Navigation for Arts on Sunday

Arts on Sunday for Sunday 29 June 2008

  • Venice Biennale

    12:35 PM.Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard have been selected to represent NZ at the 2009 Venice Biennale. Audio

  • Florian Habicht

    12:49 PM.Kiwi filmmaker on"Rubbings from a live man"and being the inaugural winner of the Harriet Friedlander residency in New York. Audio

  • Auckland Theatre Venues

    1:35 PM.Sussanne Ritzenhoff and Ruth Stokes discuss how Auckland is to meet the demand for performance space in the city. Audio

  • Writers' Block - Fiona Kidman

    1:35 PM.Lynn Freeman helps Dame Fiona Kidman searcg for clues about forgotten NZ literary figures. Audio

  • Legacy in Las Vegas

    1:45 PM.Lucy Orbell speaks to hip hop dance crew Legacy who are to represent NZ at the world champs. Audio

  • Writers' Block - Kapka Kassabova

    1:50 PM.A new travel memoir has been released by an author who all to briefly called NZ her home. Audio

  • NZSO Review

    1:55 PM.Heath Lees reviews first performance of the latest NZSO concert season. Audio

  • Diane Ragsdale

    2:50 PM.NZ's art organisations need to take a good hard look at why they exist. Audio

Judi Millar Installation

Judy Miller

Pictured above: A Judy Millar Installation.
Pictured right: Judy Millar.

12:40 Venice Biennale (Visual Arts)

An interview with the two artists, Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard, who'll be representing New Zealand at the world's biggest art show, the Venice biennale.


Pictured below: Francis Upritchard with some of her work.

Francis Upritchard

Florian Habicht12:50 Florian Habicht (Film)

'Underground' Filmmaker Florian Habicht on being the inaugural winner of the Harriet Friedlander Residency in New York, with support from the Arts Foundation of New Zealander.

1:00 At the Movies (Film)

Simon Morris previews the International Film Festivals with Festival Director Bill Gosden. Oscar winners, Cannes Film Festival highlights, obscurities and works of undoubted genius all feature this year and Bill tries to pick the winner.

1:30 Venue Crisis (Performing Arts)

A discussion about Auckland's critical lack of performance venues, with the Auckland City Council about to release the findings of its survey into the issue. (Performing Arts)

1:40 Legacy (Music/dance)

Legacy

Lucy Orbell Delves into the world of hip hop dance as the Kiwi troupe Legacy (pictured above), prepares to take on the world.

Yoel Levi - photo by Carl Vande.

1:55 Review

Review by Heath Lees of the NZSO's 5 centre concert tour of Rachmaninov, Ken Young and Shostakovich, with Yoel Levi (right) as Conductor.

2:00 The Laugh Track:

The boys from anarchic TV show The Back of the Y spin their favourite comedy tracks.

Back of the Y

2:20 The Visitor

From the BBC arts show The Ticket, an item on film director Tom McCarthy's latest offering.

2:30 Writer's Block:

Interview with Dame Fiona Kidman (below left) about her research into forgotten literary figures, as part of her $100,000 Michael King Creative New Zealand Fellowship, and Kapka Kassabova (below right) writes about her escape from her homeland Bulgaria, and why she's reconciled with it now in Street Without a Name.

Dame Fiona Kidman, Street Without a Name, and Kapka Kassabova.

3:00 Radio Drama: Nights At The Majestic Cabaret

Dame Patricia Evison stars as an ageing woman whose unpredictable memory is being tested for a schoolgirl's oral history project.