Art Smitten

Tina Stefanou is Australian-Greek artist who doesn’t limit her practice to just one medium. She experiments across photo, video, performance and more, and has exhibited her work all over the world, including the Salt Museum in Istanbul and the Sydney Opera House. 

She is now one of the Victorian finalists in the running to win the 67th Blake Prize with her work titled ‘Babuskarism: Grandmothers started the revolution”. Her work will be exhibiting in the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in New South Wales from the 12th of March to the 22nd of May.

Music: Days for Tomorrow by Metro Vice 

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Today on Art Smitten, Cristina, Nick, Max and Chris introduce themselves as hosts for this season and get to know each other. They speak about the films and TV shows they've been watching, including The French Dispatch and Mad Men, and give their Summer media  recommendations. They talk about their favourite art exhibitions that they've been to and what they are excited for this coming year. We had a great show and we will be back next Wednesday from 4-6pm on 90.7FM.

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Mind Meng Wang, a finalist for the 2021 Art Music Awards for her piece An Improvisation Through Time and Space 穿越时光的即兴. Mindy grew up on a Chinese university campus and starting learning the guzheng from her neighbour at a young age. Her experimental album is the first of its kind in the world. 

Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_6aG-T8nZY&ab_channel=MusicinExile

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Vanessa is a Melbourne based jazz composer, conductor and arranger & her piece Spaccanapoli won the 2021 Art Music Awards. She talks about her love of Southern Italy which inspired the piece, how it recorded in 45-degree heat & advice for young people wanting to work in the industry. 

Check out Spaccanapoli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCR8rQW0ma0&ab_channel=VanessaPerica

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Imogen and Jemma spoke with Diletta Legowo from the State Library of Victoria about the Future Founders Programs Hackathon -Hack for Happiness! 

Check out the Future Founders Program here: https://startspacehq.com/futurefounders/

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Jemma and Imogen chatted with Domini Marshall of the Australian short film Slap, part of the 2021 Melbourne International Film Festival. 

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To check out Domini's work: https://www.instagram.com/dominimarshall/?hl=en

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Jemma and Imogen spoke with Jaslyn Mairs, the Australian short film Sunburn director, which is part of the 2021 Melbourne International Film Festival.  

Check Sunburn out: https://www.instagram.com/sunburnfilm/?hl=en

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The Melbourne International Film Festival is in its 69th year (August 5-15th 2021) & Imogen spoke to programmer Kate Fitzpatrick all about it! 

Check out the program: https://miff.com.au/program/films 

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Scattered is a Melbourne based queer TikTok series that follows Jules, Sami & Bo the day after their friend Wil's funeral retracing their steps to find his ashes before they are set to be scattered. 

Imogen spoke with co-creator Logan Mucha about the production and why they decided to create the series for TikTok. 

You can follow @scatteredseries on TikTok. 

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Flunk is a Melbourne based YouTube series that has gained more than 50 million views since its premiere in 2018. The series follows 16-year-old Ingrid as she explores her sexuality while attending a country high school and navigating the pressure from her conservative Chinese-Australian family. 

Imogen interviewed  Flunk producer Melaine Rowland about the show. 

Link to Flunk: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjtjoNAv9AnK3gfVfUJUBLQ

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