ARTS ALIVE	PGM 34 - 2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 27 August 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 00"

Hi I¡¦m VINCENT O¡¦DONNELL* And welcome to Arts Alive * Australian arts and culture current affairs* 

On this week¡¦s program* A report on the Australian Literature in Education Roundtable*. A preview of Experimenta the International Biennial of Media Arts that opened in Melbourne on August 25* and the extraordinary story Robert Chisholm, a forgotten Australian singer with an international career on stage and in Hollywood.

Our guest is New Zealand film maker, Shirley Horrocks who specialisesin films about the arts and artists.  Her documentary Marti: the passionate eye, the life and work of New Zealand photographer Marti Friedlander has just been invited to an arts documentary festival in Berlin.  I also spoke with her husband, Roger Horrocks about the state of the New Zealand film industry and that interview will be on a later program*But first a round up of the news*

STING		NEWS:  	( Ends approx. 6.20)

The Australia Council, through its Literature Board held a roundtable to discuss education in Australian literature.  The meeting issued a communique setting out eighteen principles that should underlie the teaching of literature, and twelve instrumental recommendations.  Dr Peter Holbrook from the University of Queensland is Deputy Chair of the roundtable*

Item 1: Oz lit/Dr Peter Holbrook (6.11)
First words: This was an 
Last words: *early in their education.¡¨

And if you
 want to read the details of the principles and recommendations of the Roundtable, you will find them on the Australia Council¡¦s website at www.ozco.gov.au/media_centre 

Experimenta, the International Biennial of Media Arts is twenty-one year old this year. It opened at the Black Box at the Victorian Arts Centre on Saturday 25 August.  And for a taste of what is on exhibition, I spoke to co-artistic director, Liz Hughes* but first asked about the origins of Experimenta*

Item 2: Experimenta / Liz Hughes (4.49)
First words: ¡§It started as **
Last words: *central to the artwork.¡¨

Liz Hughes, co-artistic director with Emma McRae of Experimenta.  And the various works that make up the  program are on exhibition at the Black Box at the Victorian Arts Centre until 23rd September, noon to 8pm. Entry is free.  And if you can¡¦t see the show their website is www.experimenta.org 

Track 1:  Circus OZ sting

Item 4A: Shirley Horrocks (7.45)
First words: You¡¦re listening to*
Last words: *more conversation with Shirley.¡¨

Track 2: The Modern Station¡¨/Gelbison/ 

END VOICE	26 min 36 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 00 sec

Item 4B: Shirley Horrocks (9.08)
First words: You¡¦re listening to*
Last words: *Thankyou.

Track 3: Waltz / Doch 

For all the cultural cringe that seemed to blight our creative ambitions, at least for more than half the 20th Century, many Australians have enjoyed international careers on stage and screen.  Some like Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland or Robert Heplmann are almost household names while others are near forgotten.  Historian and archivist Frank Van Straten has just spent several years rediscovering an Australian singer, Robert Chisholm, who trod the boards with the likes of Gladys Moncrieff, Katharine Hepburn, and Jeannette Macdonald* and sang the music of Kurt Weill, Rodgers and Hart, Ira Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein*  but died in obscurity in Melbourne in 1960.  Here is Frank with Chisholm¡¦s story*

Item 5: RobertChisholm /Frank Van Straten (11.53)
First words: Well Robert Chisholm was a name that* 
Last words: ....the end of an extraordinary career.¡¨

Quite a story*  And if Frank Van Straten gets around to produce a CD or DVD of the work of Robert Chisholm we¡¦ll let you know.  That is the program for this week* thanks for listening* ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.  We receive financial support from the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... and the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is heard on the COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK, on the SBS DIGITAL RADIO SERVICE, and is distributed by THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE.

And the spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com  Full credit to the work of our website manager, Vincent Fok.  I¡¦m Vincent O¡¦Donnell and I think we¡¦ll hear a little more for Doch* here is the title track from their CD Chasing Grasshoppers*.

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APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: Circus Oz sting 10 secs, Track 1: Circus Oz sting 10 secs Track 2:  ¡§The Modern Station¡¨/Gelbison/ ditto/ CP/ AIR004/ 3.24. Track 3:  ¡§Waltz¡¨ /Douh /Doch/ CP/ promo CD / 1.00 Track 4:  ¡§Chasing Grass hoppers¡¨/ Doch / Doch/ CP/ promo CD/ 3.00