Thursday, May 13, 2010

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 15th May to Fri 21st May 2010)

  • EATING ART: SELLING FOOD
Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail, throughout Europe and the US, of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 15 May 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS
Duration: 30 mins
  • ART NATION
Fenella Kernebone dances the night away at Wrong Prom; photography from the Up the Cross exhibition; My Secret Art Life of AFL player Will Minson; and Bridezilla play in the studio.
Sunday 16 May 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • NEW YORK AND PARIS: THE WORLD OF ABBOT AND ATGET
This fascinating documentary takes a look at the work of French photographer Eugene Atget and American photographer Berenice Abbot.
Sunday 16 May 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins
  • KARSH IS HISTORY
Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Walt Disney, Einstein, Fidel Castro, JFK, Winston Churchill, Picasso, Glen Gould, Audrey Hepburn: we all know that single, most famous picture of every one of them. Behind the camera was the legendary photographer Yousuf Karsh.
Sunday 16 May 2010 8.25pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 55 mins
  • ARTSCAPE: PHOTOGRAPHY HIJACKED
Photography Hijacked, a documentary by Jack Pam (son of Max Pam), is an exploration into the process, technique and outcomes of the work of 12 unique photographers from Australia and America. The film explores the concept that individuality of process is what underwrites and makes possible all interesting artwork.
Tuesday 18 May 2010 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 30 mins
  • THE NEW INVENTORS
Featuring new ideas on how to create a trench or indentation in plasterboard; improve on a traditional lock; improve windmill safety and make servicing much more convenient.
Wednesday 19 May 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
  • GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: WATERLOO
This week Kevin McCloud revisits a couple who converted an old violin factory into a luxury home, but a battle with their neighbours over a jointly-owned wall threatened to ruin the build.
Thursday 20 May 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 55 mins

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