Lynn Freeman
Young game developer turns his eye to film
Ali Soltanian Fard Jahromiis a game developer and film maker who's getting international attention, including for his 3D video game Invasion Resistance 2 that's getting great reviews on Steam - the… Audio
Tusiata Avia - Savage Colonisers Book
Hot off the Press - Black Lives Matter and the Coronavirus both make an appearance in the latest poetry collection from Tusiata Avia - who's also celebrating being named a 2020 Arts Foundation… Audio
Cora-Allan Wickliffe wins CNZ award
An artist who's helping to keep traditional Niuean bark cloth painting, hiapo, alive is one of the recipients of this year's Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards. Cora-Allan Wickliffe who's of… Audio, Gallery
The Witching Hours brings the radio play to the stage
Foley - creating sound effects for stage and screen - is one of the skills under threat from the digital age, where you can find most sounds you want with a quick search online. Audio
Graham Bennett: Around Every Circle
A sculpture made out of steel girders salvaged from the wrecked World Trade Center and the series of imperceptively moving structures that stand outside the Christchurch Art Gallery, are two of Graham… Audio, Gallery
Kapiti Arts Trail turns 20
For 20 years now, locals and visitors to the Kapiti coast north of Wellington have been invited into artists' studios as part of the region's annual Art Trail. Several hundred artists and craftspeople… Audio, Gallery
A new generation turn their gaze toward folk
There's a whole new generation of folk musicians, some who just love the traditional music while others who're talking folk into all kinds of new directions. Both camps will meet up to perform at the… Audio
Jude Thomas weaving Threads of Gold
The prejudice faced by Dunedin's early Lebanese settlers and the skills they brought to their new home are highlighted in a new book Threads of Gold. Author Jude Thomas spoke to descendants of those… Audio
The Badger's Story set to thrill
While most Kiwis are now free to mix and mingle at live events around the country, many with disabilities and high health needs are still too vulnerable to join them. So an in-home multi-sensory… Audio, Gallery
At the Movies for 18 October 2020
While films are tentatively beginning to shoot again around the world, the pipeline of international film continues to deliver for cinema go-ers. Rob Kelly joins Lynn to discuss a light hearted French… Audio
Nature Stilled: the Te Papa backroom laid bare
A fascination with historical natural history objects carefully stored in drawers, jars and cabinets in the vaults of Te Papa has led photographer Jane Ussher on a journey of discovery. Her book… Audio, Gallery
From Belgrade to Tāmaki Makaurau: comparing lockdowns
While some parts of the world are unused to lockdowns, that isn't the case around the globe. Many cultures hare used to pandemic restrictions and political restrictions of movement and access… Audio
Jimmy McGovern bringing Anthony back to life
When 18 year old Anthony Walker was killed in an unprovoked racist attack in Liverpool it was big news. It was no doubt in part because of how he was murdered, with an ice axe and that his killers… Video, Audio
Lighting designer Angus Muir
From fashion runways and Wellington's cable-car tunnels, to massive public spaces around the world, Angus Muir and his team transform public spaces using lights - hundreds and thousands of them. Angus… Audio, Gallery
Tauranga's City Art Walk
A new app about to come online in Tauranga will help to explain and demystify 20 artworks placed around the city centre. The City Art Walk is part of Tauranga's Escape Festival later this month. Audio, Gallery
Whangārei Fringe Festival
A determination to change the perception of Whangarei as a city full of empty buildings is behind Hayley Clark's decision to become co-founder of the city's first Fringe Festival. There'll be more… Audio, Gallery
Shadowing W B Yeats
Irish poet William Butler Yeats was a member of a clandestine society where spirits were conjured and magic practised - and by his side was the much younger woman who'd later become his wife, Georgie… Audio
Scratchboard artist Karen Rankin
Karen Rankin is a Scratchboard artist who creates thousands of scratches on inked metal boards to create portraits of wildlife. Often they're black and white but she'll also use irridescent inks for… Audio, Gallery
The art - of collecting art
The annual Auckland Art Week has negotiated its way around the changing alert levels so that it can take place this month in locations around the city. Lynn Freeman talks to Tim Melville, director of… Audio
RenewArt reimagines Queenstown's art
Producing pewter kiwi, stuffed kiwifruit and other nicknacks for overseas tourists - that's no longer an option for the many artists and artisans in those regions who've relied mostly on the… Audio, Gallery