ARTS ALIVE	PGM 49 - 2004	TX: 4:04 Eastern Time, 6 Dec. 2004
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 29' 58"

Hi and welcome to Arts Alive, your weekly arts and culture current affairs radio...I'm JESS MYLES*I'M LUKE DYKES and I'M SEAN KENNEDY. This week* an international film festival has stopped in on our shores*it's called RESFEST. And a new book about that very Australian teenage film Puberty Blues* written by the star of the movie NELL SCHOFIELD. And last week saw the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade* where in 1854  miners on the Ballarat Goldfields took a stand against increasing pressure from the Government. We've looked at Eureka over the last couple of weeks on Arts Alive* and to finish off this special we're going to look at two cultural artefacts. Firstly* the Eureka Flag* with its blue background and silver white stars. We talk to the women who restored the flag* VAL D'ANGRI . She's also the great great granddaughter of ANASTASIA WITHERS* one of the women who made the flag 150 years ago. And we also speak with sculptor ANTON HAZEL* who has create a rusted iron work that now stands on the original stockade field. 

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Item 1: Reading of the Eureka Oath (06secs)
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Sculptor Anton Hassel (Hazel)* Vincent and myself reading the Eureka Oath from the new Eureka monument in the Victorian regional city of Ballarat.  More on Eureka later on the program* But first*RESFEST is an international travelling digital film festival that showcases digital works such as short  animations* short films* ads*video clips and experimental works of artists from around the world. Last year Australia became a part of the RESFEST calendar and the festival has just wound up in Melbourne* but there is still time to catch the festival in Sydney. NINA-MARIE PETRIK speaks with the Australian Producer of RESFEST CLARE STEWART and asks CLARE to explain how RESFEST has evolved.

Item 2: ResFest (4.46)
Starts with: The festival essentially
Ends with: *fairly significant ways

That was CLARE STEWART* the Australian Producer of RESFEST. And the festival has ended in Melbourne but you can catch it in Sydney at Sydney Opera House and the Dendy Opera Quays (Keys) on December the 9th to the 12th. For more information about the RESFEST Program go to www.dendy.com.au. Back in 1981* BRUCE BERESFORD released a film with a gritty* sweaty*sea side view on Australian teenagers in the 1970's. At the time it was one of Australia's highest grossing films and it tells the story of two girls trying to win the acceptance of the school's top surf gang. It's called Puberty Blues and starred NELL SCHOFIELD* who has just launched a new book delving behind the scenes of this 23 year old movie. VINCENT O'DONNELL spoke to NELL

Item 3: Puberty Blues (3.45)
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Ends with: *has had an impact

NELL SCHOFIELD talking with VINCENT O'DONNELL about a film she starred in over 20 years ago* Puberty Blues.  And the book about the film is available through Currency Press* and a new DVD is available through Umbrella Entertainment. And by the way* you may recognise NELLS voice * she is also the female voice on the ABC's Media Watch. 

TRACK 1: "O! Ambient One" by Fogg			(ends approx) 17 min 40 sec

Item 4A: Val D'Angri (8.54)
First words: You're listening to..
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Track 2: "Guitar Hero" by Howard

END VOICE	27 min 12 sec		END OF PART ONE	29 min 58 sec

Item 4B: Val D'Angri (7.32)
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Track 3: "Like A Cloud" by Proem

And still looking at Eureka we travel to the fields where the Stockade took place. Today* The Eureka Centre stands on the Rebellion site* a white building topped with a massive replica of the Flag pointing into the air. And in front of this building is a new work by sculptor ANTON HAZEL. The sculpture is a circular rusted iron fence with images of the stockade cut into the iron. VINCENT O'DONNELL brings you the report. 

Item 5: Anton Hassel (Hazel) (7.24)
First words: We've just stepped
Last words: ... new opportunities'

ANTON HAZEL speaking with VINCENT O'DONNELL. If you want more information about the 150th celebrations visit www.eureka150.vic.gov.au  And that's the show for this week.  The ARTS ALIVE team this week has been Nina-Marie Petrik, Vincent O'Donnell, Sean Kennedy, Nicole Findlay, Anna Brain, Kate Stowell, Luke Dykes and 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 heard via the satellite service of 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 at www.artsaliveradio.com 

Track 4: "March" by Rosie Westbook

END VOICE	53 min 35 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

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Sting 2:      "Ou!* Ou!"/ Teo Teo / Teo Teo / OS / FJC8 904 / 10 secs
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Track 3:  "Like a Cloud"/ Proem/ Proem/ CP/ No Code/ 4 mins 14 secs
Track 4:  "March"/ Rosie Westbrook/Rosie Westbrook/ CP/ WESTY001/5 mins 13 secs