Art and Culture
In this group of interviews, visual artists, performers and others from the art world discuss the practise of their craft, the role of art in an urban setting and issues affecting the cultural life of Sydney. As well as practitioners, there is a focus on cultural venues including cinemas, and public art projects within the City of Sydney’s boundaries.
C. Moore Hardy
Documenting Sydney’s LGBTIQ history over more than 40 years
David Humphries
Creating public art and mural work in Sydney
Suzanne Alexopoulos
On planning a sculpture to memorialise Mum Shirl
Catherine de Lorenzo
Memorialising Father Ted Kennedy and Mum Shirl
Lindy Hume
Sydney Festival, The directors mission to give Sydney a voice.
Brett Sheehy
Attracting a younger audience to the Sydney Festival.
Lieven Bertels
Interview with Belgium born former Director of Sydney Festival.
Anthony Steel
The struggles of a Sydney Festival Director from 1995 to 1997.
Fergus Linehan
The first foreign director of the Sydney Festival.
Leo Schofield
Mr Sydney. Pleasing a public who pay for the arts.
Tony Albert
Yininmadyemi - Thou didst let fall. A Hyde Park sculpture.
Fiona MacDonald
Native Stranger' A Sydney based visual and installation artist.
Dean Sewell
Guerrilla Gallery' An unauthorised photographic installation.
Catriona McKenzie
The upbringing, education and career of an Indigenous filmmaker.
Caroline Rothwell
'Youngsters' The artist behind the bronze sculptures.
Bob Bolton
The Bush Music Club, Castlereagh St in central Sydney
Richard Bradshaw and Tina Matthews
Puppets and productions. The Marionette Theatre of Australia.
Ben Strout
A career within the Australian Theatre of the Deaf.
Michaelie Crawford
Crawford and Turpin. kinetic installations in the public sphere.
Martin Sharp
An Australian Pop Artist, his childhood and artistic influences
Florence Bell
'Professor Wallace', entertainer magician, juggler, stuntman.
Adam Norton
Conceptual art. The Tank Project, Art & About 2008.
Eric Stevenson
Living in APV. The Tank Project, Art and About festival 2008.
Michael Thomas Hill
Forgotten Songs' The meaning behind a permanent public art work.