Season 2 (2022)

Summer Arts Festivals, Art-Washing
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March 16, 2022 • 33m

We head to three of Australia's summer arts festivals in Adelaide, Perth and Sydney, before we unpack the idea of 'art-washing': w...Read more

Dean Cross x Sidney Nolan, Eucalyptusdom
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March 23, 2022 • 28m

We meet Sidney Nolan by way of artist Dean Cross, visit Powerhouse Ultimo's exhibition Eucalyptusdom, as it interrogates colonial ...Read more

Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Biennale of Sydney
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March 30, 2022 • 28m

Namila Benson explores the Lorne Sculpture Biennale, and Eloise Fuss the 23rd Biennale of Sydney. Daina Sgarioto explains how she ...Read more

WOMADelaide, Alex Seton, Parvyn Singh
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April 6, 2022 • 29m

We stop by "world music" festival WOMADelaide, and an augmented reality exhibition in Melbourne. We meet artist Alex Seton, who ma...Read more

Marco Fusinato, MICF, Louise Coghill
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April 13, 2022 • 29m

We talk to Australia's representative at the Venice Biennale, Marco Fusinato; hear Aussie comedians talk politics; see Louise Cogh...Read more

Bundanon, Aretha Brown x Emma Donovan
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April 20, 2022 • 28m

We visit the new Bundanon Art Museum plus Aretha Brown and Emma Donavan talk album covers. Graeme McCullough speaks to us about th...Read more

AQAL, David Quirk, Caitlin Yeo, Sky Song
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April 27, 2022 • 25m

We check out Somali Australian exhibition AQAL, and First Nations drone art event Sky Song. We unearth comedian David Quirk's unex...Read more

National Indigenous Art Triennial
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May 4, 2022 • 32m

We head to the National Indigenous Art Triennial in Canberra, this year titled Ceremony. Then we meet artist and film photographer...Read more

Safa El Samad, Gabbi Bolt, Jordan Benson
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May 11, 2022 • 28m

We chat to artists using novel methods and materials: Safa El Samad, who uses embroidery to upcycle clothes; and Jordan Benson, wh...Read more

Venice Biennale, Deborah Kelly
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May 18, 2022 • 28m

We visit the Venice Biennale to catch up with Marco Fusinato, and Parrtjima in Alice Springs. Artist Deborah Kelly invites us to j...Read more

Tamworth Country Music Festival
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May 25, 2022 • 29m

We witness the power of art therapy with Lissette Endacott. Artist Katie West shares how she uses weaving techniques and found fabrics in her work.

Sydney Writers' Festival, Nils Frahm
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June 1, 2022 • 28m

Namila Benson meets some of Australia's leading authors at Sydney Writers' Festival: Chelsea Watego and Clementine Ford, Eliza Hul...Read more

Australian Fashion Week, Dylan Mooney
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June 8, 2022 • 30m

We meet fashion designers Nicol & Ford, artist Dylan Mooney and recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley. We catch new Tassie dance compa...Read more

Luca French, Amani Haydar, Cut N Polish
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June 15, 2022 • 27m

We catch up with Luca French, one of the youngest artists exhibiting at Vivid Sydney. Namila talks to Amani Haydar about art grief...Read more

Rising, Luke Arnold, Is Bach the best?
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June 22, 2022 • 27m

We head along to Melbourne's Rising festival. Zeina Thiboult shares the art of hair sculpture and Luke Arnold talks about creating...Read more

Sampa The Great, Reality to Screen
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June 29, 2022 • 29m

Sampa The Great shares how returning from her home in Zambia has guided her music. We get an in depth look into 'Still Lives' at R...Read more

NAIDOC Week: Dylan Mooney, Eucalyptusdom
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July 6, 2022 • 31m

We flash back to some great First Nations stories. Meet Dylan Mooney and see Eucalyptusdom. Emma Donovan and Aretha Brown do Art o...Read more

The Regions: Christopher Zanko, Bundanon
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July 13, 2022 • 30m

We revisit some great stories from the regions. Meet artist Christopher Zanko, photographer Sammy Hawker and sign-writer Graeme Mc...Read more

The Burning, Naomi Hobson, Manifesto
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July 20, 2022 • 28m

We visit Dark Mofo to watch Alex Podger combine art, fire and ritual; Rising for a new work of dance and drums; and Sydney to chec...Read more

Brisbane Street Art Festival
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July 27, 2022 • 29m

We head to Brisbane Street Art Festival, and find out about Jess Ribeiro's day job. We talk to theatre group Second Echo Ensemble ...Read more

Back to Back Theatre, Soft Centre
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August 3, 2022 • 30m

We meet the award-winning Back to Back Theatre; slow fashion designer Noah Johnson; and Koori artist S.J Norman, who takes us thro...Read more

Arts Week: Looking for Alibrandi, Queer
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August 9, 2022 • 30m

It's Arts Week on Art Works! We check out a new stage adaptation of Looking for Alibrandi; head to Minjerribah to see Megan Cope b...Read more

Gay Hawkes, Tactical Space Lab
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August 17, 2022 • 28m

We meet 80-year-old artist and furniture maker Gay Hawkes, and learn how artists like Abdul Abdullah work at the nexus of art and ...Read more

Blaze, Zahra Elham
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August 24, 2022 • 29m

Artist Kathryn Del Barton talks about her debut feature film Blaze; we meet the now-Australia-based Zahra Elman, the first woman t...Read more

Fangirls, National Poetry Month Gala
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August 31, 2022 • 28m

Hear from the creator of the Aussie musical about fandom that has fostered its own devotees; a Canberra coin designer; and amateur...Read more

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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September 7, 2022 • 29m

Learn how Sydney Theatre Company created their latest work of "cine-theatre"; how sheds have been turned into unique music venues;...Read more

Anna Cordell, Whitefella Yella Tree
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September 14, 2022 • 28m

A fashion designer makes a suit for Joan as Policewoman. A First Nations play shows queer teen love during colonisation. An artist...Read more

Fiona Foley, COVID sonification
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September 21, 2022 • 30m

Namila heads to McClelland to meet Fiona Foley; a musician turned molecular biologist finds inspiration in the coronavirus genome;...Read more

ACMI, Somebody's Daughter, Fiona Hall
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September 28, 2022 • 29m

We visit Light at ACMI; meet graphic artist and activist Sam Wallman; go behind-the-scenes with Somebody's Daughter, the theatre c...Read more

Brisbane Festival, Club Weld
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October 5, 2022 • 30m

Steph Tisdell visits Brisbane Festival; meets artist Olana Janfa; Club Weld and River City Voices collaborate; plus the Tennant Creek Brio.

Waru, Janice Wong, Nadurna, Ben Nguyen
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October 12, 2022 • 26m

We get a pint-sized perspective on Waru, Bangarra's new show for kids; learn more about Janice Wong's delicious art practice; meet...Read more

Cyrano, William Barton, David Humphries
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October 19, 2022 • 30m

This week, Virginia Gay's Cyrano finally takes the stage; acclaimed virtuoso William Barton collaborates with his mum; we meet ter...Read more

Rodney Bell, Rooke Circus, Luke Whitten
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October 26, 2022 • 28m

Namila meets dancer Rodney Bell at disability arts festival Alter State; we experience Tasmania with Rooke Circus; art meets scien...Read more

The Australian Ballet, Tasman Keith
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November 2, 2022 • 31m

The ballet basics explained; theatre designer Jonathon Oxlade shares insights into his craft; rapper Tasman Keith takes us home to...Read more

Bell Shakespeare, Gerwyn Davies, FUNPARK
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November 9, 2022 • 30m

This week, a Shakespearean classic gets a musical makeover; we meet painter Kurt Boseke and photographer and costume-maker Gerwyn ...Read more

Maria Tran, Night Songs, Unpopular
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November 16, 2022 • 29m

This week, musicians play the songs of the pied butcher bird at Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art; we meet martial arts movie...Read more

Bangarra, AI Art, Matt Hsu, Rose Riebel
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November 23, 2022 • 36m

This week, we go on Country in the Kimberley with Bangarra Dance Theatre; take a deep dive into AI Art; and meet neo-classical pia...Read more