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Criticism Now
Playlist by The Wheeler CentreBetween the rise of new media and the shrinking of the old, arts criticism is evolving fast. While blogs and online forums have opened the conversation to anyone with a keyboard and an internet conne…Follow the podcast:
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Criticism in the Digital Age
A passionate panel of international and local arts critics debate the nature – and future – of arts criticism, right now. While we find new ways to respond to the art around us, what’s happening to formal criticism? As the digital world sees traditional publications dwindle, and self-published opi…
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The Morning After - Making Models: The Collaborative Art of Wendy Ewald, The Somali Peace Band and Disarm
This morning, we’ll be talking about three amazing visual art exhibitions: Making Models: The Collaborative Art of Wendy Ewald, by the award-winning American photographer, The Somali Peace Band, a remarkable chronicle of a musical collaboration that reaches across the Indian Ocean, presented by Aus…
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The Morning After - The Shadow King
This morning, we’ll be talking about The Shadow King, an explosive Indigenous reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, King Lear. A powerful melding of Shakespearian pathos with Aboriginal language, music and dance, The Shadow King recasts King Lear as a sprawling, blood-soaked tale of …
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The Morning After - Quartets at Sunset
Sometimes, the best part of seeing a show is the conversation it sparks. Our series of ‘morning after’ breakfast events invites you to join a selection of writers, critics and arts lovers to dissect selected Melbourne Festival shows, sharing views on what worked, what didn’t – and why. Each Mornin…
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The Morning After - PUSH
This morning, we’ll be talking about PUSH, a breathtaking, multi-award-winning collaboration between two of contemporary dance’s brightest stars – Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant. PUSH presents four dance works by acclaimed UK choreographer, Russell Maliphant, across three solos and one duet.…
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The Morning After - Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker
In this session, we talk about Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker, an urgent broadside on life in Belarus’s capital: a place where sexuality is twisted by oppression, and strip clubs, underground raves and gay pride parades pulse beneath the city’s surface. Minsk, 2011 is undaunted protest turned…
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