Public hangings is a local television program on the arts produced for broadcast on community television (channel 31) in Melbourne, Australia from 2002. Enjoying a cult following, the program (now in its second series) produced by Irish art critic and London gallery director, Andrew MacKenzie along with co-presenter Lena Corner, 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. This episode first up visits Jawbone Wetlands Nature Reserve to look at the source of inspiration of Caroline Oxley’s exhibition of paintings ‘Return To Jawbone’, exhibited at Fitzroy Gallery. Kathy Temin in ‘Kylie Night’ explores her ongoing fascination with the pop-princess-phenomenon of Kylie Minogue and the culture of identity fetishism. Collaborators Christos Linou and Robert Mangion interweave the disciplines of performance, visual arts and film making to perform and exhibit the third part of their series of work ‘The Act Of Being Inside Out’ at Mass Gallery and the County Court in Melbourne. Curated by Stuart Koop at Monash University Museum of Art is the group show ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ that seeks to explore the recent popularity of model making and the miniature in Australian art. The exhibition includes: Craige Andre, Matt Calvert, Richard Giblett, Callum Morton, Louise Paramor, Ricky Swallow and Tim Silver. Screen Talk shows an excerpt from ‘S-Crash’ by Lindsay Cox and Victor Holder.
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ACMI Identifier
317661
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Exhibitions
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art galleries
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 21st century
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists and community
Crafts & Visual Arts → Conceptual art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Installations (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Performance art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Public art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Video art
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)