Smart Arts
Playlist for SmartArts – 2 December 2021
  • Pissing in the WindMo'Ju
  • FabricFears
  • Black EnergySufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister
  • Send in the ClownsStephen Sondheim & Bernadette Peters
  • Sacco and VanzettiEnnio Morricone
  • There You AreSnowy
  • Tiny VesselsDeath Cab for Cutie
  • This Guy's in Love With YouJoe Chindamo
  • Long Way to GoEdel Meade
  • ZoneJarrow
  • Walk of a GurlPreston School of Industry
  • HaloBlack Cab
  • To The Bin My Friend, Tonight We Vacate EarthMogwai
  • KeybabylonArab Strap
  • Mistaken For StrangersThe National
  • Treading WaterCharm Of Finches
  • When We Were TreesYe Vagabonds

About this program

Visual art, theatre, film and literature. Segments include:

  • 'Art Attack' - fortnightly visual arts reviews with Ace Wagstaff and Tai Snaith.
  • 'Shoot the Messenger' - fortnightly theatre news & reviews with Fleur Kilpatrick.
  • 'Drawn Out' - monthly chat about comic books and graphic novels with Bernard Caleo.

Please email talks@rrr.org.au for all interview requests.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Richard Watts has many years experience working in the arts industry, including five years as the Artistic Director of the youth arts organisation Express Media, seven years on the Board of Melbourne Fringe (including three years as Chair), and six years on the Committee of Management at La Mama Theatre, where he currently serves as Chair. Richard has helped program a range of festivals including Next Wave, the National Young Writers' Festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the Emerging Writers' Festival (which he founded) and he has written for various broadsheets, journals, zines and magazines. Currently he pays the rent by working as the Performing Arts Editor at www.artshub.com.au. In his spare time he watches old Doctor Who episodes.


The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.

https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

Presenters