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. Andrew MacKenzie in this episode introduces the annual Experimenta exhibition held at Southgate, ‘Prototype’. Artists in the exhibition include: Stephen Barras (Op Shop), Richard Brown (Mimetic Starfish), Jane Crappsley, Chris Henschke, Isobel Knowles, Hama Marriott, Ben Morieson (Burnout 2001 - Part 1 - The game), Iain Mott, Marc Raszewski, Jim Sosnin, Bruce Mowson (Flesh Antenna), Simon Morton, Martin Walch, Amy Youngs, Christopher Mether, Elizabeth Vander Zaag. Screen Talk looks at the video work of Kate Just who discusses her motivations, comic relief and the spontaneous nature of her work. Excerpts of video work include: ‘Home alone’, ‘Marsha’, ‘Needle exchange’ and ‘Beat bag baby’.
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ACMI Identifier
317662
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 → Installations (Art)
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)