ARTS alive - 2004 program list

list of programs from the 2004 series

Program #11, 2004
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Melbourne Queer Film Festival, with Festival Director Lisa Daniel (More info: www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au)

WA's Deckchair Theatre turns 21, with Artistic Director Angela Chaplin (More info: www.deckchairtheatre.com.au)

Guest: Michelle De Kretser, winner of the Asia Pacific Section of the Commonwealth Literary Prize for her novel The Hamilton Case

The Desert Dreamings exhibition, held in East Fremantle, 19-29 March, with director of Artitja Fine Art Anna Kanaris (For more info call 0414 743 418)

Film Review: The Human Stain
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles, Kate Stowell & Anna Brain.

Program #12, 2004
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Resale royalty: what is it? how does it work? Tamara Winicoff of NAVA explains.

ANAT's Synapse Art and Science Residency program: calling for applications (More info: www.anat.org.au)

Guest: Sydney sculptor and architect Richard Goodwin

Simon Carter, a philosophically-inclined busker in Wellington, New Zealand

Film Review: A Cold Summer
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles & Kate Stowell.

Program #13, 2004
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Terminal - an arts and culture extravaganza about to hit WA. (The event runs as part of the "The Space Between - The International Festival of Art Fashion and Design" on the 17th of April. More info: www.thespacebetween.org.au)

Melbourne Museum peers in to the private collections of the Victorian public... and pulls out some very unusual skeletons. (The "Community Collections" exhibition is on now until 21 August. More info: www.museum.vic.gov.au. Search under "Community Collections".)

Guest: Edwyn Garland, co-editor of a new kind of literary magazine, 'Splatter'. (The 'Splatter' magazine is currently looking for writers. Interested? Check out their website: www.splattermagazine.info.)

Curtis Levy, the director of the TV documentary, 'The President versus David Hicks', screened on SBS recently.

Film Review: Monster
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles & Kate Stowell.

Program #14, 2004
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ABC arts programming plummeted in past decade, reports confirms.

(If you want to check out the report go to the Community and Public Sector Union website)

Undergrowth, a new online magazine was launched in Melbourne in March.

(More info: www.undergrowth.org.)

Guest: Sue Giles, artistic director of Polyglot Puppets.

(The Polyglot Puppet Show is on 5-7 April at Como Historic House and Garden in South Yarra, Melbourne. Phone Como on (03) 9827 2500 for further information. Official Polyglot Puppets website: www.polyglotpuppets.com.au.)

Actor Geoffery Rush speaking at the announcement of this year's Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards.

(A long version of the awards, including the speeches of the winners will be available on CD from The Aboriginal Program Exchange. The CDs will be posted to regular subscribers, and available for a small fee to non-subscribers. Call TAPE on (03) 9419 9608 for enquiries or to order your copy.)

Film Review: Love's Brother
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles, Kate Stowell & Sean Kennedy.

Program #15, 2004
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The ABC management starves debate on the CPSU report on ABC arts programming. (More to the story)

Film-maker Mike Rubbo takes a leaf out of the printmaker's book and publishing a numbered and signed limited edition of his film Much Ado About Something, on DVD.

(The Region 4 Much Ado About Something DVD is now available at local retail stores, ABC Shops and online. The documentary also screens on ABC TV on Sunday April 18th at 8.30pm.)

Culture and cuisine collide on the streets of Melbourne.

Guest: Te Puna O Whawetu Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand - Vincent O'Donnell walked around the impressive new gallery with director Tony Preston when visiting last December.

(Official Te Puna O Whawetu Christchurch Art Gallery website: www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz.)

Former circus ring master Walter Laverre has come out of retirement to play the ghostly grand father in Kage Physical Theatre's "The Day the World Turned Upside Down", a children's show that's full of circus acts and magic.

("The Day the World turned Upside Down" is on at the North Melbourne Town Hall on

Apr 13-15 at 11am & 2pm,

Apr 16-17 at 2pm & 7:30pm and

Apr 18 at 2pm.

Call (03) 9328 2474 for bookings. For details check out the official Kage Physical Theatre website.)

Film Review: Starsky and Hutch
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles, Kate Stowell, Anna Brain & Sean Kennedy.

Program #16, 2004
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The SkyLab exhibition opens in Western Australia.

(The "Skylab - out of orbit" exhibition will travel to the Eastern States later this year. For touring details email artmoves@artonthemove.com.au. More info: www.squarepegdesign.com.au/skylabexhibition.)

Ravensphere.com, a new website launched for up and coming musicians of all ages..

(The launch of Ravensphere.com takes place at Revolver nightclub in Melbourne this Thursday 29th April. If you'd like to get along, send an email to launch@ravensphere.com)

Guest: John Olson, former SA premier and currently Australia's Consul-General in Los Angles.

The Australian launch of the Creative Commons, a copyright system that allows legal sampling and sharing for creative content producers working in the new media.

(More info: www.creativecommons.org.)

Film Review: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles & Kate Stowell.

Program #17, 2004
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Philanthropy Australia anticipates growth in charitable donations especially in the cultural sector, and is boosting the profile of the Not-for-Profit sector.

(More info: www.philanthropy.org.au.)

Melbourne seeks to corner the urban jazz festival scene, by pulling the funding of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

(The Melbourne International Jazz Festival will run from May 6-16th 2004. Program details are on the MIJF website.)

Guest: Professor Arthur Hofer, Artistic Director of the German Film Academy, visiting Australia to accompany the Goethe Institute's Festival of German Cinema, 2004.

A tribute to film director Tim Burstall, who died in the early hours of Monday 19 April, after suffering a severe stroke. Listen to the audio tribute

Film Review: Kill Bill Vol. 2
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles, Kate Stowell & Anna Brain.

Program #18, 2004
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A new peak advocacy organisation, the Council for the Humanities, Arts And Social Sciences is formed in Canberra.

(Register to receive their newsletter at the Council for the Humanities, Arts And Social Sciences wesbite: www.chass.org.au.)

The annual Next Wave festival is about to kick-off - This years's theme: Unpopular Culture.

(The Next Wave Festival will be touring natioalwide across regional centres. More info: www.nextwave.org.au.)

Guest: Kathryn Fox, a GP-turned-author whose first novel, Malicious Intent, is getting a deal of attention.

(Malicious Intent is available in paperback at your local bookstores for rrp $30.00.)

We meet Monkey Marc and Izzy Brown from the Melbourne activist collective Labrats (Comabat Wombat and Sonic Boom), who have been working with young people of the Western Desert region, Kintore and Papunya, making music and trying to head-off petrol sniffing and other substance abuse.

(If you want a copy of the Western Desert Mob album, you can contact Monkey Marc via monkeymarc@hotmail.com)

Film Review: Strange Bedfellows, the new Australian comedy starring Michael Caton and Paul Hogan.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles, Kate Stowell, Anna Brain & Sean Kennedy.

Program #19, 2004
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The Ausmusic Forum is scheduled for 15-23 May.

(More info: www.ausmusic.org.au.)

A new music score inspired by the Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Australia is performed in Perth.

('Karakamia' is due to be performed at The Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 22nd May. To book tickets or obtain more information you can contact (08) 9484 1133. . More info: www.nextwave.org.au.)

Guest: visual artist Anne Riggs. Her exhibition 'Ritual, Light and Land: An Artist's Journey Through the Western Front' opened at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance just before Anza Day.

(The 'Ritual, Light and Land: An Artist's Journey Through the Western Front' exhibition is now on daily until 13 Jun.)

Adelaide Cabaret Festival, with director Julia Holt.

(The 2004 Adelaide Cabaret Festival is to be held on 11-26 June. More info: www.adelaidecabaret.com)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nicole Findlay, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles, Kate Stowell & Sean Kennedy.

Program #20, 2004
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Regional arts audiences are the Budget winners in the cultural sector.

The 15/15 Film Festival screens in Melbourne before touring regional Australia, Indonesia and Europe.

(For a full list of screening dates visit www.filmfestival15.com.)

Vicnet, a specialist, culturally oriented ISP and the host of the ARTS alive website, sheds staff.

(And we have sought a specific response to the issues raised by Ms Sparrow from the State Library and also from the Minister for the Arts. The Library declined further comment, and as of our production deadline, no comment had been received from the Minister for the Arts.)

Guest: Peter Oyston, theatre director, educator and artist. A lifetime admirer of Russion actor and director, Konstantin Stanislavski, Peter's just released videotape illustrates the use of the Stanislavski Method in modern theatre, film and TV rehearsals.

(The VHS tape 'How to Use the Stansilavski method' is available by mail order for $85 - Given the price of text books these days, a reasonable price. Click here for more info.)

Nicole Findlay will be talking with the New Zealand musician Rhian Sheehan.

(Rhian Sheehan's second album 'Tiny Blue Biosphere' will soon be available in Australia, accomapnied with his first album 'Paradigm Shift'. In the meantime if you want more information about Rhian's music or tour dates you can check out www.rhiansheehan.com.)

Film Review: Van Helsing.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Jess Myles, Nina-Marie Petrik, Sean Kennedy, Nicole Findlay, Kate Stowell & Anna Brain.