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list of programs from the 2007 series
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Program #11, 2007
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International Women's Day was celebrated on Thursday March 8th. We contacted Tamara Winnikoff, Executive office of the National Association for the Visual Arts and Hannie Rayson, one of Australia most prolific and controversial play wrights, asking the question, 'what has changed for women in the arts over the past few decades'.
(interview: Tamara Winnikoff: 5 minutes 42 seconds)
(interview: Hannie Rayson: 4 minutes 51 seconds)
(We asked the question of the head of the Victorian College of the Arts, Professor Andrea Hull, who has had a long engagement with community arts and arts administration as well as arts education. She felt little had changed in all but one aspect: women now, at all levels of the arts, got credit for their work, rather than see male colleagues and superiors take the credit.)
(The official International Women's Day 2007 website: www.internationalwomensday.com.)
(The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) website: www.visualarts.net.au.)
Guest: Julia Davis, winner of the Helen Lempriere Award for sculpture for 2007 - an award that was not without a little controversy as we'll find out.
(story/interview: 8 minutes 40 seconds + 7 minutes 28 seconds)
(Other prize winners of the 2007 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award were Louise Paramour whose work, Industrial Jam Session was highly commended and Jos Van Hulsen who received the Encouragement awards for Casualty Numbers. And the Wyndham City Council acquired a work called Boy, by Matt Calvert, for permanent display in the municipality. The exhibition of the finalists' works is open in the grounds of Werribee Park until Sunday 27 May when the $5,000 popular choice award will be announced. More info: www.lempriere.perpetual.com.au.)
 
The provincial city of Castlemaine gears up for its annual festival. We'll check out its history and what's coming up this year.
(11 minutes 39 seconds)
(The 16th Castlemaine State Festival runs 30 March - 8 April. More info: www.castlemainefestival.com.au.)
Sound of 'Bellbouy Carillon', a sculptural work by Anton Hassel, one of the works that make up the Contempora2 Exhibition.
(live recording: 21 seconds)
(Works selected for the second Contempora2 Sculpture Award were on public display at the Melbourne Docklands Precinct 8 February - 12 March. More info about the Award: www.contempora2.com.au".)
(News: 4 minutes 49 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #12, 2007
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Guest: Helen Mountfort, the cellist with My Friend the Chocolate Cake, an eclectic acoustic group who have released their first studio album in half a decade.
(9 minutes 4 seconds + 6 minutes 24 seconds)
(My Friend the Chocolate Cake's latest album 'Home Improvements' is available from March 17 from Liberation. And the group will go on their national tour from mid-April to the end of May. For details of touring dates and venues visit My Friend the Chocolate Cake's official website: www.mftcc.com.)
The FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, starting on St Patrick's Day, are accompanied by a diverse cultural program.
(5 minutes 8 seconds)
(The FINA World Swimming Championships runs along with its Arts and Cultural program from 17 March to 1 April, with a big long weekend from 23-25 March. The full program can be found at: www.melbourne2007.com.au/festival.)
The Campbelltown Theatre Group in Sydney's south-west is celebrating its 51st year with an ambitious production of Harper Lee's 'To Kill A Mockingbird', and they're looking for a lead actor or two.
(6 minutes 10 seconds)
(If you think have the stuff to play either Atticus Finch or Tom Robertson in 'To Kill a Mockingbird', then you had better shake a leg before you break a leg. Contacted Byron Phillips of the Campbelltown Theatre Group at 0414995458 or by email: byron.phillips@bigpond.com. The production is on stage from June 15 for three weeks at the Campbelltown Town Hall Theatre, Queen Street, Campbelltown. Visit the Campbelltown Theatre Group's official website: www.ctgi.org.au.)
Top Arts VCE 2006: an exhibition of the work of Year 12 high school arts students. We'll take a walkaround with the curator of the show, Merrin Ricketson.
(12 minutes 36 seconds)
(The 'Top Arts VCE 2006' exhibition is on at the NGV Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square until 3 June. And look for the similar shows of student work in your capital city. More info: www.ngv.vic.gov.au/toparts/.)
(News: 4 minutes 45 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #13, 2007
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A Body of Knowledge, an exhibition of 15 portraits of women touched in various ways by the AIDS epidemic, opens in Melbourne.
(5 minutes 31 seconds)
('A Body of Knowledge' exhibition was on at fortyfivedownstairs gallery, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 20-24 March 2007, and will tour metropolitan Melbourne over the next few weeks and Positive Women, the sponsors of the exhibition, are keen to hear from venues further afield. More info about the exhibition: www.positivewomen.org.au.)
(The acapella group providing entertainment at the opening of 'A Body of Knowledge' exhibition was Juene, with Angelie O'Brien, Jess Gonsky, Staci Sargent, and Kate Zimmer.)
Big things are happening in Perth in the field of puppetry, with plans to host a world conference on puppetry and to break a Guinness record for the most puppets assembled in one place.
(5 minutes 15 seconds)
(For more information on both the Million Puppet Project and the UNIMA conference, both happening in April 2008, go to: www.millionpuppets.com.)
(Follow-up story.)
Guest: author Max Barry, who is building on the success of his first two novels, especially in the United States, with another satire of corporate culture and ethics, this one's simply titled 'Company'.
(8 minutes 42 seconds + 9 minutes 38 seconds)
(Max Barry latest novel 'Company' is available in Australian bookstores on paperback from Scribe Publications for rrp $29.95AU. More info: www.scribepublications.com.au/book/company/, and on Max Barry's official website: http://maxbarry.com/company/. Also available on paperbook are 'Syrup' from Penguin Books, and 'Jennifer Government' from Little Brown.)
Nina-Marie Petrik talks to Andy Freers from the Snuff Puppets, one of the many acts that are part of the cultural program attached to the FINA world swimming championships.
(8 minutes 56 seconds)
(The Snuff Puppets production 'Bunyips' were playing last weekend in Birrarong Marr on the Yarra-bank in Melbourne, as part of the Cultural program of the FINA world swimming championships. More info: www.melbourne2007.com.au. Visit the Snuff Puppets' official website: www.snuffpuppets.com.)
Film Review: Scoop.
(2 minutes 52 seconds)
(News: 4 minutes 28 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik.
Program #14, 2007
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A major exhibition of the works of the key artists of the Australian Impressionist period, some time referred to as the Heidleberg Shool has opened in Melbourne.
(story/live recording: 4 minutes 58 seconds)
(The 'Symposium: Australian Impressionism' exhibition is on at the National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square from 31 March to 8 July. A luminous exhibition, the climax of which is the sight of the newly cleaned painting by Tom Roberts, 'The Shearing of the Rams', or as cartoonist Leunig once satirised it 'The Ramming of the Shears'. Many of the works on exhibition are part of the Australian cultural mythology, so it is disappointing the show will not tour. More info about the exhibition: www.ngv.vic.gov.au.)
(Image source: www.ngv.vic.gov.au.)
Sound Artist Ros Bandt launched the Australian Sound Design project, a web site that is both a virtual museum of sound art and, with the City of Melbourne Sound Design Map, a directory of where you will find sound art today in the Victorian metropolitan area.
(4 minutes 48 seconds)
(The Australian Sound Design Project website, where you can find the City of Melbourne Sound Design Map: www.sounddesign.unimelb.edu.au.)
Guest: author Robin Grow, the president of the Arts Deco Society, an organistion that celebrates the contribution to international culture of probably the most influential art movement of the 20th century. The 9th World Congress on Arts Deco® is coming up in a few weeks.
(9 minutes 21 seconds + 11 minutes 27 seconds)
(More info on the 9th World Congress on Art Deco®: www.artdeco.org.au.)
Theatre@Risk makes an open call for play scripts for its 2007 Festival of New Writing next September.
(6 minutes 23 seconds)
(Deadline for submissions to Theatre@Risk's 2007 Festival of New Writing is 31 May 2007. For entry details or more info on the Festival visit Theatre@Risk's website: www.theatreatrisk.com.)
Film Review: The Lives of Others.
(3 minutes 3 seconds)
(News: 4 minutes 45 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik.
Program #15, 2007
Easter Special
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The Melbourne Comedy Festival started on 4 April, so we meet Hannah Gadsby and Michael Williams, two of the participants in the Guinness® Comedy Zone, a selected program of four up-and-coming talents.
(10 minutes 59 seconds + 11 minutes 56 seconds)
(The Guinness® Comedy Zone, featuring Hannah Gadsby, Michael Williams, Celia Pacquola and Ben Ellwood as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, is on Tue-Sat at 8pm and Sun 7pm, 5-29 April at the Hi-Fi Bar Mezzanine, 125 Swanston St, opposite to the Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne. More info at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival website: www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2007/specialevents/comedyzone/.)
(Image source: www.comedyfestival.com.au.)
A walk around the Contempora2 sculpture show in Melbourne's dockland, with the shows curator, Malcolm Thomson.
(6 minutes 23 seconds)
(Works selected for the second Contempora2 Sculpture Award were on public display at the Melbourne Docklands Precinct 8 February - 12 March. More info about the Award: www.contempora2.com.au.)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #16, 2007
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Guest: author Roy Smiles, the author of the play 'Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons', a tribute to The Goon Show that has just opened at the Sydney Opera House.
(32 seconds + 10 minutes 40 seconds + 7 minutes 8 seconds + 1 minute 44 seconds)
(The Sydney Theatre Company production 'Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons' opened at the Sydney Opera House on 14th April, and moves to the Victorian Arts Centre on 23 June. More info: www.sydneytheatre.com.au, www.mtc.com.au.)
(Image source: www.mtc.com.au.)
The Australian Public Service Commission, along with the Department of Families, Communities and Indigenous Affairs, the National Archives of Australia and the National Museum of Australia has announced Drawing Together, art competition exploring reconciliation, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal rights.
(5 minutes 1 second)
(Entries to the 'Drawing Together' competition close on 8th June. The winners will be announced at the National Museum on 11 July. Competition organisers would like to hear from venues throughout Australian who are interested in hosting the exhibition of finalists. More info about the competition: www.apsc.gov.au/drawingtogether/.)
We hear from Clemincia Rodriguiz from Colombia, one of the organisers of the OURMedia 6 conference that was held last week in Sydney.
(4 minutes 27 seconds + 11 minutes 23 seconds)
(OURMedia / NUESTROSMedios 6th International Conference (OM6) was held from 10-12 April at the University of Technology, Sydeny, with activities held on 9 and 13 April. More info on the conference: www.ourmedia07.net/the-conference/.)
(News: 3 minutes 57 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #17, 2007
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Little Big Shots, a home-grown international film festival for children aged 2-15, announces its 2007 program.
(5 minutes 43 seconds)
(Little Big Shots: International Film Festival for Kids will be touring Australian capital cities from June to October, as well as Victorian regional areas of Bendigo in July, Geelong in October and Warrnambool in July 2008 as part of the Fun 4 Kids Festival. More info about the festival and its 2007 program: www.littlebigshots.com.au.)
The Digital Songlines Environment, a cultural software that provides a 3D virtual experience, gets a public showing with a project called The Virtual Warrane.
(5 minutes 41 seconds)
('The Virtual Warrane' is on display in the foyer of the Old Customs House - that finely preserved sandstone building right in the centre of Circular Quay - in Sydney until 6 May. More info: www.virtualwarrane.com.au.)
Guests: David & Alex Beesley. Their recent documentary, 'Revolving Door - An Animated Documentary', got its international premier at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival in Denmark, and will be screen on both the opening and closing nights of the St Kilda Short Film Festival in June.
(9 minutes 7 seconds + 9 minutes 8 seconds)
('Revolving Door - An Animated Documentary' is part 1 of the Revolving Door Project, which is comprised of also an interactive website and a documentary series. More info about 'Revolving Door - An Animated Documentary' and the Revolving Door Project: www.beeworld.net.au/revolving_door.htm.)
 
Film Reviews: Paris, Je T'aime & The Child (L'enfant).
(4 minutes 3 seconds)
('The Child' is now available on DVD in Australia from AV Channel. More info: www.madman.com.au.)
We conclude our walk around the Contempora2 sculpture exhibition with curator, Malcolm Thomson.
(6 minutes 47 seconds)
(Works selected for the second Contempora2 Sculpture Award were on public display at the Melbourne Docklands Precinct 8 February - 12 March. More info about the Award: www.contempora2.com.au".)
(News: 4 minutes 49 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell, Nina-Marie Petrik.
Program #18, 2007
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A warning to our Indigenous audiences
The work of a deceased Indigenous artist is discussed on this program.
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In Perth, "Hatched 07": the annual national graduate show, the original and largest survey of the work of emerging artists attending our schools of art, opens at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
(5 minutes 37 seconds)
("HATCHED 07: National Graduate Show" is now on at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts until 24 June. Free industry forum for artists, and a program for schools are also currently running until 3 May. More info about the exhibition and accompanied events visit: www.pica.org.au/hatched/hatch07/, which includes an electronic version of the show's catalogue with illustrations of the works indexed by participating school of art. A very satisfactory substitute for being able to attend the show at PICA. Also: http://www.pica.org.au/art07/hatched.shtml.)
(Image source: http://www.pica.org.au.)
In Melbourne: a retrospective of the work of the late Kitty Kantilla, from Melville Island.
(5 minutes 07 seconds)
(The "Kitty Kantilla" retrospective exhibition is on display at Gallery 11, Level 2 of the Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square in Melbourne until 19 August, after which the show moves to the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 7 December - 21 January 2008. More info: www.ngv.vic.gov.au/kittykantilla/.)
(And there are principally two things about Kitty Kantilla's work found impressive: The diversity of media, from carved figures that came from the tradition of carving Pukamani, or burial poles, to finely wrought bark paintings and canvasses to the elegant etchings; and second the steadfast attention to quality and detail, even in her last years. Kitty Kantilla died in Darwin in 2003.)
Guest: Michael Turner, senior curator at the Nicholson Museum within the University of Sydney. The Nicholson is one of a number of collections within the University that are opening themselves again to greater public access after years of being well kept secrets.
(8 minutes 32 seconds + 9 minutes 25 seconds)
(The Nicholson Museum is located at Main Quadrangle A14 of the University of Sydney, NSW. It opens 10am-4:30pm Monday to Friday, closed on public holidauys. Visit the Nicholson Museum's website: www.usyd.edu.au/museums/about/nicholson.shtml.)
The Australia Council introduces the artists who will represent Australia at the Venice Biennale..
(7 minutes 07 seconds)
(For more info about Australia at Venice Biennale 2007 visit: www.australiavenicebiennale.com.au". With seven artists in all showing work in various aspects of the Biennale, it is a big year for Australian visual arts on the world stage. Best wishes to them all.)
(News: 5 minutes)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #19, 2007
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Memento Australia Awards: in a plan to boost the artistic quality and cultural relevance of mementos in the tourism trade, a search for Australia's best and most innovative mementos is now on.
(4 minutes 55 seconds)
(Entries for the Memento Australia Awards 2007 close 31 July. Contact 1300 787 991 or email info@mementoaustralia.com for further information, or visit www.mementoaustralia.com, www.mementoawards.com where you can find a list of the winners over the past eight years.)
The Alice Desert Festival is looking for new acts for the September festival.
(5 minutes 5 seconds)
(The 2007 Alice Desert Festival will be held in Alice Springs from 14-23 September. Expressions of Interest are now open. If you want to put in a proposal, do it by 28 May. More info: www.alicedesertfestival.com.au or ring (08) 8953 6112.)
Guest: saxophonist Fiona Burnett, who juggles teaching music at the Victorian College of the Arts and raising a family, with the demands of regular performance and recording. Her latest CD, 'Imagine', in part a Beatles tribute, is in stores now.
(10 minutes 5 seconds + 9 minutes 29 seconds)
('Imagine', Fiona Burnett's new CD released from ABC Classics is now available at your local ABC shops. More info about the CD: http://shop.abc.net.au. Visit Fiona Burnett's official homepage: www.fionaburnett.com.)
We revisit an interview with Reg Mombassa, Mambo designer, former Mental as Anything band member, and the subject of an inventive documentary on SBS.
(7 minutes 53 seconds)
(The 30-minute documentary "Golden Sandals: The Art of Reg Mombassa", Commissioned by SBSi, was broadasted on SBS Television on 2 May. More info: www20.sbs.com.au/insideaustralia/.)
(The official Mambo website: www.mambo.com.au.)
(The official Mental As Anything website: www.mentals.com.au.)
(News: 5 minutes 11 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
Program #20, 2007
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A wrap up of the Federal Budget.
(report: 4 minutes 56 seconds)
(For more info on the Australian Federal Budget 2007-08 visit: www.budget.gov.au.)
HOTSPOT
: an exhibition of works that celebrate the environmental uniqueness of south-west Western Australia.
(6 minutes 40 seconds)
(The HOTSPOT exhibition, co-curated by Shaaron du Bignon on and Annette Davis, is now on until June 3 at the Temporary Exhibition Gallery of the Western Australian Museum, Perth. For more info regarding the Hotspot project email hotspot2@optusnet.com.au.)
Guest: sculptor and weaver Lorraine Connelly-Northey. Her work draws on traditional Indigenous domestic designs and cultural aesthetics for inspiration but her materials are found on rubbish dumps and derelict buildings, the detritus of two centuries of European agricultural practice.
(9 minutes 8 seconds + 11 minutes 8 seconds)
(The exhibition 'Lorraine Connelly-Northey: O'Possum Skin Cloaks and Narbongs' is now on at the Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Level 3, 75-77 Flinders Lane until 26 May. You can view some of her works mentioned in the interview online at: www.gabriellepizzi.com.au.)
The Victorian Initiatives of Artists Network have banded together to promote their different identities, coordinate their exhibition programs and publish a directory called Making Space.
(1 minutes 1 second + 8 minutes 56 seconds)
(The 272-page hardcover accompanying publication to 'Making Space: artist run initiatives' in Victoria is available at selected artist-run initiatives (ARIs) around Victoria. For more info visit www.via-n.org or contact: info@via-n.org.)
(For more info on the launch of Making Space: artist run initiatives at the Platform Artists Group on Apr 27:
The official Mental As Anything website, read the April issue of ThreeThousand, the blog entry of the Platform Artists Group and Din Heagney's blog, Diary of an Art Pimp.)
(News: 5 minutes 34 seconds)
The team: Vincent O'Donnell.
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