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Art Smitten

With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we’re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of art! Art Smitten is a SYN Media Podcast.

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23:12

Special Features - Music as Art

Art Smitten ·

2026/02/20

This interview is part of a segment called Music as Art, implemented by Dani Roche. In this edition, we will be hearing from the members of Special Features for our Music as Art segment! 🥁Special Features@specialfeaturesbandis a heavy alt-rock band from Meanjin/Brisbane, and they spoke with Dani about how they create their music, their influences and views on music as an art form!Tune in Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia, online or via the Community Radio Plus app 📲Image credit 📸 : Kyle Dobie

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39:54

Schoolhouse Studios + art reflections

Art Smitten ·

2026/02/20

Our team went on a super special excursion to the folks at Schoolhouse Studios in Coburg to learn more about the spaces, ethos and artists that inhibit this former supermarket space! 🛒 We spoke with Director Bron Belcher along with residents Ashley, Rhys and Mae to hear first hand the importance and impact of places like this in Naarm/Melbourne's art ecology. Art Smitten airs Mondays 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @schoolhouse_studios See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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57:56

Poetry Special with Lili from Roundtable Readings +...

Art Smitten ·

2026/02/18

Art Smitten is bringing you a special on poetry this episode ✍️To begin, we hear from our Executive Producer Jen all the way in Tokyo to share a little bit of her trip and examples of poetry within Japanese art 🖼️ that she has seen in the galleries. Then, the Art Smitten team share poetic extracts they love or share favourite poems of their own.🩵 Finally, Lili from Roundtable Readings joins us for an interview ~ sharing the importance of communal reading events plus a poem or two! 💫

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60:02

Art that has moved us

Art Smitten ·

2026/01/21

On this episode of Art Smitten, presenters Afrina, Astra, Larissa and Tyra shared the art that has moved them. Tyra begins with the 2025 film 'Sinners' dir. by Ryan Coogler; Larissa speaks on her observations of the legal system in Reginald Rose's '12 Angry Men', Afrina reflects on the cultural resilience and beauty of Yosef Phelan's practice; and Astra wraps up with a comparison on loneliness in Edward Hopper's paintings and the film 'Perfect Days' by Wim Wenders. Art Smitten airs on SYN90.7fm

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51:15

Art Criticism - with Victoria Perin from Memo Review

Art Smitten ·

2026/01/07

Art Smitten is bringing you a special episode on Art Criticism✍️🗞️ The team will be chatting about the importance and the impact of criticism of art in all forms, as well as our own views on how criticism effects our encounters with art.Plus, we are joined by art historian and critic Victoria Perin from Memo Review — a weekly independent art criticism platform running since 2017, to give us an insight into the local criticism ecosystem📰 @memo_review@_victoriaperin@synmedia Art Smitten airs

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34:46

Pepper at NCM + 'Her' (2013) film review

Art Smitten ·

2026/01/03

This episode of Art Smitten features our conversation with humanoid robot Pepper who is currently on display at the National Communication Museum in Hawthorn.Restored for their current exhibition ‘Friend’, we asked Pepper many pressing questions including if robots will take over the world… 😳😳 Jesse from NCM Studio also spoke with us about their role in robot restoration and the other machines within 'Friend'. In the second half of this episode, our wonderful Astra shares his

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40:28

Archives are Hot! with Amy Spiers + 'Love Serenade'...

Art Smitten ·

2025/12/29

Art Smitten is joined by Amy Spiers in this episode to discuss the ‘Archives Are Hot! Artists in the Archive’ program developed by Next Wave in collaboration with CAST, Saluhan and An.Other Collective.Our presenter Tyra will also be sharing a review of Love Serenade (1996) directed by Shirley Barrett 📽️ Listen in to hear our discussion on what it means to be a socially engaged artist/researcher, what CAST is doing for researchers and our thoughts on current Feminist discourse through

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47:51

Artist Interview with Aisha Hara + Review of 'French...

Art Smitten ·

2025/12/18

In this episode of Art Smitten, we are fortunate to be joined by artist Aisha Hara who recently had an exhibition at CAVES 🌼titled 'Green Age'.Aisha is a Japanese-Australian visual artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is interested in the intersections of painting and translation and her exhibition is a response to the poetics of spring as found in tanka poetry 🎐We also had a discussion about NGV's recent winter blockbuster 'French Impressionism: from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston' after our

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40:37

Ayah Zakout and Ebony Maurice-Wilmott with KINGS...

Art Smitten ·

2025/11/06

For our first episode of season 4, the team is so excited to be speaking with two of the artists featured in KINGS current exhibition program. Ayah Zakout and Ebony Maurice-Wilmott joined us to share insights about their art practices and the works featured within their exhibitions.@ayahzakout.jpeg@ebony_maurice.wilmott@kingsartistrun Season 4 of Art Smitten begins this Monday from 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia 📻 listen on the radio, online or the Community Radio Plus app.See

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63:47

TOYF x Art Smitten - Gemma from Food For Everyone

Art Smitten ·

2025/11/04

We are dishing up a real treat for you all 🍽️ this collaboration with our dear friends at Talk On Your Fork brings an episode focused on the intersection of food & art! To begin, Astra will be sharing their thoughts on the film ‘The Menu’ (2022) 🥣 PLUS for a real treat, we will be speaking to Gemma Leslie from @foodforeveryone.aus about her incredible project that pairs artists with chefs all to raise funds for those in need. We end with a discussion focused on the history Dutch

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49:25

Artist Interview - Nur Aishah Kenton + MIFF 2025 Film...

Art Smitten ·

2025/10/21

We are joined by photographer, artist and co-founder of the Pacific Centre for Photographic Arts Aishah Kenton in this episode of Art Smitten. Listen to hear all about the workshops and programs that PCPA facilitate along with Aishah’s own photographic art practice! In the second half of the show, the team review films seen in the final weeks of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) for 2025. Movies covered include Sorry, Baby (dir. Eva Victor), Peter Hujar's Day (dir. Ira Sachs)

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13:13

Spring1883 - Kate Barber

Art Smitten ·

2025/09/29

Listen to our conversation with Kate Barber, cofounder of Spring1883, an art fair hosted inside the iconic Hotel Windsor on Spring Street 🏩 ! Within their own reserved room, gallerists uniquely display works by artists they represent in the unconventional hotel suites instead of the typical 'white cube' model characteristic of typical art fairs. @spring1883@synmediaListen on Art Smitten on Mondays via the Community Radio Plus app, online or tune into 90.7fm 🎧Image: Daine Singer room, 2014

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23:47

Fugitive Archives - MJ Flamiano and Catherine...

Art Smitten ·

2025/09/18

Tune in to hear an interview with Saluhan Collective collaborators MJ Flamiano and Catherine Ortega-Sandow about their current curatorial project Fugitive Archives!! 🏷️The exhibition series examines the role of artist-led, community-based, and independent archives as transformative tools for collective organising and knowledge production.The first show, Fugitive Archives: otherwise or elsewhere, seeks to draw on the tangled relationships between the archive and the artist, with a focus on artists

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50:33

Interview with Maya Borjesson + a brief history of...

Art Smitten ·

2025/09/13

Maya Borjesson@handclap joined us in the studio 🔊 for this episode of Art Smitten.Based in Naarm/Melbourne, Maya is a sound artist and architect who explores ambient music’s potential in evoking memories as well as sound’s relationship to architecture. We also briefly discuss the history of sound as an artform to contextualize our discussion around sound as an artistic medium! Art Smitten airs Monday 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm 📻 @synmedia Work by Maya Borjesson included in this podcast

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21:33

AI in art + 'The Man Who Sleeps' film review

Art Smitten ·

2025/09/08

For our first episode of season 3, we are kicking things off with a discussion about the rise of AI in art 📟 Afrina asked local art students for their opinion on the use of AI and the team shared their own perception of the ever-changing tool and its place in creativity.Astra shares his review of the film ‘The Man Who Sleeps’ (1974) directed by Bernand Queysanne to wrap up this episode. The film is an adaptation of French novelist Georges Perec’s 1967 novella titled A Man

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19:58

FortyFiveDownstairs - Emerging Artist Award ft. Felix...

Art Smitten ·

2025/08/01

In this episode, we had a chat with FortyFiveDownstairs all about their annual Emerging Artist Award! 🏆We were fortunate to be joined by Felix Oliver, 2024 Winner, and learnt more about the process and story behind their winning piece 🙌 Listen in to hear details about the selection process and the aims of the award opportunity. @fortyfivedownstairs@felix0liver🎧 Art Smitten airs on SYN 90.7fm @synmediaImage credit: Emerging Artist Award 2024 1st Prize Winner: Felix Oliver, Dripping palms, Inkjet

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46:50

Melbourne Art Book Fair - UnProjects and Pilot Magazine

Art Smitten ·

2025/08/01

This special episode features a panel discussion with @un_projects(AU) and@pilotmagazined (UK)@ngvmelbourne for Melbourne Art Book Fair! 📚We spoke about all things publications - finding out what it takes to create a lasting magazine in our increasingly digital age.This conversation took place live at 1–2pm on Sunday the 18th of May 🗓️Moderated by Audrey Merton, Executive Producer for Art Smitten on SYN 90.7FM @synmedia@auvbm@eggeplant@dkteppSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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17:39

Alta Forma - Meredith Turnbull

Art Smitten ·

2025/06/16

Jen and Zeta are joined by Alta Forma's Director Meredith Turnbull on this episode of Art Smitten. ⛓️Located on St Kilda Rd, Alta Forma supports artists who work in expanded object and jewellery practices to create experimental and socially engaged projects.⛓️‍💥 Listen in to hear about the specialties of curating object-based artworks and the vision for this space!@_altaforma_@merecatuArt Smitten airs on Wednesdays at 3pm on SYN Media@synmedia90.7fm 🖇️ Image details: Exhibition view 'Still

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30:40

Mass Memo - Ned Dwyer and Pepa Neralic McPherson

Art Smitten ·

2025/06/10

For our final episode of season 1, we’re keen to chat with two writers who participated in the Mass Memo program in 2024!Mass Memo is an annual opportunity for young arts writers to review fine art, architecture and fashion graduate shows across Melbourne.Hosted by Memo 📝 it’s a wonderful chance for young graduates to be published - Jen and Audrey both participated in previous itterations!Listen in to hear from Pepa and Ned all about their experience and head to mass.memoreview.net to

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33:28

BLINDSIDE DEBUT XXI - Emmy and Celline

Art Smitten ·

2025/06/10

To kick off season 2, we spoke to curator Emmy Robinson-Shaw and artist Celline Mercado, featured in DEBUT XXI.At BLINDSIDE gallery, DEBUT is an annual project committed to fostering new talent by exhibiting works of recent graduates from Melbourne’s major art institutions. 🎨We will also be airing a new interview segment by our presenter and editor Nic called Street Art! 🎙️ Nic spoke to Aimee Nair@aimeenxir about their art and life as an arts student. Art Smitten airs Wednesdays at 3pm on

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