News items from DIY Arts

This week the discussion goes wide, as Nicole and Leith take a look at the recently released Convergence Review and the postponed National Cultural Policy. There’s also an interview with Next Wave Festival artist Rachel Haynes and her feminist dinner party project, Food For Thought. Plus a relaxing installment of Cassette Corner.File Download (60:09 min / 28 MB)

In an intense and jam-packed program, Nicole and Leith talk superfiction and the subconscious with Hobart artists Mish Meijers and Tricky Walsh; Radio Valerie’s founders, Louis Center and Georgia Hansford discuss the challenges and opportunities of licensing in a digital world; and, Ryan Cockburn spins his cut up records live in the studio.File Download (55:45 min / 26 MB)

Nicole and Leith chat to the people behind a selection of happenings this fortnight: Tim Darbyshire talks sound, movement and his dance work, ‘More Or Less Concrete’; curators Michelle Gordon and Ross Paxman discuss the realities of art in a digital world ahead of their show, ‘C O D E’; as well Alex and Tom from Forces preview a new composition written specifically for the Federation Bells.File Download (57:59 min / 27 MB)