Television Programs of Interest (Sat 30th October to Fri 5th November 2010)

• THE GATES

The Gates chronicles the intricate process of completing the 7,503 saffron-coloured gates and fabric panels used in project, The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005. The project is a site-specific art installation by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The documentary captures the soaring majesty of the project, along with its impact on thousands of amazed and occasionally sceptical witnesses who flocked to snowy Central Park to experience the art work over the course of 16 days, from the 12th of February, through to the 27th of February 2005.
Saturday 30 October 2010 2.45pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 100 mins

• JANET LAURENCE: THE LIFE WORLD

Take a behind-the-scenes journey into the intriguing work of one of Australia's most important living artists, Janet Laurence. Eight years in the making, this film follows Janet as she produces major installation artworks that have become part of our cities' landscapes.
Sunday 31 October 2010 9.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• BETWEEN THE FOLDS

Investigates the ancient art of origami and talks to a number of contemporary practitioners who are taking the medium to new levels. Includes interviews with artists, mathematicians, scientists and paper makers.
Sunday 31 October 2010 10.45pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• ARTSCAPE: VOICES IN THE DARK

Voices in the Dark documents Christina Henri's epic project Roses from the Heart, involving the creation of 25,566 embroidered bonnets, one for every convict woman transported to Australia from Great Britain in the 1800s. Henri's project asks us to consider the true legacy female convicts, sentenced for crimes of poverty and condemned by society as whores and wretches, have made to the societies we live in today.
Sunday 31 October 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 85 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at a new music project at the Bionic Ear Institute in Melbourne; we take a behind-the-scenes peek at the play 'Black Face, White Mask' and folk band Cloud Control perform in the studio.
Sunday 31 October 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: THE LAST SUPPER - EP 9 OF 10

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.
Monday 1 November 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• STOP. REWIND: COMPUTERS - EP 7 OF 13

Where would the world be without computers? From humble beginnings, they've grown into the 'must have' item in just about every walk of life.
Wednesday 3 November 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 25 mins

Artlink Vol. 30 No. 3 (2010)

The latest issue of Artlink is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• The meandering river: slowing down and keeping going Stephanie Britton
• The Fourth Plinth Jo Higgins
• Echigo-Tsumari: public art as regenerating force Janet Maughan
• Who stole the Southern Cross? A cautionary tale for public art Kevin Murray
• Torches in the night: the Odyssey of Craig Walsh Annemarie Kohn
• Art in the public arena in the 21st Century Catherine De Lorenzo
• Dealing with the past: the ARC biennial Carol Schwarzman
• There is going to be a wedding: Elizabeth Woods Sean Kelly
• A public spectacle: Next Wave risks all Dylan Rainforth
• Strangers and the slow laneway experience Kate Warren
• Social conscience, migration, rivers and oceans: Virginia King Robin Woodward
• Solar systems, winter glow: Cameron Robbins, Alexander Knox Anna Zagala
• The transnational appeal of localism: Urban Art Projects Pat Hoffie
• Synergy Tasmania-style: GASP! Pippa Dickson
• Self in the city: Launceston Living laneways Wendy Newton
• Street Talk with Mary Lou Pavlovic Juliette Peers
• Royal Mail vs McQueen: a very public memorial for the dead Jo Higgins
• Magic Lantern Rundle St Adelaide Thea Sarris

Regular Features

• Artrave
• Obituary Shaw Hendry
• Exhibition reviews
• Previews OzAsia at Adelaide Festival Centre
• ETW Exhibitions to Watch

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 28th August to Fri 3rd September 2010)

• THE YEAR OF ANISH KAPOOR

Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation, known for works of staggering complexity and scale. He now faces his biggest challenge yet as the first living British artist to have a solo show occupying the entire Royal Academy gallery. His response is a series of audacious installations. The program follows him through a period of intense productivity leading up to the show.
Saturday 28 August 2010 3.35pm
SBS ONE WS
Duration: 55 mins

• THE SOLOMON TREASURES

The Solomon Treasures tells the story of the fascinating investigations into the lucrative trade of fake artefacts that have stained biblical history and the discipline of archaeology. In the last few years biblical history has been turned upside down by a series of scandals. Investigators reveal that some of the most revered objects in Israel, and around the world, are in fact sophisticated fakes. The police suspect it may be the world's biggest ever antiquity fraud.
Sunday 29 August 2010 2.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• ART NATION

Reko Rennie heads to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards; Jonsi, from band Sigur Ros, talks about his solo album; Liz Ann McGregor and her 'Guilty Pleasure'; and Skipping Girl Vinegar perform.
Sunday 29 August 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS: SAVING WATER SPECIAL

It's impossible to ignore the fact that Australia is in the middle of a severe water crisis. So this week, The New Inventors will dive into the world of water-saving to look at how Australian inventors are taking action to conserve this precious resource. We also re-visit previous water-saving inventions to see where they have ended up. Plus, we'll expose "The Water Diaries" kept by host James O'Loghlin and the panel to find out who is the most conservative when it comes to water usage.
Monday 30 August 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• BAROQUE: FROM ST PETERS TO ST PAULS - EP 3 OF 3

In the final part of this three-part series Waldemar Januszczak explores the English Baroque. From the Queen's House at Greenwich in London, through Britain's first important painter - William Dobson to the magnetism of Van Dyck.
Tuesday 31 August 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC
Duration: 65 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas on how to provide telecommunications systems where phone infrastructure has been destroyed; secure knots for tying hooks and lures to fishing lines; measure a patient's joint angles to assess their injury.
Wednesday 1 September 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 8 OF 12

Hosted by Wil Anderson, with Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, The Gruen Transfer lifts the lid on the business of persuasion. It is fast, furious and funny.
Wednesday 1 September 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE FORBIDDEN CITY: THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD - EP 1 OF 2

The Forbidden City, the largest palace complex in the world, was built in the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Yongle. Born Zhu Di he became the emperor by usurpation. Worried about his illegitimate position, he decides to move the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and build the Forbidden City, as the symbol of his absolute power.
Thursday 2 September 2010 1.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGCC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: KILLEARN

In 2005, Jim Fairfull, a businessman, and his wife Simone set out to build a glass pavilion by a loch in Scotland. Jim was suffering from a stress-related disease and hoped that living in a tranquil setting might cure him of his condition. But there is nothing tranquil about the process of building, and with such a beautiful location it was a challenge to find a design that would do it justice and appease the local planners. But Jim and Simone managed to come up with a design that kept everyone happy.
Thursday 2 September 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 60 mins

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 31st July to Fri 6th August 2010)

• BACON'S ARENA

Francis Bacon was one of the most filmed artists of the 20th century, although he did not allow the filming of himself actually painting. The artist is given a powerful presence through the use of archival footage. The viewer experiences the charms of the man, which are in contrast to the disturbing nature of his paintings, showing screaming popes and deformed bodies. Bacon's works are examined through their likely connection to his relationships with six different men in six decades of his life.
Saturday 31 July 2010 1.45pm
SBS ONE Rating: PG, A, L, N, SWS Rpt
Duration: 100 mins

• US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: COMPASSION - SERIES 5, EP 1 OF 4

Might a work of art move us to temper our more destructive impulses? In what ways do artists' feelings of empathy contribute to works that tackle problematic subjects and address the human condition? This episode features three artists - William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo, and Carrie Mae Weems - whose works explore conscience and the possibility of understanding and reconciling past and present, while exposing injustice and expressing tolerance for others.
Saturday 31 July 2010 3.25pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS
Duration: 65 mins

• ARTSCAPE: LIGHT ART - ANGELA BULLOCH, IM ZWIELICHT DER ERINNERUNG

The art of London and Berlin-based sculptor and installation/sound artist, Angela Bulloch.
Sunday 1 August 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 25 mins

• ART OF SPAIN: THE MYSTICAL NORTH - EP 3 OF 3

In the final episode, Andrew reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling and iconic art of the modern age; Spain's turbulent history has shaped artists from Francisco Goya to Pablo Picasso. He also argues that Spanish architecture is the art form taking the nation forward in the new millennium.
Sunday 1 August 2010 10.50pm
ABC1 Rating: PG *Final*CC Rpt
Duration: 50 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.
Sunday 1 August 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ART NATION

Chris McAuliffe reviews 'European Masters: Staedel Museum, 19th-20th Century' currently on show at the National Gallery of Victoria, a new segment 'Guilty Pleasures', and The Wilson Pickers live in the studio.
Sunday 1 August 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• SOLIDBODIES: THE 50 YEAR GUITAR WAR

Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul electric guitars have been heard on more popular recordings than any other instruments during the rock era. This is the story of their design, sounds, and the battle between them.
Monday 2 August 2010 12.20am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring a container that is edible and biodegradable; how to create aerosol paint with a smooth coverage; biofeedback device to encourage stroke patients to shift more of their weight onto their affected side.
Wednesday 4 August 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• GRUEN NATION: EP 2 OF 4

Host Wil Anderson and Gruen regulars, Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, will run an x-ray over the federal election - its advertising and all the other tricks political parties use to get their message out.
Wednesday 4 August 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 45 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: CUMBRIA

Kevin McCloud revisits an unusual building in the wild open countryside of Cumbria, one of the most beautiful regions in the UK. Helen and Phil Reddy wanted their home to make the most of the spectacular views, but they also wanted it to be ecologically friendly with no heating bills. Their solution was to build an earth-sheltered home, with most of the house built into the hillside.
Thursday 5 August 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC
Duration: 55 mins

Broken Column

Broken column is a new DVD that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"This is a look at the effect contemporary art has on a community. British sculptor, Antony Gormley, installs a project involving the placing of hundreds of rusty iron figures at strategic points around a small town in Norway." -- back cover

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 17th July to Fri 23rd July 2010)

• FRANCISCO GOYA: THE WAY TO LUCIDITY

Francisco Goya was born in Aragon, Spain, in 1746. He underwent a major change following a road accident in 1793 and subsequently suffered a stroke that left him deaf. Before 1793, his paintings represented joyful scenes, in bright colours and after his accident he drew grim representations showing the ugly side of human nature.
Saturday 17 July 2010 3.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• TIM MARLOW MEETS JUNG CHANG

Tim meets the writer Jung Chang whose family history novel, Wild Swans became an international best seller. Jung Chang chose the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to explore her life and work.
Saturday 17 July 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• MONUMENTAL VISION IN INDIA: EP 3 OF 6

Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers specialises in constructing geoglyphs, huge sculptures that can cover hundreds of metres of ground, made of rocks and other natural materials.
Sunday 18 July 2010 9.05pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 25 mins

• ART OF SPAIN: THE MOORISH SOUTH - EP 1 OF 3

In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon goes on the road to reveal the art treasures of Spain. On the way, he explores the work of some of Europe's most important artists from the Renaissance to Modernism including Goya, Picasso, Dali, El Greco and Velasquez.
Sunday 18 July 2010 11.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• ART NATION

We look at the latest work of inveterate traveller and artist Stephen Eastaugh; Namila Benson travels to Tasmania for the Festival of Voices; and Kate Vigo performs in the studio.
Sunday 18 July 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• LEARNING FROM LIGHT: THE VISION OF I. M. PEI

Culture. Nature. Light, These elements provide the structure for a documentary film that explores the vision of one of the world's master architects, I.M. Pei and his newest creation, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.
Sunday 18 July 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 95 mins

• ARTISTS AT WORK: CLAIRE HEALY AND SEAN CORDEIRO - EP 3 OF 4

Up and coming installation artists have come back to Sydney after two years on the international arts circuit and are revisiting Sean's parents' garage in suburban Sydney. What was once just leftover stuff, packed away in damp boxes while they travelled the world, will now become the centrepiece of their new work for the Art Gallery of New South Wales' annual sculpture exhibition - The Balnaves.
Tuesday 20 July 2010 2.40am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: MCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• LANDSCAPE OF THE WYNNE

Artscape: Landscape of the Wynne transports you into the studios of four very different contemporary Australian painters - Geoff Dyer, Graham Fransella, Ben McKeown and Kate Shaw. Watch as they each try to win the oldest and most prestigious gong given for Australian landscape painting - the Wynne Prize.
Tuesday 20 July 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ARTSCAPE: HANNAH GADSBY GOES DOMESTIC

Comedian Hannah Gadsby has been called many things, but never domestic. This 'domestically-challenged' winner of the Director's Choice Award at the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival steps outside of her comfort zone and into the kitchen to explore the work of contemporary artists who have been inspired by themes of domesticity.
Tuesday 20 July 2010 10.00pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas to allow pools to hibernate in peace; improve emergency exit ladders in underground mines; quickly and easily install new vineyard trellis posts.
Wednesday 21 July 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 6 OF 12

Hosted by Wil Anderson, with Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, The Gruen Transfer lifts the lid on the business of persuasion. It is fast, furious and funny.
Wednesday 21 July 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has series 1 of this program available for loan on DVD.

• MESSAGE STICK: TWELVE CANOES - EP 2 OF 3

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.
Thursday 22 July 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: WALTON HUF HAUS

David and Greta Iredale are seasoned builders. They built their first house in 1956 and their second, nine years later. Having lived in it for 40 years, the timber house they designed themselves began to rot, so they decided to demolish it and replace it with a prefab. For their final house, they chose a solid, German built, precision engineered Huf Haus.
Thursday 22 July 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

The Architectural Review (June 2010)

The latest issue of The architectural review is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

VIEW

• How to follow Saarinen? The AR meets KieranTimberlake, architects of the new US embassy in London.
• Will the World Cup bring economic and social change to South Africa?
• Never afraid of the big issues, Rem Koolhaas' OMA tackles energy interdependency in Europe.
• Does the minimalist aesthetic of Pritzker Prize-winners SANAA make great architecture?
• Artist Lucy Orta investigates the lives and living conditions of Roma people.
• Boom-town Macau mimics Vegas.
• A solar array in the USA is transformed into a dramatic piece of land art.
• The AR launches the 2010 Awards for Emerging Architecture.

BUILDINGS

• Map
• Steven Holl Architects Vanke Centre, Shenzhen, China
• Shigeru Ban Architects and Jean de Gastines Architectes Centre Pompidou-Metz, Lorraine, France
• Herzog & de Meuron 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami, USA
• Michael Maltzan Architecture Pittman Dowell Residence, Los Angeles, USA
• Comoco Architects Castelo Novo Visitor Centre, Fundão, Portugal

URBANISM

• Medieval roots meeting modern interventions add piquancy to Ghent's urban condition. The AR speaks to the Flemish city's stars, Robbrecht en Daem.

ID

• In Mumbai, local architect Sameep Padora designs a curvaceous mezzanine for Creo, an upmarket fashion boutique.

DR

• Emerging trends and stand-out designs from the world's greatest design fest, Milan Furniture Fair.

MARGINALIA

• The art of rendering at the Architectural Association; Claude Parent's battle against the perpendicular; LA's modernist gems.

DELIGHT

• Delight A dazzling art installation challenged perceptions of colour, scale and silhouette at the Milan Furniture Fair.

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 3rd July to Fri 9th July 2010)

• TIM MARLOW MEETS TONY BENNETT

Tim meets legendary singer and artist Tony Bennett at the Metropolitan Museum, New York to discuss all things art.
Saturday 3 July 2010 3.30pm (not screening WA)
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• YINKA SHONIBARE

Profiles contemporary British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare who talks about his recent work and the struggle to realise new ideas and projects.
Saturday 3 July 2010 4.00pm (Eastern States only)
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• WHO THE #$&% IS JACKSON POLLOCK?

When a 73-year-old American long- distance truck driver with an eighth grade education bought a painting in a thrift shop for five dollars, she didn't know it would pit her against the most powerful people in the art community. Teri Horton learned that a fingerprint on the back of her canvas matched a fingerprint found on a can of paint in Jackson Pollock's studio. More research found the paint on the floor of his studio also matched the paint on Teri's canvas. Because Teri knew a Jackson Pollock painting the size of hers was worth upwards of $50 million, she thought she had won the lottery. "Not so fast,'' said the art world.
Sunday 4 July 2010 11.20pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 80 mins

• ANATOMY: MUSCLE - EP 3 OF 3

Anatomy is a documentary series comprised of three unusual and compelling stories - Skin, Heart and Muscle - which explore how sexuality and the body work together as driving forces in the creative process. Muscle is an intimate film about the extremes of strength and frailty in the human body. For Simon Yates, Jo Lancaster and Mozes, the three members of nomadic performance troupe Acrobat, the body is everything.
Sunday 4 July 2010 9.00pm
ABC2 Rating: M *Final*CC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at the legacy of photographer Alfred Stieglitz, Henry Wagons sings with ChorusOz and The Cat Empire performs.
Sunday 4 July 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EMILY IN JAPAN

A $50 million exhibition of more than 200 works of Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye, toured Japan in February 2008. It was the largest solo exhibition of an Australian artist to tour overseas. This film examines the amazing impact the works had, taking the art world by storm in Osaka and Tokyo.
Sunday 4 July 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• NOT A WILLING PARTICIPANT

Shot in Australia and Italy, this program looks at Cairns-born artist Vernon Ah Kee's installation at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
Sunday 4 July 2010 8.30pm
ABC2 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• FACE PAINTING WITH BILL LEAK: DR CHARLIE PERKINS - EP 4 OF 6

This week Bill is painting the activist for Indigenous rights, Dr Charles Perkins AO. Charlie was an exceptional Australian who broke new ground in just about everything he turned his hand too. To find out more about his portrait subject Bill talks to Charlie's good friends John Singleton, Malcolm Fraser, Chicka Dixon, Gordon Briscoe and photographer Robert McFarlane.
Tuesday 6 July 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas to assist farmers in checking the grain level when they are filling a silo; give your pot plants a new lease of life; and save homes from sinking.
Wednesday 7 July 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• DESIGN FOR LIFE: EP 6 OF 6

From the initial 12 students vying for a six month placement with Philippe Starck, it has now come down to two - don’t miss tonight’s final episode of Design For Life. After spending the last couple of months thinking, stressing, striving and working, 27-year-old Ilsa and 23-year-old Mike are now only a few weeks away from finding out which one of them will win the placement.
Wednesday 7 July 2010 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: M *Final*CC
Duration: 60 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 4 OF 12

Hosted by Wil Anderson, with Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, The Gruen Transfer lifts the lid on the business of persuasion. It is fast, furious and funny.
Wednesday 7 July 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has the first series of this program available for loan on DVD.

• MESSAGE STICK: BORN IN THIS SKIN

Vernon Ah Kee is a portraitist, graphic and video artist. In 2009 Ah Kee will become one of a select group of Australians whose work will be displayed on the most important visual arts stage in the world, the Venice Biennale.
Thursday 8 July 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: PUGLIA

Artists David Westby and Leonie (Leo) Whitton bought a derelict olive farm in Puglia, a beautiful region of south-eastern Italy, otherwise known as the 'boot' of Italy. With a meagre budget, David and Leonie planned to transform the property to include a Roman-styled house for themselves and guest accommodation for visiting artists.
Thursday 8 July 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

• CRACKING THE COLOUR CODE: MAKING COLOURS - EP 2 OF 3

Taking the globe as its canvas, and drawing on science, history, art and other disciplines, this three-part series is a visual exploration of how we view colours, how we make them, and the meanings they hold in our world. This episode focuses on the nature of colour. It draws on the latest science to find out how - and why - humans and other living things view the world in colour.
Friday 9 July 2010 2.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GCC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

The Architectural Review (May 2010)

The latest issue of The architectural review is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

VIEW

• Shigeru Ban's new Pompidou Centre in Metz nears completion
• Outrage: Anish Kapoor's Olympics monument is a confused mess
• Birds strike the right not in the Barbican's art installation
• An interview with Daniel Libeskind, master of memorials
• Investigating the relationship between form and social conflict
• A look at the life of Austrian architect Raimund Abraham
• World architects debate the future of smart buildings over lunch

BUILDINGS

• Map
• SANAA Rolex Learning Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Juan Domingo Santos Water Museum, Lanjarón, Spain
• David Chipperfield Architects Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
• Baumschlager Eberle Diakonie church and nursing home, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Heikkinen-Komonen Architects Hämeenlinna Provincial Archive, Hämeenlinna, Finland

SKILL

• Thomas Heatherwick Studio's quivering seed-studded pavilion for Expo 2010 Shanghai

EXPLORING EYE

• The relationship between climate, construction trends and human influence in West African vernacular architecture

MARGINALIA

• Photographic chronicles of the changing urban US landscape; atmospheric art in Beijing; Matteo Thun's installation in Milan; SCI-Arc revives architectural drawing

DELIGHT

• Delight A photographer's rare snapshot of a Long Island power station expresses a love of heroic, industrial architecture

MCA Collection

MCA collection: new acquisitions in context is a new publication now available for loan from the Learning Centre. It is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, from 19 August - 6 November 2005.

Artists exhibited:

• James Angus
• Pat Brassington
• Adam Cullen
• Destiny Deacon
• Shaun Gladwell
• Peter Kennedy
• Melba Gunjarrwanga
• Anchor Marawarr
• John Mawurndjul
• Kate Miwulku
• Noel McKenna
• TV Moore
• Ricky Swallow
• Kate Beynon
• Emily Floyd
• Robert Owen
• Tony Schwensen
• Tim Silver
• Hossein Valamanesh
• Jurek Wybraniec
• Ulay/Marina Abramovic
• Howard Arkley
• Fional Hall
• Robert MacPherson
• Cindy Sherman
• Jean Tinguely

Voices in the Dark

Voices in the Dark is a new DVD of a television program broadcast on ABC2. It is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"Voices in the Dark documents Christina Henri's epic project Roses from the Heart, involving the creation of 25,566 embroidered bonnets, one for every convict woman transported to Australia from Great Britain in the 1800s. Henri's project asks us to consider the true legacy female convicts, sentenced for crimes of poverty and condemned by society as whores and witches, have made to the societies we live in today." -- back cover

Craft Arts International - Issue 78

The latest issue of Craft Arts International is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• GLASS SUTRA (cast & kiln-formed glass): LORETTA YANG HUI-SHAN by Andrew Brewerton
• PETER MASTERS (salt-glazed porcelain & glass) by Gordon Foulds
• ARCHITECTURAL JEWELLERY (gold & silver): VICKI AMBERY-SMITH by Joe Bookbinder
• GEOGRAPHIC COSMOLOGY (Indigenous art): LUCY WARD by Henry F. Skerritt
• JACOB CAN DER BEUGEL (ceramics installations) by Ian Wilson
• RUTH OLIPHANT (fused & carved glass) by Dr Sharon Peoples
• PROFILES IN PRINT - REW HANKS (printmaking) by Prof. Sasha Grishin
• FRED YOKEL: THIS IS IT! (figurative ceramic sculpture) by Kevin V. Wallace
• THE HANNAH CABINET (European-style cabinetmaking): GEOFFREY HANNAH by Rob Ditessa
• WORKING WITH ANCIENT WOODS (sculptural carving): GARY STEVENS by Kevin V. Wallace
• EVENTS AND REVIEWS
• PORTFOLIOS: Ron Mackinnon (textiles), Ofra Messiah (jewellery), David Lake (painting)

Sally Smart

Sally Smart: the unhomely body series: femmage, shadows and symptoms series is a catalogue that was published to coincide with the exhibition at Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan in May 1999. You can also view Sally Smart's official webpage at http://www.sallysmart.com/

Exhibition Videos from the Guggenheim

Did you know that you can view free videos online relating to past and present exhibitions held at the Guggenheim Museum? This is a great resource for research so take advantage of it. You can explore what the Guggenheim has to offer at this website:

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/video

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 9th May to Fri 15th May 2009)

• BUREN AND THE GUGGENHEIM

Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York is one of the world's architectural wonders. Surprisingly, in 2005, the whole museum was handed over to French artist Daniel Buren for an exhibition to create an installation which would temporarily transform the building into a new, vibrant, artistic space.
Saturday 9 May 2009 3.30pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins

• JUMBA JIMBA

Brodie "Jumba Jimba" McIntyre is an indigenous child artist living in far North Queensland. At only 11 years old, he is preparing for his second solo exhibition of paintings. With no formal art training, Brodie draws inspiration from his Aboriginal heritage and uses his own unique style to tell his stories through the artwork.
Saturday 9 May 2009 2.45pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins

• SUNDAY ARTS

This week on Sunday Arts Chris McAuliffe visits the National Gallery of Victoria's John Brack retrospective.
Sunday 10 May 2009 5.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 60 mins

• MONUMENTAL VISION IN NEPAL

The Indiana Jones of the art world, Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers, had a vision to create twelve monumental Earth artwork sites around the world. Inspired by the Nazca lines in Peru, these giant rock works are made to be viewed from the air and are large enough to be seen by satellite, 350 km into space. Rogers engages local artisans to build these geoglyphs, which can span vast areas. In this fascinating and groundbreaking adventure/travel documentary, we see how Rogers works in Nepal with local elders to identify their heritage, and recreate the important symbols in stone that carry their stories and their history.
Sunday 10 May 2009 10.00pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 30 mins

• ARTSCAPE: ADAM ELLIOT IN CONVERSATION

One of Australia's best known animators, Adam Elliot stunned the American and Australian film industry in 2004 when he won an Oscar for his short film Harvey Krumpet. In this episode of Artscape, Virginia Trioli joins Elliot for an insightful chat which reveals just what it took to make his latest film Mary and Max, an $8 million project that was five years in the making with over 100 crew members. This is a far cry from Harvey Krumpet, which cost only $380,000 and was made by Elliot and a couple of mates in his father's storage unit.
Tuesday 12 May 2009 10.00pm
ABC1 Rating: (PG)
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors brings you the best in new Australian inventions. From exciting innovations to eccentric designs, inventors across the country are working to change the way we live. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: agricultural scientist Chris Russell, materials engineer Veena Sahajwalla, and futurist and author Mark Pesce.
Wednesday 13 May 2009 8.00pm
ABC1
Duration: 30 mins

• SECRETS OF THE FIRST EMPEROR

The amazing army of terracotta soldiers is Qin Shi Huangdi's most widely known legacy. This documentary looks at how he created the greatest empire of antiquity, planned the first Great Wall, and built the largest burial site in the world. But at what cost?
Thursday 14 May 2009 1.30pm
SBS Rating: (M, A, V, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS: BATH

Kevin meets a couple who build a German pre-fabricated bespoke house with great green credentials.
Thursday 14 May 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins

The Architectural Review (March 2009)

The latest issue of the Architectural Review has come into the Learning Centre and is now available for loan. Contents include:

View:
Mies van der Rohe Award; Kenneth Browne remembered

Comment:
Kieran Long previews next month's relaunched AR

Buildings:
University building, Milan, Italy - GRAFTON ARCHITECTS
Car museum, Stuttgart, Germany - DELUGAN MEISSL ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS
Applied arts centre, Ruthin, North Wales - SERGISON BATES
British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka - RICHARD MURPHY ARCHITECTS
Winery, Peñafiel, Castilla y Léon, Spain - ROGERS STIRK HARBOUR + PARTNERS
Boathouse, Fuβach, Austria - BAUMSCLAGER EBERLE

Process:
Sanjeev Shankar's New Delhi art installation

House:
Jouse, Sanjkik, Taiwan - C-LABORATORY

Reviews:
Jewish cemeteries; James Gowan; Arts & Architecture reprint; Meili and Peter monograph
Palladio at the Royal Academy; Sutherland Lyall's valedictory Browser

Delight
Freeze Alaska - exploring the hyperborean existence

Not In My Name 2004 by Silvia Velez

This is a catalogue of Silvia Velez' work exhibited:

• 2004 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
• 2004 Zeitgeist, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
• 2005 Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra

Jean Shin - Installation artist and sculptor

This is the website that contains works by installation artist and sculptor Jean Shin. She uses found objects and addresses current social issues in her work. Jean Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1999. She lives and works in New York City.

http://www.jeanshin.com/index.htm

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 14th February to Fri 20th February 2009)

• TIM MARLOW ON HENRY MOORE AT KEW

Tim Marlow provides an engaging tour of the highlights of 'Henry Moore at Kew', the largest exhibition of its kind ever staged in London. With his usual combination of enthusiasm and insight, Tim looks at all of Moore's major themes, from the reclining figure to the idea of sculpture as landscape.
Saturday 14 February 2009 3.50pm
SBS Rating: (G, WS, Rpt)
Duration: 40 mins

• THE DA VINCI DETECTIVE

Dr Maurizio Seracini is the only real person to appear in Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code. He is the genuine Da Vinci detective. A pioneering scientist who has made his name by ingeniously adapting the latest medical and military technology to reveal the secrets of great artworks, he has used ultrasound and X-ray technology to revolutionise art historical beliefs. His discoveries have questioned the authorship and very existence of some of the world's greatest paintings.
Sunday 15 February 2009 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 100 mins

• CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS: KEN UNSWORTH

Featuring Ken Unsworth, one of Australia's most prolific and fascinating artists. He is 76 years old and continues to work with relentless passion, emotion and wit in installation, performance and sculpture.
Sunday 15 February 2009 10.10pm
ABC2 Rating: (G)
Duration: 20 mins
*This program is available for loan in the Learning Centre

• ARTSCAPE: TOM MOORE GLASSORAMA!

Artscape invites you into a magical world where truth really is stranger than fiction - the enchanted world of glass artist Tom Moore.
Tuesday 17 February 2009 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: (G)
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS: SUSSEX

Charts the in-depth process of ambitious design projects, from the initial details of blueprints to the long and often arduous task of turning the designs into a practical living space.
Thursday 19 February 2009 6.10pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 50 mins
*This program is available for loan in the Learning Centre

• MESSAGE STICK: SHE SELLS SEASHELLS

An exploration into the life and work of Indigenous shell artists Esme Timbery, her artist ancestors, and the current generations of shell artists in her family at La Perouse.
Friday 20 February 2009 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins
*This program is available for loan in the Learning Centre

• MUSEUM OF THE WORLD: SONGLINES TO THE SEINE - EP 2 OF 2

This episode culminates in the opening of the museum which embodies a vision of sharing common heritage - the core of international multiculturalism.
Friday 20 February 2009 1.30pm
SBS Rating: (PG, Rpt)
Duration: 60 mins

Zadok Ben-David : Blackfield : 5000 piece installation, glass boxes, corten steel sculptures & aluminium cut-outs

Zadok Ben-David : Blackfield : 5000 piece installation, glass boxes, corten steel sculptures & aluminium cut-outs is a catalogue from an exhibition held at the Annandale Gallery on 12 March - 12 April 2008. You can view further works/information about the artist here:

http://www.annandalegalleries.com.au/htmlpages/artists_bio.php?artistID=29