How to Do Nothing … and Lunch
Jenny Odell + Sally Olds + Michael Ondaatje
Auditorium 1, slq
Main Festival
BWF071
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#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Audiences are most cordially invited to dine upon a selection of intellectual morsels as two brilliant writers discuss the pleasures and pitfalls of leisure and work. Barack Obama favourite Jenny Odell and incisive essayist Sally Olds examine idleness as a radical act and consider how we might—even for a moment—hold the relentless demands of modern life at bay.
#Artists
Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist and author. Her first book was the New York Times Bestseller, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, Sierra Magazine, and more. She lives in Oakland, California.
Sally Olds
Sally Olds is a writer from Queensland living in Naarm/Melbourne. Her work has been published by Sydney Review of Books, un Magazine, AQNB, the Institute of Modern Art. Her first book, People who Lunch: Essays on work, leisure, and loose living was published in 2022, and was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Her latest project is the co-written/edited newsletter, The Paris End.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is Head of the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University. Michael is a prize-winning researcher and teacher and regular commentator on American politics. He is a recipient of the Max Crawford Medal - ‘Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities.’
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