ARTS ALIVE	PGM 35 - 2004	TX: 4:04 Eastern Time    30 August 2004
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 00"

Hi and welcome to Arts Alive, your weekly arts and culture current affairs radio...I'm VINCENT O'DONNELL and I'm SEAN KENNEDY*This week* Australian film Soundtrack to War screens on US television to 85 million viewers* The Gympie Muster, originally a local celebration of Country Music, has grown to be an international event* and Melbourne's Victoria Market blends artistic endeavour in schools* with market promotion. Our Guest is Robyn Archer, directing her third Melbourne International Festival of the Arts* and completing her trilogy of themes, Text* Body* now* Voice. And we'll also hear from industrial chemist turned artist, Paul Waycott . He has just left on a six months student exchange with the Art School at the University of New castle-on-Tyne in the UK.

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War Artist and Film maker, GEORGE GITTOES has been on Arts Alive previously, talking about his work in various theatres of war, Cambodia, Lebanon, Somalia and most recently Iraq.  Video footage from his four visits to Iraq has now been assembled into a ninety minute documentary Soundtrack to War which screened recently on the US cable network VHI, and is soon for Australian TV.  I asked him about reaction to the US screening*

Item 1: Soundtrack to War (2.54)
Starts with: 
Ends with: *why they ended up in that war."

Film maker and artist George Gittoes, And for those who hear Arts Alive early in the week, Soundtrack to War screens on ABC TV on Wednesday 1 September. The annual Gympie Muster is one of our key celebrations of country music.  I caught up with the founder of the muster Brian Samson in the middle of last Saturday's program*

Item 2: Gympie Muster (3.14)
Starts with: Well it's a beautiful..
Ends with: *works so well

Brian Samson, co-ordinator of the Toyota National Country Music Muster, in the Amamoor Creek State Forrest Park, 35 km west of Gympie, in the hinterland of Queensland Sunshine Coast. Melbourne's Victoria Markets have blended support of art in schools with the commercial promotion of the markets.  Luke Dykes went to an exhibition of decorated hessien bags and spoke to their Marketing Communications Manager, Frances Beasley

Item 3: Vic Markets
Starts with: 
Ends with: *Urban tumble weed* I like that.

Urban Tumbleweed indeed.  Luke Dykes with the Marketing Communications Manager for Victoria Markets, Frances Beasley. 

TRACK 1: El Punte Roto by Texicali Rose 				(ends) 16 min 50 sec

Item 4A: Robyn Archer (9.52)
First words: 
Last words: *more conversation with Robyn Archer.

Track 2: Questioner in Black by Robyn Archer

END VOICE	26 min 52 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 08 sec

Item 4B: Robyn Archer (7.50 + 2.10)
First words: 
Last words: * 

Track 3: Sting of Punk Rap 

Paul Waycott's first career was as an industrial chemist, but has just had his first show as a painter.  Vincent spoke to him just before he left on a six month student exchange with the University of Newcastle-on-Tyne, but first asked about his passion for chemistry*

Item 5: Paul Waycott (7.22)
First words: To begin with*
Last words: ...not so varied.'

Paul Waycott* and we'll invite him back when he returns to Australia next year. Now it's welcome back to Nina-Marie with her weekly film review*

Item 6: Film Review :  Life and Death of Peter Sellars
Starts with: 
Ends with: ... 

									52 min 20 sec

And that's the show for this week. 

The ARTS ALIVE team this week has been Nina-Marie Petrik, Vincent O'Donnell, Sean Kennedy, Kate Stowell, Jess Myles and Luke Dykes. ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.  We receive the financial support of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is available on the satellite service of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA and on audiocassette and CD from THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE. And the spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com 

Track 4: Forsaken Mermaid by Robyn Archer

END VOICE	52 min 37sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Sting 1:      "Discone"/ Pinau / Pinau /OS/ 857 383 1942/ 10 secs
Sting 2:      "Ou!* Ou!"/ Teo Teo / Teo Teo / OS / FJC8 904 / 10 secs
Track 1:  "El Puente Roto/Cordero/Texicali Rose/CP/no code/40 secs.
Track 2    " Questioner in Black/Robyn Archer/ Robyn Archer/CP/LRF 027/3.17 mins
Track 3:  "Unidentified Rap/ 30 secs.
Track 4:  "Forsaken Mermaid/Robyn Archer/Robyn Archer/CP/LRF 027/ 3.13 mins