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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 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 […]

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