Public hangings is a local television program on the arts produced for and broadcast on community television (channel 31) in Melbourne, Australia from 2002. Enjoying a cult following, the program produced by Irish art critic and London gallery director, Andrew Mackenzie, roams the streets of Melbourne in search of opening nights and visual vox pops. The program’s style makes the avant-garde accessible and provides an insight into a vibrant underground city culture. In this episode Andrew takes us to the RMIT Gallery where an exhibition by political/journalist cartoonists is taking place. This is then followed by a visit to The Photographers’ Gallery; the Penthouse and Pavement “Graveyard Boys and Cemetery Girls” Exhibition (horror culture); Gertrude Street Galleries “Angled 2002” Exhibition by Natasha Johns-Messenger; West Space “Suburban myth” Exhibition and finally an interview with video artist Robin Hely.
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ACMI Identifier
317644
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Melbourne (Vic.) - Social life and customs
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art galleries
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 21st century
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Cartoonists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Modernism (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographers - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Politics in art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Politics in art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Public art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Video art
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politics in art
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politics in art - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation