Lucie McIntosh (Panel Moderator) is an artist, curator and writer with a deep commitment to the independent arts community. She is currently a Director and Program Curator of BLINDSIDE, an independent, artist–run space based in the City of Melbourne. Lucie’s exhibition and research based practice explores process of signification and, more specifically, in how the process of signification might be made visible through the content of an artwork. Her practice emphasises the inherently plural and personal nature of meaning — reminding us of, and celebrating, our agency in its creation. Lucie is interested in the many ways that ‘the image’ can be expanded and consumed in political and philosophical contexts. Her practice relies on plurality and intertextuality — each artwork compulsively referencing its many varieties of self, content, history and maker.