presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded with Jo Holder, who is Director of Cross Arts Projects and Curator of their current exhibition: Dhomala Dhäwu: Makassan Sail Stories The exhibtion features artists Ipeh Nur & Margaret Rarru Garrawurra and is presented in collaboration with Milingimbi Art and Culture. […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex For today’s show I thought I’d continue along the lines of the show I did 2 weeks ago (2 September) where I reached out to some creative friends and colleagues to ask them: what’s keeping you busy? what are you doing to keep afloat/sane? what music have you been listening to, […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex For today’s show (inspired by the interview I did 2 weeks ago with Hugh Stewart and Rachel Knepfer about the Lockdown Picture Show) I thought I’d reach out to some creative friends and colleagues to ask them: what’s keeping you busy? what are you doing to keep afloat/sane? what music have […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded earlier in the week with Hugh Stewart and Rachel Knepfer about their fabulous, on a whim, impromptu Lockdown Picture Show in the windows of Hugh’s gallery/office/studio in Halls Lane. It started with a simple invitation sent out to friends, which said: “In […]
Read More… from Arts Thursday 19 August 2021 – Lockdown Picture Show
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded with Director/Producer Jane Manning. She recently finished work on a new TV series called Back to Nature, which will be screening on ABC TV from August 10. Back To Nature is a Media Stockade and Threshold Pictures production. In this 8-part, visually […]
Read More… from Arts Thursday – Back to Nature – 5 August 2021
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On the program today I welcome Australian film & television writer and director Cate Shortland. We chat about her career – from her first paid job as Director on The Secret Life of Us, to Directing her award-winning films Somersault and Lore, through to to her latest role Directing the Marvel […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded with Moshe Rosenzveig – Founder and Artistic Director of Head On Photo Festival and photographer Michael Jalaru Torres . We discuss a fabulous initiative they are working on called First Sight, which aims to develop and promote upcoming First Nations photographers. […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play a recording of an interview between Mark Mordue and Michaela Kalowski about Mark’s new book Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave. It’s a fabulous conversation covering a lot of ground; from music, love, death, friendship, the role of art in life and finding your way around […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play a recording of Dame Quentin Bryce and author Sue Williams in conversation talking about Sue’s new book Healing Lives and their respective memories of Dr Catherine Hamlin and Mamitu Gashe. Healing Lives tells the story of two incredible women, an unlikely friendship, and a united mission to save the […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview with co-curators of an exhibition called Indonesia Calling 2020, Felicia Cindyagatha and John Cruthers. Held at 16albermarle Project Space, the exhibition includes works by 30 artists from Bandung, Yogyakarta, Bali and Jakarta. The contemporary art in Indonesia calling 2020 is made in response to the […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview with artist and writer Vanessa Berry. Vanessa works with history, memory and archive. She is the author of Mirror Sydney: an atlas of reflections (Giramondo 2017), a collection of essays and hand drawn maps that investigate the city’s marginal places and undercurrents. She also produces […]
Read More… from Arts Wednesday – 23 September – Vanessa Berry
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex This week on the show I speak to Pierre Arpin, Director and CEO of the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP). Photographer David Moore was the driving force behind the formation of a national centre for photography back in the early 70’s. The first ACP gallery and workshop space was opened in […]