Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 28th March to Fri 3rd April 2009)

  • REVOLUCION: FIVE VISIONS
A breathtaking visual exploration of Cuba yesterday and today thanks to the video work of Mexico's premiere director of photography, Chuy Chavez. It reveals five decades of revolution though the lenses of five Cuban photographers.
Saturday 28 March 2009 3.25pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS)
Duration: 65 mins
  • SUNDAY ARTS
This week on Sunday Arts Virginia Trioli speaks with Rafael Bonachela, the new artistic director at the Sydney Dance Company; and we feature artists Sarah Smuts-Kennedy and Bill Luke.
Sunday 29 March 2009 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins
  • MONUMENTAL VISION IN TURKEY
The Indiana Jones of the art world, Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers selects a historic and magical site in Turkey to locate two of his 12 massive Earth Art rock creations. Not for him the confines of a gallery or museum when he designs and scales his art. His monumental and symbolic rock sculptures are designed to be built on remote hillsides to be viewed from the air. They are big enough to be seen by satellite 350 km from earth, and link a country's historic symbols and cultural past to present day artisans.
Sunday 29 March 2009 10.00pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 30 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: THE ART LIFE - LUST FOR LIFE, SERIES 2: EP 3 OF 3
The final episode in this series, Lust For Life, looks at contemporary art that engages with political issues on local and international scales. Andrew meets with artists Deborah Kelly, Zanny Begg, Mickie Quick, Nobody and Astra Howard and discovers how their work challenges the conventional barriers between the artist and audience.
Tuesday 31 March 2009 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: (M) *Final*
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Tonight's panel of judges includes new panellist, surgeon, inventor and 2005 Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Wood.
Wednesday 1 April 2009 8.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 30 mins
  • THIS IS CIVILISATION: UNCERTAINTY - EP 4 OF 4
Forty years on from Kenneth Clark's landmark series Civilisation, art critic Matthew Collings offers his own interpretation of Western art history for a modern audience, at a time where contemporary art and tastes reflect our own lack of belief in anything at all. In each episode, Collings chooses key moments when there was a fundamental shift in attitudes towards, and the objectives of art. From Greek and Roman classicism glorifying man, through to religious art and art as a saviour of the soul, and on to the nihilism of modern art.
Thursday 2 April 2009 8.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, Rpt) *Final*
Duration: 60 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS: DEVON
Kevin McCloud follows ecologically-minded couple, Martin Whitlock and Sue Charman, building an 'eco' technology home 'with soul' out of two old barns in Devon, while living on site in a mobile home.
Thursday 2 April 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins
  • DESIGNERS: FASHION - EP 5 OF 10
A fashion designer for a street-wear label reveals the process that turns a sketch in his notebook into a garment hanging on the rack in a clothes shop. We see all the steps in the process.
Friday 3 April 2009 10.45am
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 15 mins

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