Kerri Glasscock, Director of The Sydney Fringe Festival joined Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts talking about the largest independent arts festival in NSW which represents thousands of artists across all art forms. The Sydney Fringe Festival has built a reputation for nurturing and supporting emerging artists, presenting established artists in the development of new works, […]
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Tattoo: Totem, Taboo, Art?
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan interviews Geoff Ostling in a program devoted to tattoo. Geoff Ostling is a former history teacher, porcelain collector and wearer of a full body tattoo by tattoo artist eX de Medici. eX de Medici is also a highly collectable fine art practitioner. Geoff Ostling plans to donate his skin to the National […]
Waste Not: a Beautiful and Emotional Film about Garbage
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan interviews Ruth Hessey, Director of Communications for the Total Environment Centre and Writer/Director of the award winning short documentary film Waste Not. The film’s tag line is “A beautiful and emotional film about garbage”. It is a surprisingly optimistic and powerful message about how everyday people and their attitudes can, and […]
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Sydney
Over 6 weeks in August/September 2016, Sylvia spoke to Ed Lippmann in another Sydney By Design series, this time looking at Sydney itself. Listen to the conversations below: This is Part 1, where Ed introduces the topic and the series: This is Part 2 where Ed talks about Sydney’s history: Here is Part 3 where […]
Rebellious Daughters
On Arts Wednesday 7 September 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Maria Katsonis, co-editor of Rebellious Daughters, a book of essays by distinguished Australian female writers. You can listen to the conversation below: That was Part 1 and now for Part 2: And now for Part 3: Below is a poem […]
The Doll: Psychological and Symbolic Resonances
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan delves into the psychological and symbolic resonances of the doll. Interviews with Curators Dr Shirley Daborn and Victoria Harbutt shed light and offer insights and a myriad of interpretations on the symbolism of the doll. The exhibition Hello Dollies! (Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, 2012) featured more than […]
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Interview with Anne-Maree Huxley
In this podcast Ruth Hessey interviews Anne-Maree Huxley who is the founder of MOSS (Models of Success and Sustainability). In the interview Anne-Maree talks about her new project for future sustainability called ‘Blue Economy‘ and how this institute is working to use biomimetic principles and apply them to new economic models. To listen to the […]
Interview with Emily Wurramara
In this interview Ruth Hessey talks with Emily Wurramara about her new album Black Smoke as well as her upcoming appearances at Bigsound and at the 89.7fm Global Rhythms Music Festival. The songs featured in this podcast are Black Smoke (beginning song) and Blue Moon Black Sea (ending song) both are songs on Emily’s Debut […]
Interview with Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken
In this interview Ruth Hessey talks to Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken about Nutrient pollution and Aquatic Sonic Pollution. We find out from our guest expert exactly what Nutrient pollution and Aquatic Sonic Pollution is, why they’re occurring and how they’re changing sounds in the sea and how this change is affecting sea creatures and ocean […]
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Ace Bourke: Art, Family, Friends and Christian the Lion
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan chats with Ace Bourke – curator, collector, and chronicler of Christian the lion – about his life journeys. Interview I – Ace’s career as a curator of Aboriginal and colonial art From his time in London in the late 1960s through to three recent, seminal exhibitions: Flesh & Blood: A Story […]
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Making Airwaves National Documentaries & Features
This is a documentary made with the support of the Community Radio Network. The documentary discusses the importance of a support for people with disabilities to have a voice on the radio. It tells the history of Making Airwaves, its relationship with Eastside Radio, the challenges faced and its plans for the future. We hear […]
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Dust of Uruzgan
On Arts Wednesday 31 August 2016, Fred Smith was Sylvia’s guest. They talked about his book Dust of Uruzgan and played music from his album of the same name. We began with the title song Dust of Uruzgan: Then Part 1 of the conversation: Now listen to Fred singing Sapper’s Lullaby from the album: […]