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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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 […]
The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence Art-speak is the segment where I interview influencers and forces in the arts sector in Australia. This Thursday, the focus is on arts and its role in politics. The federal election is past and while the parties in government continue to wrangle, let’s find out what is […]
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 […]
Ever thought about the music under the waves? According to our featured guest this week, Associate Professor Ivan Nagelkerken, from Adelaide University, human’s are changing the aquatic soundscape in ways almost unfathomable. Not just the industrial clanking around of merchant ships and the military, underwater explosions, and leisure vehicles, but now even our agricultural run […]
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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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Two of Australia’s finest improvisers, violinist Shenzo Gregorio (FourPlay, Shenzo’s Electric Stunt Orchestra) and guitarist Julian Curwin (The Tango Saloon, Darth Vegas) join forces to form Pigeon Laundry. Julian and Shenzo met at Woodford Folk Festival last millennium, and later played and toured together with the likes of The Tango Saloon, The Mango Balloon and […]
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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 […]
Ed Lippmann joins me at 10:40 am for the finale of the current series of Sydney By Design, looking at Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Maria Katsonis, co-editor of Rebellious Daughters, a book recently published featuring essays by some of Australia’s most prominent female authors, talking about their rebellious youth. Music is […]
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 […]
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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