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ARTback - Sculptures of The Long Paddock: a group based in SW NSW is to commission five sculptures to celebrate the history of the Cobb Highway.
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(Responses to the Long Paddock Committee's ARTback Expression of Interest (EOI) close on 10 October. More info: www.thelongpaddock.com.au.)
Urban Screens Melbourne 08: a festival and conference in Melbourne is to examine how new video screen technologies will shape urban arts and architecture and the cultural landscape of our cities and towns. And they'll be linking up electronically with the Art in the Heart conference and festival in Alice Springs this week
Listen to the interview: Nikos Papastergiadis, conference organising committee member (Windows Media, 5 minutes 55 seconds)
Listen to the interview: Paul Staubli, Multimedia Program Manager (Windows Media, 11 minutes 37 seconds)
(Urban Screens Melbourne 08 is taking place at Federation Square, Melbourne. The conference: Mobile Publics runs 3-5 October 2008 and the Outdoor Multimedia Program from 3-8 October 2008. All the details are at: www.urbanscreens08.net.)
(Art at the Heart 2008, the sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference, is to be held 3-5 October. More info: www.artattheheart.com.au.)
Guest: Suzie Hazelhurst, manager of the Indigenous publishing house, Magabala Books, based in Broome.
(Chris Cleave image source: www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au.)
Community radio station 2BLU-FM at Katoomba, NSW is to host the Sydney segment of the worldwide 48 Hour Film Project.
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(The Sydney 48 Hour Film Project runs 10-12 October. First prize, to be announced on 1 November, is a trip to the United States to take part in the international finals, for which the winner gets $5,000 cash and a Panasonic HD video camera. More info: www.48hourfilm.com/sydney/.)
Two previews of 2008 Art at the Heart, the bi-annual conference of Regional Arts Australia, with:
Suzie Hazelhurst, president of Regional Arts Australia and the manager of Magaballa Books;
Kieren Sanderson, artistic director of Regional Arts Australia;
Listen to the interview: Suzie Hazelhurst (Windows Media, 4 minutes 16 seconds)
Listen to the interview: Kieren Sanderson (Windows Media, 9 minutes 33 seconds)
(Art at the Heart 2008, the sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference, is to be held 3-5 October. More info: www.artattheheart.com.au.)
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The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
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Guest: US-born lawyer, Mahvish Rukhsana Khan. Her parents were refugees from Afghanistan, both highly qualified medial people, and Mahviah was brought up to be fluent in English and Pashtun, a language widely spoke in Afghanistan. She used her language skills and her legal training to represent Afghan detainees in the US military prison of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and wrote about her experiences in a deeply-troubling book titled 'My Guantanamo Diary'.
Comments on the announced $129-million makeover for the Victoria cultural precinct.
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(More info on the Arts Centre and Hamer Hall Redevelopment plans: www.theartscentre.com.au.)
The Australia Council invites public submissions as it develops protocols for the depictions of children in arts works.
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(Submissions and comment are welcome before 19 September 2008. The draft of the protocols will be developed in consultation with the Minister for the Arts and other key stakeholders. To make a comment, please fill in a submission form. Alternatively, you can email your response to comms@australiacouncil.gov.au. More info: www.australiacouncil.gov.au.)
The Australian Nation Piano Award finals is on in Shepparton.
In Brisbane the annual Big Sound Music Summit in Brisbane has had a successful seventh conference.
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(The Big Sound: Music Industry Summit & Showcase 2008 was held 10-12 at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Details of the summit can be found on: www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound2008/.)
We meet Julie Nimmo , Executive Producer of Goolarri TV, the Indigenous broadcaster in Broome.
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(More info on Goolarri Television: www.gme.com.au/television/.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
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Guest: Jack Heath, the prolific young author from Canberra whose third novel, 'Money Run', has just been published.
(Jack Heath's 'Money Run' is now available on paperback from Pan Macmillan Australia for rrp $16.99. Also available on paperback from Pan Macmillan Australia are 'The Lab' and 'Remote Control' for rrp A$16.95. More info: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
(Visit Jack Heath Online: www.jackheath.com.au.)
(Jack Heath @ MySpace: www.myspace.com/jackheath.)
The Spirit of Woodford Awards, is putting out a call for entries.
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(Entries to the Spirit of Woodford Awards close on 15 September, but extensions are possible if you contact the organisers now. For entry details contact via e-mail at gaiafilm@linearg.com or telephone at (02) 6689 7236, or visit the Woodford Folk Festival website: www.woodfordfolkfestival.com.)
Howard documentaries war: The strange case of the ABC turning down money for old film - was it trying to stimy competition from SBS when Auntie decided to reneg on a deal to sell archival footage to an a SBS production?
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The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Juliet John.
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