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Arts on Sunday for Sunday 16 May 2010

  • 17th Sydney Biennale - Josie McNaught

    12:40 PM.Josie McNaught looks at two major art exhibitions involving kiwis. The 17th Sydney Biennale and the Unnerved exhibition of New Zealand art on show at Brisbane. Audio

  • Pacific Island Arts

    12:48 PM.The country's Pacific Arts capital, Manukau, is celebrating what's been achieved so far in the arts, and what is still holding Pacific Island artists back. Audio

  • Fat Freddys Drop

    1:34 PM.Fat Freddys Drop are about to release a CD of a live gig in London. They explain why their music is in demand around the world. Audio

  • Contemporary Dance: Paula Steeds-Huston

    1:40 PM.Lynn chats with the new head of Contemporary Dance at the New Zealand school of dance, Paula Steed-Huston. Audio

  • Canadian Artists

    1:50 PM.Lynn chats to two visiting Canadian artists who make sure people don't forget what life is really like on Indian reserves. Audio

  • Opera Review: The Marriage Of Figaro

    2:26 PM.Dave Armstrong reviews Opera New Zealand's latest version of Mozart's The Marriage Of Figaro. Audio

  • Sculptor: Andrea du Chatenier

    2:30 PM.Lucy Orbell meets a sculptor whose take on femininity challenges the norm, with her exhibition, Golden Age. Audio

  • Adaptation: Novels to Movies

    2:40 PM.In our books section, why is it that when a great novel ends up on the big screen, something often gets lost in translation? We investigate the challenges of adaptation. Audio

  • Play: Pear Shaped

    2:50 PM.Lynn speaks to writer and director Andy Saker, whos first play, Pear Shaped, premieres Wednesday at the Pumphouse Theatre Company in Auckland. Audio

12:40 Kiwi art in Australia

We cross the ditch to find out from arts reviewer Josie McNaught about two major art exhibitions involving Kiwis in Australia…… the 17th Sydney Biennale and the Unnerved exhibition of New Zealand art on show in Brisbane.

Sydney Biennale

12:50 Curating Pacific Art

The country's Pacific Arts Capital, Manukau, is in the midst of celebrating what's been achieved so far in the arts produced there, and looking ahead to the future. We hold a precursor to a forum on curating Pacific Art.

Pacific Arts Summit

1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris

Sandra Bullock crowns an interesting year with an Oscar for her performance in The Blind Side.

1:30 The Freddys Show

Fat Freddys Drop is about to drop in to a theatre near you with a 3D extravaganza - and we find out how the band has built up its international following.

The Freddys Show

Paula Steeds-Hudson1:40 Paula Steeds-Huston

We meet the new head of Contemporary Dance at the New Zealand School of Dance, Paula Steeds-Huston (left), who's CV includes working as a choreographer and performer on Lord of the Rings, The Lost World and music videos.

 

Jim Logan and Patricia Deadwood

1:50 Jim Logan and Patrician Deadman

A chat with two visiting Canadian artists (pictured right) who make sure people don't forget what life is really like on Indian reserves.

 

LJ Rutherford2:00 The Laugh Track

Actress Lyndee-Jane Rutherford (left) entertains people for a living. She tells us what makes her laugh.

 

2:25 Dave Armstrong drops in to review Opera New Zealand's latest version of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

2:30 Goldenage

Lucy Orbell discovers a futuristic vision of a world where beauty is everything - and women rule. Andrea du Chatenier's sculpture exhibition, Goldenage, sets a scene of feminine desire and excess.

Goldenage
From Goldenage by Andrea du Chatenier. Images courtesy of the New Dowse.

2:40 Simon looks at the often thorny issue of turning a successful and much loved novel into a successful and much loved movie

2:50 Pear Shaped

A new play set in and performed smack in the middle of Auckland's North Shore.

Pear Shaped
Devonport Theatre Company presents Pear Shaped by Andy Saker.

3:00 Sunday Drama

The Blackening by Paul Rothwell, in which three brothers find they are doomed to do what has been done to them.