Astra speaks with Ben, the programmer for Fed Square's Open Air!

Hear them speak in detail about the uniqueness of outdoor cinematic experiences, public space activation and the films on offer for the 2026 program. 

Art Smitten airs 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm.

Astra speaks with Ben, the programmer for Fed Square's Open Air!
Hear them speak in detail about the uniqueness of outdoor cinematic experiences, public space activation and the films on offer for the 2026 program.&nbsp;
Art Smitten airs 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm.

With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we’re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of art!

Art Smitten is a SYN Media Podcast.

With a focus on the contemporary art scene in Naarm / Melbourne, we&rsquo;re here to showcase art and culture. Contributors and presenters interview, review, and cover current and upcoming exhibitions, practices and everything in between. Art Smitten is the place for expanding your knowledge of art!
Art Smitten is a SYN Media Podcast.

Art Smitten is SYN's weekly guide to arts, culture and entertainment in Australia and around the world.

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Ben from Fed Square's Open Air Program

For our final episode of the season, the Art Smitten team are reflecting on music that reminds us of works of art … 💭🎶
Every week we celebrate visual art experiences through the audio medium of radio, so we can’t wait to celebrate this tension and explore how our senses collide and inform one another 💌

Artworks discussed:

David Hockney, We Two Boys Together Clinging, 1961.

Matilda Davis, Jumping for Joy (collige virgo rosas), 2024.

John Constable, Harwich Lighthouse, 1820.

John Everett Millais, A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew’s Day’, 1852.

Frida Kahlo, Viva la Vida, Watermelons, 1954.

Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1831.


Art Smitten airs Monday 3-5pm on 📻 SYN90.7fm @synmedia

Cover: Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Compositon 8’, 1923.

For our final episode of the season, the Art Smitten team are reflecting on music that reminds us of works of art &hellip; 💭🎶 Every week we celebrate visual art experiences through the audio medium of radio, so we can&rsquo;t wait to celebrate this tension and explore how our senses collide and inform one another 💌
Artworks discussed:
David Hockney, We Two Boys Together Clinging,&nbsp;1961.
Matilda Davis, Jumping for Joy (collige virgo rosas), 2024.
John Constable, Harwich Lighthouse, 1820.
John Everett Millais, A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew&rsquo;s Day&rsquo;, 1852.
Frida Kahlo,&nbsp;Viva la Vida, Watermelons, 1954.
Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1831.
 Art Smitten airs Monday 3-5pm on 📻 SYN90.7fm <a href="https://www.instagram.com/synmedia/">@synmedia</a>
Cover: Wassily Kandinsky, &lsquo;Compositon 8&rsquo;, 1923.

This track reminds me of … Pairing art and song 

In this episode we will be exploring Radical hope as a way to live, make and create during times of uncertainty. 

We discuss the current exhibition ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ curated by Isabella Hone-Saunders and Paul Boyé as part of the MADA curator-in-residence program. Isabella joined us in the studio to chat with us all about the project!
Also, Mio shares the work of artist Wendy Hannah whose installation work in Aotearoa had her smitten 🎐

Tune into SYN90.7fm from 3-5pm Mondays to hear us live each week🤞

Image Credit: Rory Pilgrim, ‘Tomorrow in your hands and Government lover’, 2026 plastic bags with printed text, grass. Exhibited in ‘Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience’ at MADA gallery

In this episode we will be exploring Radical hope as a way to live, make and create during times of uncertainty.&nbsp; We discuss the current exhibition &lsquo;Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience&rsquo; curated by Isabella Hone-Saunders and Paul Boy&eacute; as part of the MADA curator-in-residence program. Isabella joined us in the studio to chat with us all about the project! Also, Mio shares the work of artist Wendy Hannah whose installation work in Aotearoa had her smitten 🎐 Tune into SYN90.7fm from 3-5pm Mondays to hear us live each week🤞 Image Credit:&nbsp;Rory Pilgrim, &lsquo;Tomorrow in your hands and Government lover&rsquo;, 2026 plastic bags with printed text, grass. Exhibited in &lsquo;Inter-narratives of hope: building catastrophe resilience&rsquo; at MADA gallery

Radical Hope - with Isabella Hone-Saunders

Art Smitten is dishing up a special on ‘art speak’ and the vernacular we use when talking about art 🗣️🗣️🗣️

The team will be reflecting on a recent attempt by the National Gallery of Art in Washington to Gen Z-ify art history.
We will also be reflecting on John Berger’s influential series ‘Ways of Seeing’ and discover what the heck ekphrasis means!?!!?!?

🤎🤎Tune in Mondays at 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm @synmedia

Credit to @ngadc and Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art, Curator of Early European Sculpture and Deputy Head of Sculpture for the clip played at 1:21 to 2:06. 

Art Smitten is dishing up a special on &lsquo;art speak&rsquo; and the vernacular we use when talking about art 🗣️🗣️🗣️ The team will be reflecting on a recent attempt by the National Gallery of Art in Washington to Gen Z-ify art history. We will also be reflecting on John Berger&rsquo;s influential series &lsquo;Ways of Seeing&rsquo; and discover what the heck ekphrasis means!?!!?!? 🤎🤎Tune in Mondays at 3-5pm on SYN 90.7fm <a href="https://www.instagram.com/synmedia/">@synmedia</a>
Credit to @ngadc and Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art, Curator of Early European Sculpture and Deputy Head of Sculpture for the clip played at 1:21 to 2:06.&nbsp;

Ben from Fed Square's Open Air Program

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