Art Smitten

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 @specialfeaturesband is 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!

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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. 

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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! 💫

@roundtablereadings @morningbreathingexercises 
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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.

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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📰

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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 thoughts on Spike Jonze's film 'Her' - reflecting on human loneliness and its resonance in today's AI chat-bot filled world. 

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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 the lens of this late 90's film. 

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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 Executive Producer Jen visited the show in its final days.

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@caves.naarm

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Image credit: Risograph poster for 'Green Age' by Aisha Hara

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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. 

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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 Still Life paintings to wrap up the show.

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Image: Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, ‘Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes’, 1780. Courtesy of The Met Museum.

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