Nikita Vanderbyl chats to Celesté Boursier-Mougenot, the current artist behind the installation that's taking over NGV International's foyer till September 8. Spanning conceptual art, acoustic installation, and the wider influences on CSM's melodic sensibilities, this is one conversation you definitely need to hear. 

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http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/celeste-boursier-mougenot-clinamen

<b> Nikita Vanderbyl </b> is freelance arts writer. 
Check out more of her work, here: 
http://nikitavanderbyl.tumblr.com

First broadcast 12.3.13

Interview: Celesté Boursier-Mougenot

AM EP Alan Weedon interviews Bethanie Blanchard. 

Writer, critic, and lit extraordinaire, Blanchard has written for the likes of The Guardian Australia, The Monthly, and Kill Your Darlings. 

She is the face of Crikey's literature blog, 'Liticisms' and has been one of our favourites here at Art Smitten for her insightful and engaging approach to the domestic literary scene. 

You can find her, here:
http://bethanieblanchard.com

Twitter: @beth_blanchard

Interview: Bethanie Blanchard

Brendan Corney is a Melbourne-based writer who has been published in In Brief multiple times. He also has a band called Skinny Jeans, which you can find more about here:
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/SkinnyJeans

'Man Up' is read by Jack Beeby. 

AM x IB - Brendan Corney 'Man Up'

AM Contributor, Tess Lawley, hit the streets of Melbourne from 7pm to 7am covering everything that was Melbourne's inaugural White Night Festival. From the projection art adorning Flinders Street to the all-nighters at the State Library, NGV, and Degraves Street, this radio doc's got you covered if you were foolish enough to miss out on Ballieu's last big bang. 

Tess Lawley is a Melbourne based freelance radio documentary producer. She's currently the Melbourne co-producer of All The Best Radio: http://allthebestradio.com

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Photo: Alan Weedon

White Night Melbourne 2013

Art Smitten's resident feature writer, Nikita Vanderbyl, and EP Alan Weedon went down to NGV Studio to check out the best of 2012 VCE Arts. And you know that thing, when people way younger than you seem to be doing bigger and better things? Yeah. Well this happened to us. 

We talked to David Hurlston, Curator of NGV Studio in addition to Julia Bergin, the artist behind 'Devolution'. 

Check out Nikita's review and the rest of the Top Arts Gallery at artsmitten.org 

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Photo: Flickr (Rija Ménagé) 

NGV Top Arts 2013

At White Night 2013, Alan Weedon caught up with Andre Dao, editor of The Emerging Writer - the writing anthology Emerging Writers' Festival for 2013. 

We join the boys at around 1am in the main hall of the Wheeler Centre. 

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Photo: Alan Weedon

Interview: Andre Dao (The Emerging Writer)

In the weeks leading up to the 10th annual Emerging Writers' Festival, Alan Weedon had a chat with Director Sam Twyford-Moore. 

Sam is also a writer himself, and has been published in a slew of literary publications. You can find out more about him, below: 

w: http://www.samtwyfordmoore.com
t: @samtwyfordmoore

Interview: Sam Twyford-Moore (Director, EWF)

Art Smitten designer, broadcaster, and Hip Hop EP, Jocelyn Leong, went down to check out the best of the Carbon Festival 2013. 

For more info, hit this link below: 
http://www.weareallcarbon.com/

For Jocelyn's Hip Hop greatness, hit here:
http://syn.org.au/program/hip-hop-night

Carbon Festival 2013

AM Contributor (and inadvertent Circus correspondent), Matilda Marrozzi caught up with the General Manager Circus Oz, Lou Oppenheim. They caught up on World Circus Day funnily enough, with Matilda getting the chance to check out CO's new site at the old Collingwood Technical College - the home of Keith Haring's 1984 Mural. 

With the company benefiting from a shared $9.3 million dollar pool thanks to the Commonwealth's National Cultural Policy, Matilda found out what this meant for the company touted as providing a 'distinctively Australian voice'. 

For the gallery of their new digs, check out artsmitten.org 

<b> Matilda Marrozzi <b/> is a producer for SYN's Panorama, and is the current host and co-creator of SYN's political seasonal, Future Politicians. 

 t: @marrozzi_m
w: futurepol.com

Photo: Matilda Marrozzi

AM x Circus Oz

Swedish nonfiction wrtier Magnus Linton lived in Colombia at the height of the cocaine trade of the 1980s through to the devastating aftermath of the 1990s. Having developed strong ties to the polarised state, Linton encapsulates this period in his book 'Cocaina'.

First published in Sweden in 2010, this book raises perspectives from all sides of the drug trade. From farmers to assassins, Linton paints the whole picture from the ground up. Discussing policies designed to break the cycle of poverty, right up to canvassing the realisation of the failure the drug war throughout Latin America, this book presents new discourse on the weight of Colombia's relationship with cocaine. 

Art Smitten EP, Alan Weedon, had a chat with Linton during his time in Melbourne. 

'Cocaina' is out in Australia through Scribe Publishing and is available in most bookstores. 

t: @alnwdn 
t: @ScribePubCo
w: www.scribepublications.com.au 
w: www.magnuslinton.com 

Photo: Alfonso Jaramillo

Interview: Magnus Linton - Cocaina

The use of space in Melbourne’s CBD is not uncommon in a world where urban planning fulfils a drive upward. 

But what's actually involved in the 'Manhattanisation' of the Hoddle Grid? All the Best Melbourne Producer, Tess Lawley and AM contributor, Lachy Siu went down to investigate our city's increasing vertical push. 

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All The Best radio is a radio documentary programme that is broadcast in Sydney via FBi Radio on Saturday mornings, and throughout Australia on the Community Broadcasting network. 

Email melbourne@allthebestradio.com if you want to get involved. 

w: http://allthebestradio.com
w: tesslawley.wordpress.com

t: @tesslawley
t: @_allthebest

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