siboni on the occasion of their first Australian exhibition Les choses qui tombent [‘sometimes…
Simon Maidment and Mark Feary talk with Danius Kesminas Published in cac interviu, issue 9-10 / 2008 spring – summer.
Ronnie van Hout sculptural commission at Melbourne Art Fair 2008 Simon Maidment curated and commissioned R.U.R. a bold new work by Ronnie van Hout presented during the 2008 Melbourne…
Catalogue essay to accompany exhibitions at West Space, Melbourne from 25 July – 2 August 2008 and University of Southern Queensland Gallery, Toowoomba from 8 August – 28…
Exhibiting Artists: Sherry McLane Alejos, Belle Bassin, Alasdair McLuckie, Jon Orth, Natalie Ryan, Kellie Wells A West Space Project curated by Mark Feary & Simon Maidment 25 July…
‘New Ways of Working’ – Emergent Projects by Simon Maidment; NAVA Quarterly, March 2008.
Kellie Wells: Embellir, 2006. Simon Maidment & Vikki McInnes, Australian curators, essay for Move on Asia 2007.
Performance, Gesture, Ritual – Simon Maidment & Vikki McInnes Published in Move on Asia 2007, Australian component curated by Vikki McInnes & Simon Maidment. Artists, it seems, have generally…
Silvana Mangano and Gabriella Mangano – If…So…Then…, 2006 Vikki McInnes & Simon Maidment, Australian curators; Essay for Move on Asia 2007. At the outset of If…So…Then…, Silvana Mangano…
Essay for publication accompanying Making Space: artist run initiatives in Victoria, 2007
Making Space Project Manager. From April to June 2007, 21 artist-run initiatives (ARIs) around Victoria presented a simultaneous program of exhibitions, forums, performances and workshops designed to celebrate…
Video artist with Ian Corcoran for a concert at Melbourne’s Concert Hall, February 28 2007, as part of the Morning Star Campaign to raise money and awareness of the…
Roundtable discussion about Cultural Exchange projects, with (left to right) Chiara Agnello, Simon Maidment, Roberta Tenconi, Alexie Glass and Natalie King. Published in Broadsheet Vol.35 No.4 (p. 237)…
Discussion between Paul Shepard, Simon Maidment, and committee members David Simpkin, Adrien Allen, Katie Lee, 22 September 2006.
An exhibition of coexisting works by Simon Maidment and Paul Shephard Conical, 2 – 23 September 2006 Download distanceequalsratetimestime catalogue with an essay by Susan Fereday. Also, an…
Project Manager & one of the Australian Curatorial Advisors on Rapt! an ambitious program that exposed Japanese contemporary practice to an Australian audience in 2006. Update: the website…
Clash and Network in the Age of Globalism – essay by Simon Maidment & Vikki McInnes Australian Curators, Move on Asia exhibition