In 1907 Eric Gill, maverick genius of the Arts and Crafts movement, set up home in Ditchling's High Street. It was the start of an extraordinary adventure that helped shape the artistic character of the departed century. It certainly had a profound effect on Ditchling. 'Looking for Mr Gill' is a personal journey by resident film maker Luke Holland, a journey in search of Eric Gill's Ditchling legacy.
Saturday 2 May 2009 2.05pm
SBS Rating: (PG, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 55 mins
A restorer working on a Michelangelo sculpture uncovers evidence showing that the official artist of the Vatican and the Catholic Church, was, during the period of the Inquisition, flirting with Protestantism. Michelangelo belonged to a secret fraternity that was active in trying to avoid a schism in the Catholic and Protestant Churches. All of his friends who were pushing for reforms within the church were subsequently put to death by the Inquisition. Michelangelo however, being too important for the Catholic Church's own propaganda, was spared.
Saturday 2 May 2009 3.00pm
SBS Rating: (WS)
Duration: 60 mins
This program explores the life and works of artist and sculptor, Auguste Rodin.
Saturday 2 May 2009 4.00pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins
- THE ART LIFE: ALWAYS BUSY DYING - EP 3 OF 3
The final in a three part series investigating contemporary Australian art. Presented by Andrew Frost.
Sunday 3 May 2009 7.00pm
ABC2 Rating: (PG, Rpt) *Final*
Duration: 30 mins
- MESSAGE STICK: TWELVE CANOES
A series of short films that paint a compelling portrait of the people, history, culture and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Sunday 3 May 2009 1.30pm
ABC1 Rating: (G)
Duration: 30 mins
- THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 2 - EP 8 OF 10
Honest, funny and revealing, The Gruen Transfer, a runaway hit in 2008, is about how advertising works and how it works on us. It lifts the bonnet on the carefully constructed and manufactured messages that surround us all. Examining the best and worst of advertising, acknowledging the art and science involved, The Gruen Transfer brings some of the pointiest and most creative minds in the ad industry together to discuss the power of persuasion.
Wednesday 6 May 2009 9.00pm
ABC1 Rating: (HD)
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has the previous season of this series available for loan.A documentary by renowned photographer and video clip maker David LaChapelle, which demonstrates the rise of 'clowning' and 'krumping', a startling new hip-hop dance subculture, which has grown beneath the mass-media's radar.
Wednesday 6 May 2009 9.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (M)
Duration: 85 mins
Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors showcases the best new Australian inventions from the innovative to the inspirational, the weird and the wonderful. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: engineer James Bradfield Moody, science broadcaster Bernie Hobbs, and inventor and journalist Christine Kininmonth.
Wednesday 6 May 2009 8.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 30 mins
- GRAND DESIGNS: MIDLOTHIAN
When Pru and Richard Irvine come across a plot of land in the middle of the breathtakingly beautiful Midlothian countryside, they seize the opportunity to build a bespoke family home. However, the plot of land, an old industrial site complete with lime kilns, comes with a condition. They can build on it only if they become custodians of the kilns and, more importantly, that the house they build blends in with the landscape. It's a huge challenge and Pru and Richard want to build an uncompromisingly modern and moreover, large box of a house. It's just as likely to be a blot on the landscape as it is an enhancement.
Thursday 7 May 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 55 mins
*The Learning Centre has episodes of this series available for loan.
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