ARTS ALIVE	PGM 36 ¡V 2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 10 September 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 00"

Hi I¡¦m VINCENT O¡¦DONNELL¡K And welcome to Arts Alive ¡K Australian arts and culture current affairs¡K This week¡K  BEAP, the Third Bienniel of Electronic Arts opens at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art and two other venues in Perth¡K  a major corporate citizen extends the boundaries of its support for the visual arts¡K  and we¡¦ll hear an exclusive address from our sovereign in support Melbourne Theatre Company¡¦s drive to raise funds to fit out its new drama centre.

Our guest is English author David Hewson.  His new novel The Promised Land is a radical departure from the familiar territory of his Rome based detective, Nic Costa or his travel writing.  A former journalist, Hewson told us he had to murder journalism to become a novelist.  But first a round up of the week¡¦s news¡K

STING		NEWS:  	(Ends approx. 6.00)

BEAP, the Third Biennial of Electronics Arts opens at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art and two other venues in Perth on Wednesday September 12.  The unifying theme of the three shows is Stillness. For a preview of the PICA show I spoke to Hannah Matthews the coordinating curator of BEAP¡K

Item 1: Hannah Matthews (
First words: What we are doing here at PICA is¡K
Last words: ¡K.first time it has been exhibited¡¨.

Hannah Matthews from PICA¡K  And the Third Biennial of Electronics Arts opens at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, at the John Curtin Gallery and the Bakery Artrage complex, from September 12.

Some years ago, a number of large corporations decided to sell the artworks they had acquired since the 1960s.  That was when support of the visual arts came on many corporations¡¦ agendas, in part due to the influence of Nugget Coombs who, as governor of the Reserve Bank, established our first ¡¥percent for art program¡¦ in the bank¡¦s new buildings.  Many of those corporations have now explored different ways to be good corporate citizens in the arts¡K One company, Deloitte¡¦s have now included photographic works in their in-office exhibition program¡K  Here is Frank Ford, the managing partner of the company¡¦s Melbourne office¡K

Item :2a: Deloitte / Ford (1.49)
First words: This exhibition¡K
Last words:  ¡Kwhat we are about.¡¨

Frank Ford, the managing partner of Deloitte¡¦s Melbourne office¡K  This show was curated by the Australian Centre for Photography.  Here is the Centre¡¦s director Naomi Cass¡K

Item :2b: Deloitte /Cass (2.47)
First words: On behalf of my¡K
Last words: ¡KTapestry from photographic origin¡¨

Naomi Cass from the Australian Centre for Photography and before her, Frank Ford, the managing partner of Deloitte¡¦s Melbourne office.  There are exhibitions in the company¡¦s Sydney and Melbourne offices¡K  and the works are al for sale.

Track 1: Circus OZ sting

Item 4A: David Hewson (8.47)
First words: You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ¡Kha ha

Track 2: Down Among the Dead Men / Flash and the Pan

END VOICE	26 min 20 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 00 sec

Item 4B: David Hewson (10.05)
First words: You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ¡KThankyou.

Track 3: Round and Round / Manbreak

The Melbourne Theatre Company is about to realise an ambition, fifty years old in the dreaming and more than a decade in the planning¡K  Its own custom-built theatre.  But despite the generosity of some leading donors, as well as the Victorian government and the University of Melbourne, of which it is, legally speaking, a department, the MTC is  still short of the readies to fully fit out the theatre complex and their nearby offices¡K  So last week they called up a few favours, invited in a few guests, and wheeled out our head of state¡K who arrived in the yet to be completed auditorium on a sissor lift¡K

Item 5: MTC /Jerry Connorly
First words:  ¡§Fanfare.
Last words: ...applause¡¨

And that was of course Gerry Connolly, resplendently in character as HRH Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth¡K And if you want to know more about the MTC¡¦s new complex you can check it out at www.mtcathome.com.au  So much for the English language.

That is the program for this week¡K thanks for listening¡K 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 Ful credit to our website manager, Vincent Fok.  I¡¦m the other Vincent¡K  Vincent O¡¦Donnell and here is some cerebral music from Flash and the Pan¡K Walking in the Rain¡K

END VOICE	52 min 44 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: Pavrotti 2 x 10 secs
Track 2:  ¡§Down Among the Dead Men/Vanda & Young/Flash and the Pan/CP/465232 2/3.40 Track 3:  ¡§Round and Round /Swindelli/Manbreak/OS/D31761/ 3 min Track 4:  ¡§Walking in the Rain¡¨/ Vanda & Young/Flash and the Pan/CP/465232 2/3.00