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Canvas: Unframing Art & Ideas

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CANVAS: Unframing Art & Ideas is a living archive, a quiet conversation, a collision of ideas, a podcast to hear, engage and be enveloped by art. Tune in to thematic episodes bringing together artists, writers and thinkers.CANVAS: Unframing Art & Ideas is produced by a team of artists, producers and curators made up of; Host Ayeesha Ash, Researcher Eleanor Zurowski, Audio Editor and Producer Kanika Kirpalani and Executive Producers Isabella Sanasi and Emerald Dun Frost.

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Episodes

  1. Weitou Practices and Intergenerational Knowledge with Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

    Chun Yin Rainbow Chan is an interdisciplinary artist, vocalist and producer working across music, image, sculpture and performance, and is one of six finalists in the 2021 - 2022 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship (Artspace, CreateNSW, NAS). Rainbow joins Ayeesha to share the history and rituals...

  2. The Evolution of First Nations Representation On and Off Stage with Beau James

    Curator, producer and performer Beau James joins host Ayeesha Ash to reflect upon their time in the arts industry so far, share some advice they’d give to their younger self and consider the way things have or haven’t changed during their time in the arts industry. We also hear about two works…

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  3. Family Rituals, Photography and Rosehip Jam with Otis Burian Hodge

    Photographic artist and curator Otis Burian Hodge joins Ayeesha Ash to share the evolution of TCS Windows, a non-commercial gallery hosting monthly shows of photography-based work by emerging artists. Burian Hodge explains the versatility of photography as an artistic medium and its ability to…

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  4. On 'Traces' and Collaboration Across Borders and Practices with Joan Shin and Brigitte Podrasky

    We take a deep dive with Joan Shin and Brigitte Podrasky into their work ‘Traces’, performed at arts and music festival Soft Centre. Glimpsing at ghostly gestural markings, fragmented rhythms and scrambled visuals, ‘Traces’ is a live audiovisual performance showcasing the multidisciplinary...

  5. Stories of Community in Western Sydney with Gillian Kayrooz

    Gillian Kayrooz joins Ayeesha to share how her beginnings taking photos of friends in high school evolved into her current practice providing representation of young people from Western Sydney. We get insight into her work for group exhibition Over the Fence and her process discovering family...

  6. Sharing and Protecting Culture with Morgan Hogg

    Morgan Hogg is an artist who explores the identities of Indigenous perspectives within the Pacific Islands, and the cultural impact modern day has on traditional standards. Morgan talks about the balance involved in protecting and sharing culture, the importance of creating conversation about...

  7. Creating Space with Temporary Position & Agus Wijaya

    Temporary Position (Mara Schwerdtfeger and Zoe Baumgartner) hosts web publications and shared spaces that explore alternative presentations of narrative. Mara and Zoe join Ayeesha to chat about the platform, their process and upcoming De-Choiring workshop at Phoenix Central Park. Agus Wijaya…

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  8. Abolition and Infrastructural Inequalities with Snack Syndicate

    Snack Syndicate (Andrew Brooks and Astrid Lorange) is a critical art collective. Canvas team member Emerald Dunnfrost guest hosts this episode with the pair where they discuss infrastructural inequalities, abolition, and their recently launched publishing collective Rosa Press. Featuring an…

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  9. From Art School to Artist with David Capra & Abdul Abdullah

    Multi-disciplinary artists David Capra and Abdul Abdullah return to Canvas in this reunion episode. They chat about what they've been up to during the COVID-19 pandemic, graduating from the 'art school fantasy' and reconciling the intimate and commercial aspects of creating work. Abdul shares his...

  10. Poetry, Activism and Self-Expression with Jazz Money

    In this episode, Ayeesha Ash chats with Jazz Money, an award-winning poet and artist of Wiradjuri heritage. Jazz discusses the challenge of balancing poetry as a medium for self expression and vulnerability with using her voice for activism and shares what she's been working on, including her...

  11. Freshwater (3/3): Taps with Joseph Griffiths

    This episode is Taps, the last of three episodes in our Freshwater cluster. A tap is a link. It represents access, or lack thereof. It appears benign, until the water stops running. For many, our relationship to water is mediated through taps. Urban planning and colonial intervention has made the...

  12. Fresh Water (2/3): Pools with Kieran Bryant and Megan Payne & Oonagh Slater

    Pools have many states. We flock to them for play and restoration when they’re full. When they’re empty or stagnant, they’re often neglected. We use pools to give birth, to cleanse ourselves and to relax. We dam to support agriculture and to redirect water to cities. When brimming and clean pools...

  13. Fresh Water (1/3): Rivers with Auntie Rhonda Dixon & Clare Britton, Kalanjay Dhir and Luke Patterson

    Like our veins, rivers course through land nourishing life. Essential and yet, depleted, these passageways carry the histories of care and sovereignty; displacement and degradation; resistance and survival. Despite interruptions; damming and pollution; rivers are underestimated; stronger and more...

  14. Salt Water (3/3): Tides with Angela Tiatia, Anja Kanngieser and Latai Taumoepeau

    Diving into discussions and artworks about rising tides, ecologies, power and climate justice in Tides. Tides is the third and final episode in a three part series Salt Water, exploring salty waters in all its forms. In Tides we chat with Angela Tiatia as she unpack her video and performance work...

  15. Salt Water (2/3): Waves with Paula do Prado, Tomas Marinangeli and Alexandra Spence

    Lapping at ideas of connection, time and ancestry, Waves is the second episode in a three part series Salt Water, exploring salty waters in all its forms. In Waves we chat with Paula do Prado and Tomas Marinangeli, two visual artists and mother and son who have been working together to explore…

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  16. Salt Water (1/3): Shore with Emily McDaniels, Hoda Afshar and Leyla Stevens

    Wading through ideas of home, distance, ancestry and interconnectedness, Shore is the first episode in a three part series Salt Water, exploring salty waters in all its forms. In Shore we chat with Emily McDaniels, a storyteller, curator and educator from the Kalari Clan of the Wiradjuri Nation,...

  17. Ground (3/3): Salt with Keg De Souza, Emily Morandini, Yasmin Smith and Karrabing Film Collective

    Salt is pervasive. It seasons our food, enhances our senses, it preserves and it tenderises, it coats our skin when we sweat and melts into our tongue as we eat. Salt disrupts agriculture, has spurred revolutions and treats aches and pains. Mined from ancient lakes, evaporated from oceans or…

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  18. Ground (2/3): Sand with Joel Spring, Lynette Smith, Koji Ryui and Bianca Hester

    This episode is Sand, and is the second of three episodes, Stone, Sand and Salt which are bound together by the overarching theme of Ground. Sand is transformative. It is particles ground down by the passage of time, sifted over beaches and deserts and awash under rivers, lakes and oceans. These...

  19. Ground (1/3): Stone with Megan Cope, Katie West & Neika Lehman, Alana Hunt & Chris Griffith

    This episode is Stone, and is one of three episodes, Stone, Sand and Salt which are bound together by the overarching theme of Ground. Stone is the stuff of buildings, borders and walls. And when those structures fall, their rubble and ruins are stone. Stone is the home of ancestors, the surface…

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  20. Monumental Art & Cultivating Care with Asad Raza and Ramesh Mario Nithiyendren

    On today's episode of Canvas, we chat with Kaldor Projects NYC based artist Asad Raza about his methods of cultivating care in the everyday. Then we chat with cermacist, and western Sydney art throb Ramesh Mario Nithiyendren about human hair, giant dicks, and masculinity in his latest exhibition...

  21. Exit Strategies, Community and Art with Anney Bounpraseuth, and Makeda

    On this Easter Sunday, we have a special extended interview with artist, educator and ex Jehovah's witness Anney Bounpraseuth. Join us as we chat about her current artistic practice, paradisical imagery used in church promotion, and how she left the church. This episode also features an interview...

  22. Mythology & Ancient Proverbs with Angela Tiatia, Naomi Segal + Connor Xia

    This week on Canvas we hear from artists and practitioners whose current work is inspired by ancient tales, proverbs, and narratives. Up first, is artist Angela Tiatia, whose most recent video work Narcissus reframes the Greek tale of desire, exuberance, and beauty within a local Sydney arts...

  23. Curators of Colour, hosted by Nanette Orly Ft. Talia Smith and Seb Henry-Jones

    This episode of Canvas is hosted by guest presenter Nanette Orly, and tackles the importance of curatorial care with fellow curators of colour Sebastian Henry Jones and Talia Smith. We play audio snippets of British artist, writer and curator Zarina Muhammad taken from The White Pube's article…

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  24. #TDOV, hyper-visibility & accessibility in the arts with Ohni Blu + Archie Barry

    For International Trans Day of Visibility, we discuss hypervisibility, and accessibility in the arts! On this episode of Canvas David Capra and Sabella D'Souza chat with artist, and board director of Firstdarft Ohni Blu about their tattoos, their identity, and how to advocate for accessible…

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  25. Speculative Dance & Western Grief with Ivey Wawn, Daniel Mudie Cunningham + Cherine Fahd

    From grief to speculative notions of debt, and ant colonies Canvas has got you sorted. This week, David Capra and Sabella D'Souza finish up their coverage of the National with FBi Radio's neighbour Carriageworks! Joined in studio by curator Daniel Mudie Cunningham, and artist Cherine Fahd they…

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  26. Institutions, Fonts, and Performance with Tina Havelock Stevens + Anna Davis and Marilyn Schneider

    This week on Canvas, Sabella D'Souza and David Capra continue coverage of The National with the Museum of Contemporary Art. We chat with curator Anna Davis and artist Tina Havelock Stevens about their upcoming projects. Then Artist Marilyn Schneider informs us that there are in fact, "no neutral...

  27. 10 March | Gemma Smith + The National (AGNSW Ed.) Ft. Isobel Parker Phillip, Izabela Pluta

    On today's episode of Canvas Sabella D'Souza discusses Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung's Running Dog article The Canonisation of Quilty. Then we sit down with Sydney based painter Gemma Smith to talk about her milestone exhibition Rhythm Sequence at UNSW Galleries, along with the importance of art schools,...

  28. 3 March | C-A-C x Third Ear Podcast Ft. Jess Olivieri, Frances Barrett, ft. Kate Britton & Hayley Forward

    We hear a sneak preview of The Third Ear Podcast as Jess Oliveri and Frances Barrett discuss queer listening with podcast hosts Kate Britton and Hayley Forward. We hear sound art and music from queer Western Sydney based artists Samia Sayed, Emily Crocker, Enoch Mailangi, Kilia Tipa, and Brian...

  29. 24 February | Mikala Tai, Adelaide Bannerman and Joleen Mataele

    This is a powerful week on Canvas, join David Capra and Sabella D'Souza as they sit down with boss women of colour Dr Mikala Tai and Adelaide Bannerman to talk about sharing knowledge and building friendships through an international exchange programme organised by Diversity Arts Australia and…

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  30. 17 February | After Technology with Stella McDonald & Akil Ahamat, and 'do you know this feeling' ft. Sebastian Henry Jones & JD Reforma

    Canvas is back for 2019 with chats about the aftermath of technology on art, longing through curation, and the plight of Britney Spears. David Capra and Sabella D'Souza catch you up on their whereabouts for the last 2 months before diving into the deep end with co-curator Stella McDonald, and...

  31. 23 September | FBi's Sweet 15 Ft. Lisa Sammut, Sweatshop with Winnie Dun & Rachel Marie

    It's supporter drive! Where we ask you the listeners, to make it "official" and become our Radio Parents. We sit down with a range of guests to talk about what art they were making at 15, and what they're up to now. David Capra and Giselle Stanborough chat with Lisa Sammut about her most recent...

  32. 16 September | Sinuses, Emily McDaniel & Danielle Harvey

    We're all blocked up this morning. It's still flu season! On this episode of Canvas, we tackle the fullness of voids and the chaos of freelance curation. Join David Capra and Giselle Stanborough as they chat with Legendary Emily McDaniel about her upcoming exhibition at UTS Gallery VOID. Then we...

  33. 15 October | Live broadcast from Artspace for Volumes: Another Art Book Fair

    In this episode we broadcast live from Artspace for Volumes: Another Art Book Fair with Freek Lomme of Onomatopee and Parker Bruce of Badlands Unlimited, Giselle Stanborough interviews Athena X of The Real Housewives of Sydney, plus Malcolm Whittaker and Sarah Rodigari. Tracks by Big Ego Books.…

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  34. 8 October | Public Art with John Kaldor, Felicity Fenner, Lisa Corsi and Campbell Drake

    On this episode we explored our relationship with public art. Prominent philanthropist and Director of Kaldor Public Art Projects, John Kaldor, discussed his long history with presenting work in public spaces and his 33rd Project: Anri Sala 'The Last Resort'. We were joined by Director of UNSW...

  35. 1 October | This is not art festival with Natty Solo, Julia Mendel and Sj Finch

    This is Not Art takes place over four days in Newcastle. Now in its twentieth year, the festival comprises of the The National Young Writers' Festival, Critical Animals, and Crack Theatre Festival. In this episode we played a prerecorded interview with artist and blogger Natty Solo, which was...

  36. 24 September | Renny Kodgers, Mark Shorter, Sounding the Future and Anne Louise Sarks

    On this episode we chated with Renny Kodgers, the Kenny Rogers impersonator, and the man behind him—artist Mark Shorter. Director Anne-Louise Sarks tells us why she's disappointed in the women written by Shakespeare and how she addressed this in her version of 'The Merchant of Venice' for Bell...

  37. 20 August | Jonathan Jones, Primavera with Laura Hindmarsh and Kynan Tan, Garry Trinh and Mini Graff

    On this episode we talked to Jonathan Jones about his collaborative project with Lille Madden for ‘This is a Voice’ at the Powerhouse Museum. Exhibiting artists from this year’s edition of Primavera at the Museum of Contemporary Art —Laura Hindmarsh and Kynan Tan. And artist/photographer...

  38. 17 September | Benjamin Law, Deborah Kelly and Siteworks with Barbara Campbell and Kath Fries

    This week Canvas: Art & Ideas talked sexuality and bodies, birds and bees. Writer and journalist Benjamin Law discussed his Quarterly Essay: Moral Panic 101, Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal. We talked about Public Body .02 at Artspace with iconic Australian artist Deborah Kelly....

  39. 10 September | Justine Varga, Packer Room Prize and Frida Deguise

    In this episode Justine Varga discussed her show at the Australian Centre for Photography. We talked about the Archibald Prize Packing Room Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales with head packer and the deciding vote Steve Peters. Comedian Frida Deguise talks about her upcoming projects....

  40. 3 September | Underbelly Arts with Roslyn Helper and Marcus Whale, and John Safran

    Underbelly Arts showcases new work from artists working at the forefront of local practice. In this episode we spoke with the recently appointed Artistic Director, Roslyn Helper, about what's in store this year and her vision for the festival at large. We're also joined by exhibiting artist…

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  41. 13 August | Wade Marynowsky, Simon Yates and Toni Warburton

    In this episode we have three long form interviews with three very special, and respected, Sydney artists. We are joined by robotics and new media artist Dr Wade Marynowsky, installation artist Simon Yates, and ceramicist Toni Warburton. Tracks by Anna John. See omnystudio.com/listener for…

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  42. 6 August | Megan Wilding, Dignity of Risk and Giselle Stanborough

    On this episode we spoke to Megan Wilding, the winner of Balnaves Indigenous Playwright’s Award on ‘The Rover’ at Belvoir St Theatre, Natalie Rose, Jennifer Medway and the cast of ‘Dignity of Risk’ joined us in the studio to chat about this new work at ATYP Sydney and Giselle Stanborough checks…

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CANVAS: Unframing Art & Ideas is a living archive, a quiet conversation, a collision of ideas, a podcast to hear, engage and be enveloped by art. Tune in to thematic episodes bringing together artists, writers and thinkers.CANVAS: Unframing Art & Ideas is produced by a team of artists, producers and curators made up of; Host Ayeesha Ash, Researcher Eleanor Zurowski, Audio Editor and Producer Kanika Kirpalani and Executive Producers Isabella Sanasi and Emerald Dun Frost.

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