At 10:40 am, Ed Lippmann joins us for Part 2 of Sydney By Design for 2020. In this series, Ed is looking at the events of the last year and in this episode he addresses population growth. My special guest at 11:00 am is Nick Boyle, Director of Welfare, Conservation and Science at Taronga Zoo. Whereas zoos […]
Category: ARTS WEDNESDAY
Arts Wednesday 25 November 2020
This week sees Ed Lippmann making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday in a new series of Sydney By Design for 2020 and this series focuses on the events of the last year. And what a year it’s been! The first episode looks at building codes, following the debacle of Opal Tower and other shoddily […]
Arts Wednesday 18 November 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 11 November 2020
At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Symphony’s Selected Sections with Andy Bromberger and she concludes with the conductor. Remember that all 6 parts are podcasts for you to listen to any time! My special guest at 11:00 am is David Bock from the Australian Museum, talking about insect decline. It’s […]
Arts Wednesday 14 October 2020
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections where she talks about other instruments not covered before. These are the harp, the celeste and, weirdest of all, the theremin. At 11:00 am, art consultant Anna Groden returns with her annual review of the Archibald at AGNSW. Political correctness wins the […]
Arts Wednesday 30 September 2020
Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections – percussion. My special guest at 11:00 am is Stephen Todd, Creative Director of Sydney Design Week, which, as usual, is under the auspices of the Powerhouse Museum. Stephen talks about the truly wonderful new exhibition: Hybrid. This sees 9 commissioned designers, […]
Arts Wednesday – 23 September – Vanessa Berry
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 […]
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Arts Wednesday 16 September 2020
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger joins me for Part 3 of Symphony’s Selected Sections and this week the section is brass: trumpets, trombones, horns and the tuba. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Sue Morris, psychologist and academic, joining me in conversation about resilience, a word very much in use at the moment. […]
Arts Wednesday 2 September 2020
At 10 40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 2 of Symphony’s Selected Sections and this week’s section is the woodwinds: flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and cor anglais. My special guest at 11:00 am is Jessie Tu. Jessie was a professional violinist for 15 years, studied law, did a stint teaching and is now a […]
Arts Wednesday 26 August 2020
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 […]
Arts Wednesday 19 August 2020
Andy’s back! Music historian Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with a new series: Symphony’s Selected Sections and in Part 1, we commence with strings. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Brett Summerrell, Chief Botanist and Director of Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, talking about fungi: a weird and wonderful […]
Arts Wednesday 12 August 2020
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I celebrate some fabulous first nations artists. First up I play some tunes from Musgrave Band, a musical collective from the remote Indigenous Community of Amata in the South Australian Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. This band recorded some new music with the help of the […]