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Arts on Sunday for Sunday 1 February 2009

  • Pacific Arts festival

    12:40 PM.Lynn Freeman speaks to Maria Ifopo about her exhibition that is part of The Pacific Arts Festival. Audio

  • Nicholas Rowe

    12:50 PM.Dance educator and film maker Nicholas Rowe recently premiered a film he made with a group of Palestinian children in Romallah. Audio

  • The Strength of Water

    1:10 PM.Armagan Ballantyne, director the NZ feature film 'The Strength of Water', currently playing Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festival's. Audio

  • Elva Bett

    1:25 PM.Next week is the 50th anniversary of an exhibition that opened at a Wellington art gallery run by Elva Betts and Catherine Duncan. Audio

  • The Compleate Workes Festival

    1:45 PM.The Compleate Workes Festival celebrates Shakespeare's 250th birthday by performing all of his works throughout 2009. Audio

  • Ted Dutch

    2:24 PM.Kate Orgias speaks with Artist Ted Dutch's wife Cheryl Dutch about his 'Life and Work' exhibition. Audio

  • For Auld Lang Syne: 250 years of Robert Burns

    2:35 PM.Lynn Freeman speaks with President of the Dunedin Burns' Club, Margaret Smith and Otago Settlers Museum curator Sean Brosnahan. Audio

  • Chapter and Verse - Lindy Kelly

    2:45 PM.'Bold Blood' is a new novel by author and former professional event rider Lindy Kelly. Audio

  • Alan Preston

    2:53 PM.'Between Tides: Jewellery by Alan Preston' is a new book by Damien Skinner. Audio

Arts on Sunday

for 1 February 2009

Maria Ifopo

12:40 Felolini Maria

Visual arts curator and Christchurch-born Samoan artist Felolini Maria Ifopo speaks about the upcoming The Christchurch Pacific Arts Festival and her exhibition "Baby you can drive my car".

Nicholas Rowe12:50 Nicholas Rowe

Dance educator Nicholas Rowe describes working with a group of Palestinian children to create a film, loosely based on Lord of the Flies, but set in a walled city. It's called The Secret World and recently premiered in Ramallah.

1:00 Armagan Ballantyne

Instead of At the Movies, Lynn is in conversation with Armagan Ballantyne, the director of Kiwi feature film, The Strength of Water, currently doing the European film festival rounds.

 

Strength of Water

Elva Bett1:30 Elva Bett

An interview with one of the first women art dealers in New Zealand, Elva Bett.

1:45 The Compleat Works

Lucy Orbell finds out about the plan to perform every one of Shakespeare's plays this year around New Zealand.

Compleat Works

Mark Westerby 2:00 The Laugh Track

New Zealand Fringe Festival director, Mark Westerby, spins his favourite laugh tracks, especially Monty Python.

2:20 Ted Dutch

Kate Orgias finds out about the work of her uncle, Ted Dutch, as a retrospective of his work opens in Auckland.

 

Jazz Drummer

2:30 Chapter and Verse

As Dunedin prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of poet Robbie Burns' birthday, there are concerns the Burns Club may have to close its doors due to lack of interest.

Robbie Burns in the Octagon, Dunedin

Plus equestrian and novelist Lindy Kelly discusses Bold Blood, a tale of murder and suspense in the eventing world.

Lindy Kelly Bold Blood

2:50 Alan Preston

Alan Preston Portrait

Jeweller Alan Preston discusses Between Tides, a new book showcasing his work over the past 30 years.

Between Tides

3:00 Radio Drama: My Dark Places

In 1958 James Ellroy's mother was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Ellroy was 10 at the time . . . and glad she was dead. The killer was never found. Then, in 1994, aged 46 and a successful crime writer, Ellroy decided to reinvestigate the murder and try and find the killer himself. He wrote about the resulting journey of discovery in his book - My Dark Places - which has been adapted to the Radio Drama we are featuring today.