Program #31, 2006
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Guest: Professor David Crystal, from the University of Wales. His book 'Language and the Internet' is in its second edition and he argues that electronic communication is causing a bigger revolution in the way we use language that did the invention of moveable type for the printing press almost 600 years ago.
(9 minutes 45 seconds + 9 minutes 15 seconds)
(The 2nd edition of 'Language and the Internet' is now available on hardcover from Cambridge University Press for rrp $A29.99. More info about the book: www.cup.cam.ac.uk.)
The Signature of Sydney: a unique art prize funded by businesses who pay to see their logo in the winning artwork.
(3 minutes 45 seconds)
(More info on The Signature of Sydney competition: www.signatureofsydney.com.au. Entries can be viewed also under 'artworks' on the website.)
The Music Room: a new TV pilot hopes to save the live music scene in South Australia.
(4 minutes 42 seconds)
(The Music Room pilot will be filmed at Higher Ground in Rundle Mall on 12-13th October. Visit www.themusicroom.net.au for more details.)
Trevor Green, the general manager of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has some thoughts on the training of professional musicians to share with us.
(12 minutes 25 seconds)
(If you are in Melbourne with an hour or two free on a Friday afternoon, you can attend the free, public Fridays@3 Seminars at the Australian National Academy of Music, in the old South Melbourne Town Hall at 3pm. More information is at: www.anam.unimelb.edu.au.)
(News: 3 minutes 21 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Brodie Flint & Jess Myles.
Program #32, 2006
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Guest: Sydney painter Ray Firth. Originally from the NSW country town of Moree, he has organised an exhibition 'Six Voices' that brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to reflect on the town. He also recalls an event back in 1965 that changed his life and the course of history for Moree.
(8 minutes 57 seconds + 6 minutes 32 seconds)
(The 'Six Voices' exhibition, featuring the works of Jim Stanley, Lawrence Leslie, Jenny Mundy, Guy Warren, Ray Firth and Sally Montague is now touring Melbourne at the Rinaldi Gallery, 334 Victoria Street, Brunswick until 29 October. The Rinaldi Gallery website: www.rinaldigallery.com.au. After that the exhibition will return to the NSW at Parliament House early next year.)
Australia Council announces the 2006 Young Leaders Awards and the inaugural Kirk Robson Award.
(Tim O'Loughlin interview: 3 minutes 56 seconds)
(Lenine Bourke interview: 5 minutes 5 seconds)
(The winners of the inaugural Kirk Robson Award were Lenine Bourke from Brisbane, Khaled Abdulwahab from Fitzroy in Victoria and Claudia Chidiac from Concord West in NSW. Congratulations to them all. More info on the Awards: www.ozco.gov.au.)
Kenny moves from portaloos to indoor dunnies... unveil the newly restored toilets at the new Abbotsford Convent arts complex.
(live recording: 2 minutes 44 seconds)
(More info on The Abbotsford Convent: www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au.)
(Image source: www.kennythemovie.com.)
The National Gallery of Victoria's Van Gogh painting "Head of a Man" is sent to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for authentication.
(12 minutes 25 seconds)
(And the arts world awaits the results with as much anticipation as they do further debvelopments in the Geoffrey Smith saga. The official website of the National Gallery of Victoria: www.ngv.vic.gov.au.)
 
Film Reviews: Sketches of Frank Gehry & Favela Rising.
(4 minutes 14 seconds)
('Favela Rising' is now available on DVD in Australia from AV Channel. More info: www.madman.com.au.)
Sounds from the Children's Cheering Carpet - The Japanese Garden - a participation performance work and part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival that opened last week.
(live recording: 36 seconds)
(Part one of the Children's Cheering Carpet experience, The Japanese Garden, will be performing as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival 12-15, 17-18 Oct at Arts House - Meat Market - Oven, The Meat Market, 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne. More information is at: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
(News: 2 minutes 50 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Brodie Flint & Jess Myles.
Program #33, 2006
 
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Guest: Simmone Howell whose first book, 'Notes from the Teenage Underground', has been snapped up for release in North America and Europe as well as in Australia. 'Notes from the Teenage Underground' is thinking-girl's chick-lit.
(7 minutes 58 seconds + 6 minutes 42 seconds)
('Notes from the Teenage Underground' is available in Australia on paperback from Pan Macmillan Australia for rrp$16.95. More info: www.panmacmillan.com.au. After that the exhibition will return to the NSW at Parliament House early next year.)
(Image source: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
Aussie Kids Photo Festival: A photographic competition for 3-7 year olds... entries are now open.
(5 minutes 34 seconds)
(For details and an entry form contact www.aussiekidsphotofestival.com. Entries close Friday 16 February 2007, and cost $55 for a portfolio of up to 6 photos. $10 from each entry goes to the charity Jeans for Genes.)
Get into Art!: Public galleries across Victoria throw open their doors for free.
(5 minutes 58 seconds)
(The Get into Art! open day is all day on Sunday 29th October. More info at: www.pgav.org.au or (03) 8662 1511.)
The director of Adelaide Festival Centre announces his ambitious programming vision and several new annual festival and events for Adelaide.
(8 minutes 53 seconds)
(More info: www.afct.org.au. And it seems that Adelaide is working hard to reclaim its place as a cultural focus of Australia.)
Film Review: Children of Men.
(3 minutes 27 seconds)
More sounds from the Children's Cheering Carpet - The Japanese Garden - a participation performance work and part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival presently on in Melbourne.
(live recording: 20 seconds)
(Part one of the Children's Cheering Carpet experience, The Japanese Garden, will be performing as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival 12-15, 17-18 Oct at Arts House - Meat Market - Oven, The Meat Market, 5 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne. More information is at: www.melbournefestival.com.au.)
(News: 2 minutes 50 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles & Brodie Flint.
Program #34, 2006
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Guests: Natasha Conlon & Susanna Jenscko, co-curators of SCAPE 2006, the largest public arts event in New Zealand, which is presently on in Christchurch.
(Young protester at the opening of SCAPE 2006, referred to in the interview. Photo courtesy of Trish Shaw.)
(8 minutes 20 seconds + 10 minutes 6 seconds)
(SCAPE 2006 Biennial of Art in Public Space is now on in Christchurch, New Zealand until 12 November. For more info visit the official website: www.scapebiennial.org.nz.)
"If You Were to Collect": the management consultants, Deloitte, opens a second exhibition in their offices for the enjoyment of staff and clients, and to support the artists represented.
(5 minutes 28 seconds)
(More info about the "If you were to collect... Elements of abstraction" exhibition, presented by Deloitte in association with the TarraWarra Museum of Art, to be held on Level 14 of the QV building in Melbourne's Lonsdale Street: www.deloitte.com.au.)
Across Australia the Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation start to bite with the first closures of student galleries. The director of First Site gallery at RMIT, Jen Brook, tells.
(5 minutes 5 seconds)
(While Ms Brook can chart the immediate effects of the VSU legislation on university cultural activities, the real impact may not be felt for a decade or more with fewer artists, actor, film makers and writers coming through to support Australian cultural expression and production. More info on the Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation: www.stopvsu.org.)
 
Film Reviews: Grizzly Man & Look Both Ways.
(3 minutes 29 seconds)
('Grizzly Man' and 'Look Both Ways' are now available on DVD in Australia from AV Channel. More info: www.madman.com.au & www.madman.com.au.)
We find out a little about the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art and their plans for the 32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art for early 2008.
(8 minutes 43 seconds)
(The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art is available in Gleebooks in Sydney, Readings in Melbourne, and similar bookshops throughout Australia. The official website of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art: www.artjournal.net.)
(The 32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art will be held in Melbourne between 13-18 January 2007. Visit the official Congress website: www.cihamelbourne2008.com.au.)
(News: 4 minutes)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik, Jess Myles & Brodie Flint.
Program #35, 2006
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Guest: Randa Abdel-Fattah, a Sydney lawyer who has a growing career as a novelist. Her teen-lit explores issues of gender politics and religion, especially from a Muslin perspective.
(8 minutes 21 seconds + 7 minutes 46 seconds)
(Randa Abdel-Fattah's latest novel 'Ten Things I Hate About Me' is now available on paperback in Australia from Pan Macmillan for rrp$16.95. Also available is 'Does My Head Look Big in This?' - More info about her books: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
(Click here for our interview with Randa in 2005 about her first book 'Does My Head Look Big in This?'.)
"Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga": an exhibition of the work of the pioneer of Manga cartoons, Osamu Tezuka.
(4 minutes 43 seconds)
("Tezuka: the Marvel of Manga" is now showing at the St Kilda Road venue of the National Gallery of Victoria until 28 January 2007. After which it moves to the Arts Gallery of NSW, thence to the United States. More info: www.ngv.vic.gov.au.)
A report from the National Forum on Performance in Cultural Institutions held last month.
(4 minutes 43 seconds)
(Many Players, Many Parts: The Third National Forum on Performance in Cultural Institutions was held 12-14
October 2006. If you want to get into the loop for the next National Forum on Performance in Cultural Institutions planned for 2008, Margaret Griffith, Manager of Public programs at the Melbourne Museum, and convenor of the recent National Performance Conference, is happy to hear from you. Contact details are at : www.museum.vic.gov.au/performanceconference.)
We are invited to create our very own Dream Seed, which will be scattered over Federation Square in the centre of Melbourne on the night of Saturday 23 December in a spectacular shower of lights.
(8 minutes 41 seconds)
(If you'd like more information about the Dream Seed Christmas workshops and other events at Federation Square just go to: www.fedsquare.com.)
Film Review: Flags Of Our Fathers.
(3 minutes 36 seconds)
(News: 3 minutes 14 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #36, 2006
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Guest: Prof. Alexander Ivashkin, a Russian-born cellist who is the artist-in-residence at the Australian National Academy of Music. We ask him about the state of the arts in post post-revolutionary Russia.
(9 minutes 13 seconds + 6 minutes)
(The official Australian National Academy of Music website: www.anam.unimelb.edu.au.)
The Adelaide Fringe with their partners, Bank SA has won the National Australia Bank Partnering Award at the recent Australian Business Art Foundation Awards.
(5 minutes 10 seconds)
(Congratulations to the Adelaide Fringe and their partners, Bank SA. For a list of the winners of the 2006 Australian Business Art Foundation Awards visit: www.abaf.org.au/awards/.)
 
New edition of The Macquarie Australian Encyclopedic Dictionary is published this month.
(5 minutes 10 seconds)
(The fourth edition of the Macquarie Australian Encyclopedic Dictionary, published by The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd and distributed in Australia by Pan Macmillan, is available in hardback for rrp$79.95 or hardcover at your local bookshops now. Would you give a dictionary for Christmas, we wonder? More info: www.panmacmillan.com.au. Visit the Macquarie Dictionary online: www.macquariedictionary.com.au.)
Also published this month: new edition of McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art.
(9 minutes 27 seconds)
(The New McCulloch's Encyclodedia of Australian Art, available now at your local bookstores from Pan Macmillan, retails for just under $300. But is a reference work with over 1,200 pages that will serve the reader for years to come. More info: www.panmacmillan.com.au.)
(News: 3 minutes 19 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #37, 2006
 
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Guest: Ben Hills, Australian author of "Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne", a passionate book about Princess Masako, wife of the heir to the Japanese throne, and according to Hills, a prisoner of the Imperial bureaucracy.
(9 minutes 14 seconds + 8 minutes 59 seconds)
("Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne" is now available in Australian bookstores on trade paperback from Random House Australia for rrp $34.95. More info: www.randomhouse.com.au & www.benhills.com/books/PrincessMasako/. Visit Ben Hill's official website: www.benhills.com.)
(Image source: www.randomhouse.com.au.)
A new anthology of poetry, The Best Australian Poems 2006, is launched.
(5 minutes 23 seconds)
("The Best Australian Poems 2006", edited by Dorothy Porter, is in stores now from Blank Inc. for $24.95, just in time for Christmas. More info: www.blackincbooks.com/blinc/.)
The Film and Television Institute of Western Australia (FTI), together with the ABC and Screen West take out the Media Arts Award at the recent AbaF awards for Deadly Yarns 2.
(5 minutes 15 seconds)
(Press release of "FTI, ScreenWest & ABC Win National Media Arts Award": www.fti.asn.au.)
In the USA, the National Endowment for the Arts publishes a report that says arts and culture consumers make better all-round citizens.
(34 seconds + 9 minutes 14 seconds)
(Press release of "National Endowment for the Arts Releases Study on The Arts and Civic Engagement ": www.arts.gov/news. The report, "The Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life", is available in Portable Document Format (pdf) file on the NEA website at: www.arts.gov. Hard copies are availale for ordering here.)
(Image source: www.arts.gov.)
Film Review: The Prestige.
(3 minutes 20 seconds)
(News: 3 minutes 24 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #38, 2006
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Guest: Dorcas Maphakela. Born in South Africa and attended arts school in Johannesburg, she taught fine art there and worked in the South African film and television industry. Currently Dorcas is on a three-month internship with Craft Victoria.
(8 minutes 51 seconds + 5 minutes 39 seconds)
(Dorcas Maphakela story @ Craft Victoria's website: www.craftvic.asn.au.)
A walk around "Eyes, Lies & Illusions", an extraordinary exhibition displays spectacular new illusions with four centuries of rare optical toys and puzzles.
(11 minutes 1 second)
(The "Eyes, Lies and Illusions" exhibition is now on at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne until the 11 February. More info: www.acmi.net.au.)
(Image source: www.acmi.net.au.)
The inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature and Best Writing Award are announced.
(5 minutes 46 seconds)
(And the short list of the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2006 included Hannie Rayson, Dorothy Porter whom we heard from last week, John Marsden, and Alex Miller, all fine Australian writers. Next year the Melbourne prize will be for a contribution to music. It rotates back to sculpture the following year.
(For more info on the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2006 visit: www.melbourneprizetrust.org. The Finalist exhibition is held 13-27 November 2006 in the Atrium at Federation Square. The exhibition, as well as selected titles, can also be viewed at the website.)
The Adelaide Fringe, never short of original ideas, is planning a DJ contest - Fresh Fringe Spin.
(3 minutes 57 seconds)
(The Fresh Fringe Spin competition, open for DJs and producers, closes at 5pm on Wednesday 6 December 2006. The winner will be announced live on Monday 15 January 2007. Details can be found on the Adelaide fringe website: www.adelaidefringe.com.au and on the FreshFM website: www.freshfm.com.au.)
Film Review: Catch a Fire.
(3 minutes 32 seconds)
(News: 4 minutes)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #39, 2006
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Guest: photographer and teacher John Storey. While in Hong Kong he took a series of photographs by available light that now form an exhibition he has called 'Hong Kong Patina'. He is a convert to digital photography and we took the time to walk around the exhibition with him as he considered the qualities of his work.
(8 minutes 51 seconds + 9 minutes 52 seconds)
(John Storey's exhibition 'Hong Kong Patina' is currently on at the Gallery Edge, 2/37 Groom Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria until 17 December. For more info contact the Gallery on (03) 9486 8699.)
Experimenta Under the Radar, an exhibition of Australian Interactive and Screen-based art, has been wowing UK audiences.
(7 minutes 3 seconds)
(The 'Experimenta Under the Radar' exhibition was touring at London's Institute of Contemporary Art until 3 December. If you cant get to the Institute of Contemporary Art in London the works may be viewed at: www.experimenta.org/undertheradar/.)
The Adelaide Fringe is now going for literary excellence.
(3 minutes 20 seconds)
(The closing date for entries for WORD: The Adelaide Fringe Writers' Festival is 5th January 2007. Entry forms and further details can be found on the Adelaide Fringe website: www.adelaidefringe.com.au.)
 
Film Reviews: A Scanner Darkly & Rashamon.
(3 minutes 23 seconds)
('Rashamon' is now available on DVD in Australia from AV Channel. More info: www.madman.com.au.)
A report on the outcome of the Singapore Biennale that conclude in the second week in November.
(7 minutes 38 second)
(Planning has begun for another Singapore Biennale in two years time. The next artistic director is yet to be announced. The official Singapore Biennale website: www.singaporebiennale.org.)
(News: 3 minutes 59 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #40, 2006
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Guests: the members of music group Triosk, who talk about their process of improvisation, which is the essence of the Triosk sound.
(8 minutes 32 seconds + 8 minutes 48 seconds)
(Triosk will be perfoming at the Peats Ridge Festival on 30 December, and are preparing for their European tour in April 2007. For the latest gig dates and venues and other info on Triosk, visit the homepage of Sydney-based group: www.triosk.com.)
(Image source: www.triosk.com.)
The Victorian government commissions a survey of the small arts organisations operating in that state.
(5 minutes 41 seconds)
(The on-line collection of data of the Small Arts Organisation Questionnaire has ended on 8 December, just a week and a half after it opened. We'll follow up on that story in the new year.)
(The Arts Industy Council Victoria website: www.aicv.org.au.)
 
We meet Cyril Wong, co-winner of the Singapore Literature Prize in the English Category for his potrey work 'Unmarked Treasure'.
(4 minutes 44 seconds)
(More info on the Singapore Literature Prize 2006 winners: www.bookcouncil.sg.)
(Cyril Wong's 'Unmarked Treasure' is published in Singapore by firstfruits publications. For more info or to place an international order visit: www.firstfruitspublications.com.)
(Visit Cyril Wong's official website: www.cyrilwong.com.)
(Image source: www.bookcouncil.sg.)
A new angle on the long-running cop show, The Bill from Dr Margaret Rogers, who did her PhD on that TV series.
(8 minutes 41 second)
(The official website of 'The Bill': www.thebill.com.)
Vincent O'Donnell and Nina-Marie Petrik discuss the Australian Film Institute Awards presented last week.
(4 minutes 25 seconds)
(To find out who the winners of the L'Oreal Paris 2006 AFI Awards are visit: www.afi.org.au.)
(Image source: www.afi.org.au.)
(News: 3 minutes 47 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #41, 2006
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Guest: Peter Evans, the new Associate Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company. His first offering will be a new production of David Williamson's 'Don's Party', scheduled for Melbourne in January and Sydney in September next year..
(9 minutes 50 seconds + 8 minutes 54 seconds)
('Don's Party', the Melbourne Theatre Comapny production directed by Peter Evans and starring Glenn Hazeldine, Anita Hegh, Colin Lane, Jacinta Stapleton and Alison Whyte opens 11 January. Visit the MTC wesbite for more details: www.mtc.com.au.)
(Image source: www.mtc.com.au.)
A preview of the Sydney Festival which kicks-off on 6th January.
(5 minutes 25 seconds)
(The Sydney Festival 2007 runs 6-27 January. For a free copy of the program call 02 8248 6500 or visit: www.sydneyfestival.org.au.)
A call is made for Australia by the International Council for Traditional Music to ratify the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
(5 minutes 9 seconds)
(More info on the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage: www.unesco.org.)
(The International Council for Traditional Music website: www.ictmusic.org.)
 
Film Reviews: Kenny & Meredith Music Festival - A Weekend In The Country.
(3 minutes 33 seconds)
('Kenny' is now available on DVD in Australia from AV Channel. More info: www.madman.com.au.)
('Meredith Music Festival - A Weekend In The Country' is now available on DVD in Australia from AV Channel. More info: www.madman.com.au. The official Meredith Music Festival website: www.mmf.com.au.)
We speak to the founder of the X|Media|Lab, which have now expanded beyond Australia to be run in Singapore and Beijing, but will return for the next Melbourne International Film Festival in 2007.
(8 minutes 51 second)
(The official X|Media|Lab website: www.xmedialab.com.)
(News: 4 minutes 5 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik & Jess Myles.
Program #42, 2006 Summer Edition 2006-07 #1
Music program featuring tracks released in 2006 and favourites from earlier programs
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
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