Our European correspondent Mary-Margaret Slack is back for another week. We’re talking all the latest on Brexit plus what is Jacinda Ardern doing in the UK. Fiona McNamara from the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network speaks about a news story from last night about the Roastbusters… Should we be promoting a sex offender on the 6 o clock news? The Green Desk is back for another week: Mitch is speaking about the Conference of the Parties that was held in Poland last November. Junior Doctors are going on a second strike next week regarding employment disputes with the District Health Boards. Liv speaks with two unions, the Resident Doctors Association and the Specialty Trainees of New Zealand, regarding the upcoming strike. And finally, Duncan Grieve from the Spinoff speaks with me about the future of NZ media, following the news Stuff is being sold.
Claudia Dunes, Rainer Weston and David Ed Cooper are in studio this week to speak about their group show with James Wylie at RM gallery. Sometime, someday, when all is said and done is the second time these four artists have worked together, and functions somewhat as a sequel to their 2018 showfine moon, poor tuningat Meanwhile gallery.
"Guy Ngan: Either Possible or Necessary" is the latest show at Artspace. Curators Remco de Blaaij and Lachlan Taylor talk to Heidi about the artist, his life, and how they curated the show. Guy Ngan 顏國 鍇 (1926 – 2017) was a second generation Chinese-New Zealander born in Wellington, who started practicing wood carving at a young age, and went on to have an extensive career as a sculptor, public artist, muralist and designer.
Auau was a recent live participatory performance by Mark Harvey. In association with the Kauri Project, his latest work involved him walking the streets of West Auckland, pulling a log made of cardboard, ending up at Corbyn Estate Arts Centre. The work raised awareness of the various plights of kauri. He was also involved in "Guy Ngan: Either Possible or Necessary" and talked about his work for that show.
Get your diaries ready, we've got our second installment off bMovies to help you organise your NZIFF calendar. We're chatting to Director, Justin Pemberton, of Capital in the 21st Century about whether our captialist society is sustainable. And a special guest, Amanda Jane Robinson, reviews Varda by Agnès, part of the Vive la Varda! section of the festival and encourages others to get excited about celebrating this brilliant woman.
It's our last installment of bMovies, and we're pulling out all the stops. Director of The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, Thom Zimny, pops up to the studio and talks with Rachel about his experience making the film and the narratives in making a documentary. You can learn more about this artform at Thom's Masterclass, a very special workshop. And in the second half, 95bFM Programmer, Sarah Thomson, joins Rachel for some top tips on films to catch before the festival ends. With special mention to The Day Shall Come, don't miss out.
Eddie from Liquor King joins Jonny & Big Hungry to make them a delicious Ramos Gin Fizz. Complete with some history on the inventor of this particular cocktail, Henry C. Ramos. The drink itself is really easy to make, and is an interesting combination of flavours and textures.
Into a shaker add all of the following ingredients:
Jenna comes pops into the studio this morning with not one, but two books to chat about this morning. Firstly Lanny by Max Porter, longlisted for the Manbooker Prize, tells a story about magical creatures, crime, friendship and family, Jenna suspects a few people might be sleeping on this book but it's not to be missed. And secondly, Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale #2), is almost out and we couldn't be more excited. But with a strict embargo, we have no idea what to expect.
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