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list of programs from the 2005 series
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Program #41, 2005
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The Melbourne International Arts Festival opens.
(The Melbourne International Arts Festival is on 6-22 October. More info: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
The 2006 Regional Arts Australia National Conference organisers call for proposals.
(The 2006 Regional Arts Australia National Conference will be held 14 - 17 September 2006 at Mackay, Queensland. The Conference co-ordinator, Rebecca Atkinson, can be reached on (07) 3846 7500 or by e-mail at rebecca.atkinson@qac.org.au. More info: www.qac.org.au/htm/2006RAAConference.asp.)
Perth is the site of the 7th Totally Huge New Music Festival.
(The 7th Totally Huge New Music Festival is on in Perth until October 16. More info: www.tura.com.au.)
Guest: author Arnold Zable. Over the past decade he has produced works both fiction and non-fiction that explore Australian culture and the migrant experience. And, more recently, has been an outspoken critic of Australian government detention policies and an advocate for refugee rights.
(Arnold Zable's latest book 'Scraps of Heaven' is now available on paperbacks at your local bookstores from Text Publishing for rrp $23.00AU or $29.95AU. Also available are 'Jewels and Ashes' from Scribe Publications, 'Wanderers and Dreamers' from Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd, 'The Fig Tree' and 'Cafe Scheherazade' from Text Publishing.)
Film Review: The Proposition.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #42, 2005
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Guest: Geraldine Quinn, a cabaret performer just returned from a month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
(Geraldine Quinn's show 'Something for the Weekend' is on Friday 21 October and Saturday 22 October at the Butterfly Club, 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne. Visit Geraldine Quinn's official website for details: www.geraldinequinn.com. More info about Geraldine Quinn's show 'A Pint of Absinthe' at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival: www.edfringe.com. )
The Greek Treasures from the Benaki Museum in Athens opens in Melbourne.
(The exhibition of Greek Treasures from the Benaki Museum has now opened in Melbourne at the Immigration Museum. More info: http://immigration.museum.vic.gov.au.)
ANAT, the The Australian Network for Art and Technology, wraps up the Create_Space New Media Lab in Adelaide.
(More info: www.anat.org.au.)
John Hillcoat, the director of The Proposition, a very different Australian film with a screen play by musician Nick Cave.
Listen to the interview (Windows Media, 10 minutes 35 seconds)
(The Proposition is currently in cinemas nationwide. The film's official website: www.sonypictures.com.au/movies/theproposition/.)
Review: Melbourne International Festival of the Arts.
(The Melbourne International Arts Festival is on 6-22 October. More info: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Kate Stowell & Jess Myles.
Program #43, 2005
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Apology
The Indian Ink production Krishnan's Dairy was reported on this website last week as 'Krishnan's Diary' by mistake - apparently the web manager couldn't spell. ARTS alive apologises to our guests, our audiences and everyone who had experienced any inconvenience due to this slip-up.
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Guests: actor Jacob Rajan and director Justin Lewis, two New Zealanders who form Indian Ink. Their play 'Krishnan's Dairy' is one of the most popular and successful plays from New Zealand in the last 10 years.
(The Indian Ink production 'Krishnan's Dairy' is now playing at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt St, Southbank until 30 October. More info: www.indianink.com.au.)
Orion: Philip Glass brings the new work commissioned for the Athens Olympics in 2004 to Australia, featuring Mark Atkins on the didge.
(Philip Glass's Orion was recently performed at the 2005 Melbourne International Arts Festival. More info about Orion at the MIAF website: www.melbournefestival.com.au. Also at Philip Glass official site: www.philipglass.com.)
(Image source: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
Bridget Murphy takes a look at the Australian fashion scene.
(The official website of the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week, organised by the Australian Fashion Innovators: www.mafw.com.au.)
(The official L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival website: www.lmff.com.au.)
(Home of Vogue Australia: www.vogue.com.au.)
(The National Gallery of Victoria website: www.ngv.vic.gov.au.)
Review: Théâtre du Soleil's Le Dernier Caravansérail (Odyssees), recently performed as part of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts.
(More info of the performance at the MIAF website: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain & Jess Myles. Guest reporter: Bridget Murphy.
Program #44, 2005
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Guest: Judith Rodriguez, Australian author and a member of PEN, the international association of writers. November 10th each year is observed as the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, a reminder that writing, in some countries can be a risky business.
(The Australian division of PEN, the Sydney PEN will honour the memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa at this year's International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. For details visit the Sydney PEN website: www.pen.org.au.)
Melbourne on Screen focuses attention on the Australian film industry while competing for the overseas film production dollar.
(The 2005 program of Melbourne on Screen, which includes 25 events of master classes, seminars, award ceremonies, forums, conference and summit runs 24-29 November. It is worthy to note that about one-third of this year's program is devoted to the late director Stanley Kubrick, featuring works from his archive and a master class with collaborator Jan Harlan, sessions with Christiane Kubrick and Malcolm McDowell. More info: www.melbourneonscreen.com.au.)
Chalk the Walk: Pavement Art rates its own festival in Sydney.
(The inaugural Chalk the Walk Pavement Art Festival was held 28-30th October 2005 at Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour, Sydney. More info: www.chalkthewalk.com.)
Poledancing is undergoing a cultural shift, moving from strip clubs to the gymnasium.
(For more info on poledancing lessons check out Polestars Australia: www.polestars.com.au.)
Excerpt: Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise, recently performed as part of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts.
(More info of the performance at the MIAF website: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain & Jess Myles. Guest reporter: Sacha McDougall.
Program #45, 2005
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Guest: Tolga Örnek, the Turkish director of a new two-hour documentary film on Gallipoli, which tells the story through the eyes of individual Australian, Turkish, New Zealand and British soldiers who fought on that beautiful but lethal stretch of land in 1915.
('Gallipoli' screens nationally from 3 November. More info: www.roninfilms.com.au. Visit the film's official website: www.gallipoli-film.com.)
Do new sedition laws threaten artistic expression? Some, including the ALP's parliamentary secretary for the arts Peter Garrett, think so.
(Read the media release 'Answers still needed on terrorism bills' at Peter Garrett's official site: www.petergarrett.com.au.)
Has the Adelaide Fringe gone respectable with a new long-term sponsor?
(We will just have to wait to see what they come up with in 2007 as a result of the $1.4m sponsorship deal with Bank SA. Meanwhile the Adelaide Fringe 2006 is held 24 February - 19 March. The Adelaide Fringe website: www.adelaidefringe.com.au.)
Information Technology comes to serve the dream time for the traditional owners of Uluru - Kata Tjuta.
(For more info about the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park visit: www.deh.gov.au/parks/uluru/.)
We caught up with Reg Mombassa of the Australian surf and streetwear brand Mambo fame, at the opening of the Australian Design exhibition at the newly-opened National Design Centre in Melbourne.
(The Australian Design exhibition will be open until January and submissions of your favourite designs are still being collated, so log onto www.nationaldesigncentre.com and suggest an exhibit.)
(The official Mambo website: www.mambo.com.au.)
(The official Mental As Anything website: www.mentals.com.au.)
Film Review: In Her Shoes.
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Alice Berry & Jess Myles.
Program #46, 2005
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(Picture right: the winning artwork design of the Adelaide Fringe 2006 poster, created by Robert Tiley, as featured in this week's News. Image courtesy of the Adelaide Fringe.)
(News: 4 minutes 2 seconds)
Guest: Professor Leon van Schaik, recently recognised by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for his contribution to architecture and education.
(8 minutes 55 seconds + 9 minutes 42 seconds)
(Professor Leon van Schaik's homepage: www.leonvanschaik.com.)
Seditious Intent: a Sydney film company invited submission of short films by the government's 'Help Protect Australia from Terrorism' advertising campaign.
(5 minutes 19 seconds)
(More info: www.culture2.org/si.
You might also check www.newmatilda.com for some patriotic commentary on the government's legislation and human rights.)
 
Film Reviews: Rize & Inside Deep Throat.
(4 minutes 46 seconds)
Brisbane-based company Creative Economy launches their Indigenous Creative Business Development Program.
(4 minutes 43 seconds)
(The 2005/06 Indigenous Creative Business Development Program will run until June 30, 2006. For more information about the application process, or if you want to speak to an ICBD consultant, email info@creativeeconomy.com.au or phone 1300 665 086. More info: www.creativeeconomy.com.au.)
Bootleg: a Melbourne night club tries something new - live bands and audio-visual art.
(8 minutes 1 second)
('Bootleg' is held monthly in Melbourne, amd there are plans for trials in Sydney and Perth. If it's your gig, watch your local media. The Melbourne Ding Dong Lounge wesbite: www.dingdonglounge.com.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Alice Berry & Jess Myles. Guest reporter: Helen Grose.
Program #47, 2005
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Guests: Cecilia Dart-Thornton, one of Australia's most successful authors who writes for a specialist readership: science-fantasy-romance. The second book of the Crowthistle Cronicles, 'The Well of Tears', has just been published.
(9 minutes 4 seconds + 7 minutes 34 seconds)
('The Well of Tears', the second volume of The Crowthistle Chronicles is now available on trade paperback at your local bookshop for rrp $A32.95. Also available on paperback are 'The Iron Tree', the first volume of The Crowthistle Chronicles, The Bitterbynde Trilogy: 'The Ill-made Mute', 'The Lady of the Sorrows' & 'The Battle of Evernight'. All her books are published by Pan Macmillan Australia. More info: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
 
Sculpture has become big business with prizes totalling almost $200,000 awarded or up for grabs this month.
(5 minutes 41 seconds)
(For a full list of winners of the 2005 Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2005, including Simon Perry's 'Public Address' pictured far left visit: http://web4.ehost-services.com/melbourne/mp2005/melbourneprize.html.)
(Lisa Roet's winning sculpture 'White ape', pictured left, along with other 34 works in the McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey 2005 are displayed at the McClelland Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin, Victoria until 25 June 2006. More info on the McClelland Award 2005 : www.mcclellandgallery.com. And Lisa will join Ken Scarlett, a prominent writer on Australian sculpture, on a future program to tackle the question of why has sculpture become so handsomely rewarded in recent years.)
(The $30,000 prize from Sculpture by the Sea will be announced soon.)
('Public Address' image source: www.melbourneprize.org; 'White Ape' image source: www.mcclellandgallery.com.)
Guest reporter Sharon Chew examines the cultural Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Arts Victoria and Singapore.
(7 minutes 52 seconds)
(More info on Singapore's Memorandum of Understanding with Arts Victoria www.nac.gov.sg. Thanks to Michael Nation of Arts Victoria and Sherlyn Leng of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.)
Film Review: Salam Namaste, the opening night film at the Bollywood Masala Film Festival.
(4 minutes 8 seconds)
(The Bollywood Masala Film Festival is held in Sydney at Cinema Paris 10-23 November, in Melbourne at Cinema Nova 17-30 November and in Perth at Luna Outdoor 19 January to 15 February, 2006.)
(News: 4 minutes 17 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Alice Berry, Anna Brain & Jess Myles. Guest reporter: Sharon Chew.
Program #48, 2005
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Guests: soprano Deborah Kayser and double bass player Nick Tsiavos. Their professional partnership produces music that is solemn and haunting, and quite a delight to listen to.
(9 minutes 16 seconds + 6 minutes 29 seconds)
(Visit Nick Tsiavos's homepage: www.nicktsiavos.net.)
The Inside Film Awards and the Australian Film Institute Craft Awards.
(5 minutes 50 seconds)
(For a full list of winners of the 2005 Lexus Inside Film Awards, visit: www.if.com.au.)
(At the time when this week program's produced, the AFI performance awards is yet to be announced on 26 November, but the craft awards were announced on Friday 25 November just before our broadcast deadline. For a list of winners of the L'Oréal Paris 2005 AFI Craft Awards, visit: www.afi.org.au.)
Brisbane is to host the VIII World Shakespeare Congress in July next year.
(4 minutes 32 seconds)
(More info: www.shakespeare2006.net. And in another tie-in, Queensland senior school students are to be invited to write a Shakespeare-inspired short film script for their chance to have it produced and shown at the Brisbane International Film Festival next year.)
A special report on the ALP and its arts policy vacuum.
(9 minutes 12 seconds)
(And the question hangs there: Six weeks after our initial request for an interview, Peter Garrett has yet to respond to ARTS alive's questions on his new role, and on the party's review of its arts policy. The official Australian Labor Party wesbite: www.alp.org.au. The official Peter Garrett wesbite: www.petergarrett.com.au.)
Film Review: Shopgirl.
(3 minutes 44 seconds)
(News: 4 minutes 58 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Alice Berry & Jess Myles. Guest reporter: Tristan Pierce.
Program #49, 2005
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We talk to the curators of the Stanley Kubrick: Inside the Mind of a visionary filmmaker exhibition.
Watch the interview with the curators: Hans-Peter Reichmann, Tim Heptner & Maja Keppler (Windows Media video for dial-up connection, 240x132, 6 minutes 42 seconds)
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("Stanley Kubrick: Inside the Mind of a visionary filmmaker" is now on at the ACMI in Melbourne until 29 January. For more info about the exhibition visit wesbite: www.acmi.net.au. Click on the thumbnail below and see our web-exclusive coverage of the exhibition.)
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Guests: sculptor Lisa Roet, winner of the recently awarded McClelland prize for sculpture; and Ken Scarlett, an authority on Australian sculpture. We'll be talking about why sculpture has become so sexy and also about Ken's recently published memoir.
(9 minutes 12 seconds + 8 minutes 1 second)
(More info about the McClelland Award 2005: www.mcclellandgallery.com.)
(Ken Scarlett's book "Limited Recall" is published by Macmillan Australia.)
The Music of CSIRAC: a new book which puts Australian computer programmers of the 1950s at the forefront of developing computer-generated music (then the Yanks took over).
(4 minutes 44 seconds)
("The Music of CSIRAC: Australia's First Computer Music" is available on paperback from Common Ground Publishing for rrp $25AU. More info: http://www.cgpublisher.com. Extract of Paul's document on the Music of CSIRAC is also available at: http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/csirac/music/. And CSIRAC can be seen in all of its seven tonne glory at the Museum Victoria.)
The Museum Victoria wants to borrow your passion for collecting for the third of their Community Collections exhibitions.
(3 minutes 55 seconds)
(And if your collection might meet the criteria of Museum Victoria's Community Collections 2005, you have better let them know before 31 December. More info: www.museum.vic.gov.au.)
Film Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
(4 minutes 11 seconds)
(News: 4 minutes 51 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Anna Brain, Alice Berry & Jess Myles.
Program #50, 2005
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Guests: Fred Ladd, 'the Godfather of Anime' - the man who adapted Japanese animation (anime) classics such as "Astro Boy" (pictured) and "Kimba the White Lion" for western audiences. The creator of these iconic shows, Osamu Tesuka, was a huge fan of Betty Boop. And his success influenced all other anime creations.
(8 minutes + 7 minutes 24 seconds)
("Astro Boy" amd "Kimba the White Lion" are available in Australia on DVD from Madman Entertainment. "Gigantor" is available on DVD from Siren Visual. "G-Force" and "Marine Boy" are still yet to get an Australian DVD-release.)
The Smith Family tackles cultural poverty.
(6 minutes 3 seconds)
(Needless to say the Smith Family would be delighted with your donation of books or money, especially at this time of year. For more info about the Smith Family's Learning For Life program visit official website: www.ignite.auz.net. The Smith Family official website: www.smithfamily.com.au.)
Artists exhibit in opposition to sedition laws.
(4 minutes 49 seconds)
('Artists Against Sedition Laws Exhibition' will open at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 1 Casula Road, Casula until Saturday 17 December at 5pm. More info: www.casulapowerhouse.com.)
Plans to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded contact between Europeans and Indigenous Australians.
(8 minutes 51 seconds)
(The official website of the Australia on the Map 1606-2006 committee in Queensland: www.australiaonthemap.qld.gov.au, from which you'll find links to the national Australia on the Map website and the Dutch government's website.)
Film Review: Good Night, and Good Luck.
(4 minutes 20 seconds)
(News: 3 minutes 53 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Alice Berry & Jess Myles.
Program #51, 2005
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Guests: Prof. Jaynie Anderson, who conducts cultural tours, especially to Europe for student of fine arts, but has some ideas on how tourists can maximise the cultural value of travel.
(9 minutes 22 seconds + 9 minutes 38 seconds)
(Prof. Jaynie Anderson's profile @ the University of Melbourne's School Art History, Cinema, Classics & Archaeology website: www.ahcca.unimelb.edu.au.)
How one student union coped with the kind of cuts the VSU legislation will cause.
(5 minutes 6 seconds)
(The UWA Student Guild website: www.gu.uwa.edu.au. More info about Voluntary Student Unionism: www.vsu.com.au.)
In Melbourne three prominent music institutions are planning a merger, but will there be a place for 20th century music there?
(5 minutes 41 seconds)
(Media release from the Victorian Ministers of the Arts - 'World Class Music School Proposed for Melbourne': www.dpc.vic.gov.au. The new conservatorium's feasibility inquiry is due to report next March. We'll let you know of its findings.)
(The Victorian College of the Arts Website: www.vca.unimelb.edu.au.)
(The Australian National Academy of Music website: www.anam.unimelb.edu.au.)
(The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Music website: www.music.unimelb.edu.au.)
Singapore has opened a new drama theatre, adding to its cultural assets.
(7 minutes 6 seconds)
(Singapore's new Drama Centre is located at 100 Victoria Street, Level 3, National Library, Singapore 188064. More info on the Drama Centre: www.nac.gov.sg.)
(News: 4 minutes 8 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Alice Berry, Tristan Pierce & Jess Myles.
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