Dress Up Attack! is returning to Sydney on September 17 with a brand new smashing line-up! Dress Up Attack! is a music and arts festival for children and grown-ups and offers children the unique experience of a music festival programmed to engage young people. The event’s line-up includes Brissie Indie-Rockband The Grates, Custard, crazy Aussie RockNRoll Project Bunny […]
The Art of Politics and Artists in Residence podcast
Arts Thursday 8 September podcast On Thursday 8 September, with Maisy Stapleton, the focus was on arts and its role in politics. I spoke to Arts Party Leader and co-founder PJ Collins to find out why the party was formed, its results in the recent federal elections and where it’s […]
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Sydney Fringe Festival
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, […]
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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Community Billboard 8th to the 15th of September
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 […]
Coming up Arts Thursday 8 September
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 […]
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 […]
Aquatic Sonarscapes – noise replaces music under the sea
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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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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Pigeon Laundry comes to Django Bar @ Sydney Fringe
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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