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SmartArts

Visual art, theatre, film and literature. Segments include: - "Art Attack" - fortnightly visual arts reviews with Ace Wagstaff and Tai Snaith. - "Shoot the Messenger" - fortnightly theatre news & reviews with Fleur Kilpatrick. - "Drawn Out" - monthly chat about comic books and graphic novels with Bernard Caleo. Please email talks@rrr.org.au for all interview requests. About the Presenter Richard Watts has many years experience working in the arts industry, including five years as the Artistic

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55:34

Insomniac Mixtapes, Art Fairs and Photography at the NGV

SmartArts ·

2023/10/08

Artist Telia Nevile on her new one-woman cabaret performance ‘Insomniac Mixtape’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival, capturing the unsettling and relatable descent into chaos that is sleep deprivation, through a range of bizarre goth, electronic and punk tunes; Melbourne Art Foundation CEO and Melbourne Art Fair director, Maree Di Pasquale gives a rundown of the newly annual 2024 Art Fair program, and explains the recently revamped artist commissioning process; NGV senior curator, Susan van Wyk

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01:05:27

Festival Frenzy: Irish Films, Fringe and Melbourne Jazz

SmartArts ·

2023/10/08

Irish Film Festival Director Dr Enda Murray walks listeners through the exciting 2023 program overview for the Irish Film Festival; Program Director Hadley Agrez unveils the diverse 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival lineup; Accessed via a real phone number audiences can call, Kasey Gambling explains her new interactive work, ‘The Hotline’ at Melbourne Fringe Festival, which allows audiences to experience a satirical critique of real anti-choice pregnancy hotlines, and their place

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01:06:07

Queer Bushrangers and the Brand New Merribek Festival

SmartArts ·

2023/09/15

Co-producers Tim Sneddon and Jeff Achtem explain how accessibility and the need for low-cost family festivals drove them to create the new Merribek Family Festival, walking listeners through their exciting program; Nina Sanadze, founder of Collective Polyphony Festival, and artist Camille Perry from Collective Agitation explore the importance of giving a voice to different perspectives and diasporas; Dr Craig Cormick on his new book, ‘A Darker Shade of Moonlite: A Creative Biography’, a

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01:12:53

The Art Inspired by Being Struck by Lightning, and...

SmartArts ·

2023/09/07

Composer and cellist Zoë Barry on how her unlikely experience of being struck by lightning on three separate occasions inspired her new artistic work in ‘The Nervous Atmosphere’ at Arts House; Simon Abrahams, Creative Director and CEO of Melbourne Fringe walks listeners through the exciting new program for the 41st Melbourne Fringe Festival; Co-Artistic Directors Andy Freer and Nick Wilson of Snuff Puppets on their new festival, ‘Snuffest’, bringing joy and giant puppets to Melbourne’s

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01:30:36

Radiothon 2023

SmartArts ·

2023/08/31

It's Radiothon time here at Triple R - the time of the year we ask our listeners to help support SmartArts and all the other programs on RRR by financially supporting the station by taking out a subscription.Listen to a very special edition of SmartArts as Richard is joined by regular guests and mainstays of Melbourne's Arts & Culture community to talk about the importance of independent media. Tai Snaith and Bernard Caleo continue their regular segments, ‘Art Attack’ and ‘Drawn Out’;

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59:38

Breaking the Conventions of Theatre with Pony Cam

SmartArts ·

2023/08/24

Contemporary theatre performers Dominic Weintraub and Hugo Williams of Pony Cam exhibit the process of knowledge sharing across generations, breaking theatre convention by collaborating with mass community-led ensemble cast of locals aged 55+ in ‘All This Could Be Yours’; Artistic Director Danielle Micich on her new production ‘idk’ borrowing from her experience as an intimacy coordinator to explore consent and the memories the body holds; Melbourne artist Christian Capurro on the dialogue

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01:06:12

Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism

SmartArts ·

2023/08/18

Director Nick Kozakis talks how his childhood horror movie obsession and the resurgence of the horror film genre in Australia influenced his new independent horror, ‘Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism’; CEO and creative director of Geelong Arts Centre, Joel McGuiness on Geelong’s blossoming art scene, outlining the star-studded lineup for the new Geelong Arts Centre opening; Choreographers Kayla Douglas and Kady Mansour on dance premier ‘ESCALATOR’ by the Stephanie Lake Company, showcasing

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01:20:42

Road-tripping with two queer alien Elvises & ‘The Fence’

SmartArts ·

2023/08/03

Richard is away this week, guest host Daniel Santangeli fills in! Playwright Fleur Murphy explores ordinary acts of bravery and the ethical concerns of witnessing domestic violence in her award-winning play ‘The Fence,’ set in Melbourne suburbia; Visual artist and performer Will Huxley captivates audiences with his dynamic photographic works in ‘DisGraceland’, following the fantastical narrative of two queer alien Elvises; Visual artist Tai Snaith is back with our visual art segment ‘Art

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45:54

Gail Mabo’s ‘Current’ & Swinburne Circus Art students...

SmartArts ·

2023/07/27

First Nations artist Gail Mabo talks shouldering the legacy of her father, activist Eddie Mabo, and her new exhibition ‘Current’ at McClelland Gallery with fellow First Nations artists Lisa Wuap and Dominic White, transporting audiences to her home in Murray Island; National Institute for Circus Arts students Sophia Laidlaw and Naruha Ohta explain their distress towards Swinburne University’s shock decision to freeze the Bachelor of Circus Arts program for 2024, leaving their futures in the

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43:23

The Impacts of the US writers and actors strike on...

SmartArts ·

2023/07/19

Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Vice President of Actor’s Equity for the MEAA breaks down the US writers and actors strike, uncovering how streaming and AI technologies have threatened livelihoods in film and the potential impacts of this on Australian art; Leading actors Jacob Warner and Rose Riley on how their ages and close friendship have informed a deeper exploration of love in their portrayals of Romeo and Juliet in the latest production by Bell Shakespeare; Curator Catlin Langford and artist

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01:02:24

Brisbane Fest, a streetwide projection arts takeover...

SmartArts ·

2023/07/13

Artistic Director Louise Bezinna gives an extensive overview of this year’s Brisbane Festival program; Priya Namana, CEO of the Centre of Projection Art on the upcoming innovative projection-art displays at the 2023 Gertrude Street Projection Festival; Acclaimed organist, Joseph Nolan, on the free Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ Event, paying homage to the music of Louis Vierne over five nights in his performance of the ‘Vierne Project’; Director Cassandra Fumi and actor Alison Whyte

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01:02:22

Australian circus art under threat, and NAIDOC Week...

SmartArts ·

2023/07/05

Richard Hull, CEO of Flying Fruit Fly Circus explains the devastating impacts Swinburne University’s decision to freeze the National Institute for Circus Arts' student intake in 2024, may have on circus in Australia; Artist Ben McKeown on ‘Dig Deeper’, a portrait of four different Indigenous and First Nations artists, premiering at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival; Director Steven Mitchell Wright & Actor Justin Hosking on revisiting the canonised Australian theatre production,

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42:45

Puppets, NAVA, and Atmosphere

SmartArts ·

2023/06/29

Co-artistic director Sarah Kreigler talks everything puppets, delving into the Melbourne Festival of Puppetry and its 2023 puppet treasure hunt; Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts, Penelope Benton, on the ABC’s cutting-edge online editorial and the future of arts reporting; Senior Curator Lisa Sullivan on the ‘Atmosphere’ exhibition at Geelong Gallery, celebrating Clarice Beckett’s contribution to the Geelong art scene.

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47:12

A Climate for Art, Underneath Ms Archer and Nightshifts

SmartArts ·

2023/06/22

Richard is away this week, guest host Oliver Coleman fills in! Co-writer and performer Louise Siversen explores cancel culture in theatrical performance, ‘Underneath Ms Archer’, depicting a 21st woman’s encounter with a medieval man from the past; Co-Curator Annika Aitken on ‘Nightshifts’, a University of Melbourne exhibition that draws on the metaphor of night-time to understand the theme of solitude; Lana Nyugen on new Australian campaign for fossil fuel divestment in the arts industry

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01:07:27

Shhhh, Oh Deer!, and Unison

SmartArts ·

2023/06/15

Co-artistic director Lara Thoms on artist-run, experimental performance arts group, Aphids and their RISING Festival performance ‘Oh Deer!’, delving into the grief of losing a parent; Director Emma Valente on dramedy performance ‘Shhhh’, exploring consent and sisterhood; Curator Sebastian Henry-Jones celebrates the 30 year history of West Space gallery through exhibition ‘Unison’

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49:16

Circus art, Chagall and Darwin Festival 2023

SmartArts ·

2023/06/08

Internationally renowned choreographer Edgar Zendejas on his collaboration with NICA graduates to create circus performance, ‘Oneiric’; Artist Yvette Coppersmith on her exhibition ‘Carnelian’, a response to the Jewish Museum of Australia’s exploration of Jewish artist, Chagall; An exciting overview of the Darwin Festival 2023 program, by program designer Kate Fell.

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48:29

Saying no to coal in the arts, Local Laughs and Sonic...

SmartArts ·

2023/06/01

CEO Lucy Manne on 350 Australia’s campaign to help the arts community rule out coal and oil industry partnerships; Janet McLeod reminisces about her comedy room, ‘Local Laughs’ in the wake of its 20th anniversary; co-artistic director Eugene Ughetti and composer Erkki Velthei on their audio art event, ‘Sonic Eclipse’ as part of RISING Festival, featuring a 12-person percussion ensemble.

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50:52

Ten Pound Poms, Tracker and Glass Design

SmartArts ·

2023/05/25

Actor Sarah Funari on the Stan and BBC original series ‘Ten Pound Poms,’ charting the story of over a million British people that migrated to Australia for 10 pounds; Artist Miles Johnson on glass design and his exhibition, ‘Journey in Roundism’; Artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre, Daniel Riley explores the deeply personal story of his Great-Great Uncle in his performance, ‘Tracker’.

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54:05

An adaptation of the world's oldest song, Tarrawarra...

SmartArts ·

2023/05/18

Artist Genevieve Lacy on her twilight gathering of soundwork, 'Consort of the Moon', inspired by the oldest known notated song; Cabaret icon Paul Capsis takes audiences on an intimate journey of acoustic song in his show 'Dry My Tears' at Fortyfivedownstairs; curator Dr Léuli Eshrāghi on Tarrawarra Biennial's exploration of connection across First Nations communities

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48:19

Judith Lucy conquers theatre, MOTH & Eleventh Hour's...

SmartArts ·

2023/05/11

Adam Noviello on their theatrical exploration of bullying and the gruelling social hierarchies of high school in ‘MOTH’; actor Peter Houghton on ‘Cavalcade’ and the reopening of Eleventh Hour Theatre; Judith Lucy explores moving away from stand-up and starting a new chapter of her career, acting in ‘Happy Days’ at South Bank Theatre.

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