ARTS ALIVE PGM 44 - 2004 X: 4:04 Eastern Time 01 November 2004 THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 00" Hi glad you could join us for this weeks edition of Arts Alive, arts and culture current affairs radio... I'm VINCENT O'DONNELL and I'm JESS MYLES. This week* we catch up with those poetic folk in Sydney* The Red Room Project. Renowned surrealist JAMES GLEESON launches a retrospective of his work at the age of 88. And we bring you a special report* delving into the highs and lows of stand up comedy. Our guest is BOB BEALE, co-author with MICHAEL ARCHER, the Dean of Science at the University of New South Wales a book called Going Native. The book calls for a radical rethink on the whole relationship between Australians and the land, a shift in cultural practice to ensure survival in this dry and ancient continent. NEWS: (approx. 4.00) Ends approx. 5.20 Item 1: Carrillo Gantner (0.49) Starts with: Ends with: * CARRILLO GANTNER* Chair of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust speaking at the Arts Centre's 20th birthday bash. And he WAS the cheeky young director of the Play Box Theatre who* twenty years ago* so annoyed the revered head of the Melbourne Theatre Company* JOHN SUMNER* by beating the MTC onto the stage in the new Arts Centre. Early last century Australian poetry sold as well. Today, publishing poetry is done for the love of it not for the profits* there are none. However, the Red Room project in Sydney is exploring new ways of popularising poetry especially by publishing the spoken word for use on radio and the web. Anna Brain spoke to Red Room's Johanna Featherstone* Item 2: Red Room ( 3.32 ) Starts with: the red room project Ends with: *...while creating the project too. Johanna Featherstone from the Red Room Project If you want more information visit www.redroomorganisation.org. At the age of eighty-eight* Surrealist painter JAMES GLEESON must be one of Australia's oldest practicing artists. Vincent went along to a preview of the first retrospective of Gleeson's work which ended with curator LOU KLEPAC introducing Gleeson to the visitors* Item 3: James Gleeson (4.24) Starts with: (Echoing footsteps)* Ends with: *Thanks for talking to Arts Alive. A pleasure." GLEESON was presented with the Painters and Sculptors Association Medal on Thursday 28 October by former winner JOHN OLSEN* And the exhibition* JAMES GLEESON* Beyond the Screen of Sight* is on at the Ian Potter Centre* National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square until 27 February next year. TRACK 1: "No More Map" from the Japanese Story Soundtrack (ends approx) 17 min 40 sec Item 4A: Bob Beale (10.26) First words: Last words: * Track 2: "Return to Me" by Seaman Dan END VOICE 26 min 55 sec END OF PART ONE 30 min 00 sec Item 4B: Bob Beale (10.50) First words: Last words: * Track 3: "Hendersons Game" by Celia Dart-Thorton Comedians are their own writer* director* critic and producer* and sometimes in total control of their audience. It's a job that's filled with challenges* from crafting the perfect punch line to dealing with hecklers. Guest reporter ALISON LEE-TET spoke to some of the performers on the comedy circuit* and asked them how they began* where the circuit is taking them* and what newcomers can expect. Item 5: Stand up comedy (8 min) First words: (Muisc) Last words: ... (Music) ALISON LEE-TET reporting. For information about The Humourversity visit www.humourversity.com or telephone (03) 9596 0411* and most of the venues and performers have their own web sites so try Googling them by name. 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, Anna Brain, Kate Stowell, guest reporter Alison Lee-Tet and myself Jess Myles. 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: Yil Lul by Carole Fraser and the Melbourne Millennium Chorus END VOICE 52 min 17 sec 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: "No More Map"/ Elizabeth Drake/ Elizabeth Drake/ CP/ MD3279/ 1 min 21 secs Track 2 " Return to Me"/ Seaman Dan/ Seaman Dan/ CP/ HOT1079/ 3 mins 10 secs Track 3: "Hendersons Game"/ Celia Dart-Thorton/ Celia Dart-Thorton/ CP/ no code/ 2 mins 20 secs Track 4: "Yil Lul"/ Joe Geia/ Carole Fraser/ CP/ BOITE009/ 3 mins 43 secs